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Recent content by Digger62864

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    Unknown Egyptian Clip Thing

    I am completely stumped on this one. It was found at a site that only had activity from 1850-1878. My first thought was that it was a piece of a suspender clip, but the backing doesn't seem right for that. It appears that it attached to something, I just have no idea what. Hopefully someone...
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    Mojave And Zinc Pennies

    I recently picked up a new mojave to use at the parks and in heavy iron sites. Today I was at the park and decided to crank the discrimination to the max and block out zinc pennies. The mojave did block out most zincs however I found that it would give a clear relatable signal on badly...
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    Lead Mystery Items

    I have been working an older house site, I am unsure of its age but only that it Predates 1900. I have been trying to get a better idea on date based off of finds, but not much luck as yet. Hoping these mystery lead items might help. They are NOT musket balls, I have found several musket...
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    1876 Centennial Mystery Item

    Hello, I dug a cool find today however I am having no luck at all trying to identify it. I am unsure if it is a pin or some kind of buckle clip. As you can see in the pics it has two dates, 1876 and 1776. Obviously made for the centennial but who manufactured these ? Trying to see if they were...
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    Open Two Day Hunt Southern Illinois 13th Annual Fall Hunt

    Its that time again.... Tri-State Metal Detecting Club is hosting its 13th Annual Fall hunt. It is a Two Day hunt that is open to anyone that wishes to attend. It is located in Mt.Vernon, IL and will be held October 10th & 11th. It will be a great hunt, with lots of Silver and several...
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    Perfect Pants For Metal Detecting!!!!

    I thoguht I would share this with everyone. I found what for me is the PERFECT pair of pants for metal detecting. I ordered a pair of these last week and they are Awesome. They are made by Duluth Trading Copany and are called Fire House Pants. They Very Very durable, tripple stitched, water...
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    Iron Falsing With The 6" Excelerator EQ2

    Hi everybody, I was wondering if others have the same issues. When using my 6" Excelerator EQ2 In heavily trashy areas I got an extremely high ratio of iron that falses like silver. I am very familiar with the coil and have a lot of experience with it. This coil tends to have a much higher...
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    Thinking Of Getting My CZ Tuned By Tom....What Are The Pros???

    Hello, I own a CZ 70 Pro which has been my main detector for the best Ten Years. I love the detector, but often wonder what it would be capable of if professionally retuned. I have read many comments here about Tom Dankowski tunning up CZs. My question to those of you who are familiar with his...
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    Unkown Badge, My First Thought Was Freemason...Any Thouhgts???

    I found this cool badge today and I really have no idea what it is. I assume it is some sort of badge, it looks as if it would attatch to something at one time. My first gut feeling when I saw the design on it was Freemason, but after a bit of reseach I dont see any Freemason sybols that look...
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    6" Excelorator Or SEF 6x8 ??

    I'm trying to add another coil to my arsenal for highly trashy areas with lots of iron. My question is what coil would you guys recommend? Right now I have the Pro Coil and the Stealth X8. I was thinking either the 6 inch Eccelerator coil or the SEF 6x8 would be great for highly trashy areas...
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    Coil types... 6" Excelorator Or SEF 6x8 ??

    I'm trying to add another coil to my arsenal for highly trashy areas with lots of iron. My question is what coil would you guys recommend? Right now I have the Pro Coil and the Stealth X8. I was thinking either the 6 inch Eccelerator coil or the SEF 6x8 would be great for highly trashy areas...
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    HUGE Organized Treasure Hunt In ILLINOIS on Oct, 19th,20th, & 21st!!!

    Word is spreading Like Wildfire....One of the biggest organized hunts the midwest has seen in Years is taking place on October 19th, 20th,& 21st. It is located in Mt.Vernon, Illinois. Over $7,000 is prizes and cash are being dontated into the hunts as an Extra bonus ontop of the Entries that go...
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    HUGE Organized Treasure Hunt In ILLINOIS on Oct, 19th,20th, & 21st!!!

    Word is spreading like Wildfire.......One of the biggest organized hunts the midwest has seen in Years is taking place on October 19th, 20th,& 21st. It is located in Mt.Vernon, Illinois. Over $7,000 is prizes and cash are being dontated into the hunts as an Extra bonus ontop of the Entries that...
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    HUGE Organized Treasure Hunt In ILLINOIS on Oct, 19th,20th, & 21st!!!

    Word is spreading Like Wildfire....One of the biggest organized hunts the midwest has seen in Years is taking place on October 19th, 20th,& 21st. It is located in Mt.Vernon, Illinois. Over $7,000 is prizes and cash are being dontated into the hunts as an Extra bonus ontop of the Entries that go...
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    Big Annual Hunt, 13th Annual TriState Metal Detecting Club Treasure Hunt

    BIG 13th Annual Tri-State Metal Detecting Club Treasure Hunt October 19th, 20th & 21st 2012 Veterans Park Mt.Vernon, IL. 62864 $5,000 And GROWING In Prize Donations And Cash!!! All Is Put Into Hunts As EXTRA Ontop Of Paid Entry Fees... WOW!!!!! ]CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS...
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