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Recent content by Gila Marc

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    First real Honduras hunt....

    I had the opportunity to go yesterday with a couple friends to try out my new F2 that my wife brought from the US last week. I usually hunt with an MXT or Minelab, but I wanted to give the F2 a shot. It performed FAR better than I expected for an "entry level" machine. We hunted for about...
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    Searching for La Trinidad

    Ok, a little background..... I no longer live in the lovely Gila Valley of Arizona but have since retired and now reside with my wife in the always green and sometimes damp rain-forests of Central America. Metal detecting and a love of history go hand-in-hand, so I find this is a rare...
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    Detecting in Mexico

    Today my friend, Pablo, from Durango, Mexico, invited me to go with him across the border to try our luck on some old abandoned house sites in Sonora. My MXT has been sitting all lonely and collecting dust for some time so I decided it would be a good opportunity to give it some much needed...
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    Park find this morning

    I found this in the early morning at a local park. I was hoping for another white gold, but not this time. Sterling silver, but pretty heavy. Hey, a ring is a ring! And silver is better than aluminum! :wiggle: Looking at the design makes me think maybe somebody shouldn't have toked that...
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    Gold ring

    I haven't posted for some time, but now that it's a lot less hot here I've been going out a bit more lately. I found this Monday after work in a local park. 18K white gold wedding band. I'm sure someone was a bit disappointed in losing it.
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    Detecting in Honduras?

    Does anyone have any experience detecting in Central America, particularly Honduras? My wife and I plan to move there fairly soon and the relatives are very curious about my detectors. I don't think any of them have ever even seen one, much less used one. Of course there are all the usual...
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    Contest prize

    A couple days ago the postman brought me a small package containing one big, round GORGEOUS 1922 "Peace" silver dollar!! Thanks again, Nancy! It is definitely drop-dead beautiful! :surprised: I promised a photo, so here it is. Of course, one of the twins INSISTED on holding it. They're...
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    Other finds from Saturday....

    I also found this 1945-S Mercury dime at the old railroad site. It may be a later drop because I believe the railroad shut down the station in the 1920's or 1930's at the latest. Also several old metal buttons, a real mother of pearl button by eyeball and my very first clay marble. I can't...
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    Semi-Key date.......Barber

    I went out yesterday to an old railroad site close to where I work. I found several reasonably cool items, among them this 1892-S Barber Dime. Actually, it was the last thing I found, and while walking back to my car. I'm sure glad I left my MXT on..... Looking on the PCGS website I see it...
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    Is it on the market?

    I just heard about the Vision today. I can't imagine anything better than my MXT, but I'd like to find out. Where can it be purchased? What does the darn thing cost?? Marc
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    Strange quarter....

    Today I took my MXT out after work to an old railroad site I've been hunting occasionally. I found some nice artifacts, three 1912 Elks tokens, a nice old cufflink and a really WEIRD quarter. I haven't taken a photo yet because it's pretty cruddy, and I don't want to clean it until I know what...
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    Old train and stage station....

    I've known for years that there was a station used by both the Butterfield Stage and Southern Pacific RR somewhere near where I work everyday. I and a couple co-workers have tried to pin down the exact location for a long time, but never could find what we could say was the real site. Highway...
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    Pretty good day....

    I haven't posted finds here for ages, mainly because it's too flamin' hot here to get out. Today the temperature was a little under 110 so I ventured out for about four hours with my MXT to a favorite place, the old dump site. Using a little Excelerator 5" DD coil I managed to eek out few...
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    MXT in trashy sites

    There was a post recently, which I cannot find right now, about the problems of finding good targets in really trashy sites. I'd like to offer a bit of my own experience and hopefully some encouragement to those new to the hobby. I've used an MXT for a few years now and only recently have I...
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    My Quattro-MXT comparison....

    After giving the Quattro several fairly good trials I've come to some conclusions (at my amateur level of expertise on the Quattro, these could change at any moment): 1. The MXT is faster recovery and easier ID on shallow coins and most jewelry, especially small items and chains. 2. Both are...
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