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Recent content by madaboutmike

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    Gold or pyrites?

    I was detecting where there used to be summer camps abandoned long ago. The area is surrounded by quarries. I working proximate and below a rock face I have repeatedly explored. Sitting on a rock sat a black stone. One side of the stone is infused with golden specks and flakes. At first I...
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    Sov Elite Blues

    I bought my Sov Elite from Kellyco - this was my first MD. The control unit is so heavy that carry it on a shoulder strap because hip mounting would give me a hernia! The control unit, digital meter and the 10" Tornado coil were shipped to Los Vegas because the meter was incapable of...
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    Kung Pow Grid Marker Method

    Haven't been able to detect for a while so when I went to a local school and started the ball field, I started feeling overwhelmed by the size of the area and didn't know where to start or how to confine my detecting. I needed a grid method but golf tees wouldn't poke up through the grass and...
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    Watch out fo Bugs - Don't forget your Bug Ointments!

    Had an unpleasant side effect from a detecting foray. I was detecting an abandoned recreational area. Later that night, I noticed itchiness on my left ribs. Didn't think much of it - I've been bug bit before and in fact, the first time I went out with a MD, i go stung by a yellow jacket right...
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    CoinSearch Happiness

    Just bought a CoinSearch coil from Dixie Md's. 'Retired' my Sov. Elite last summer for repairs. Went to a heavily detected park and among the zincs and coppers I found along a well detected path, also found silve nickels 1946 -1949, Very happy with the way Dave treated me during the ordering...
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    Watch out for Bugs!

    WARNING! In my search for buried riches, I sometimes forget an important precaution. Insect repellent. A few days after a preliminary hunt, I noticed small lumps on the left side of my rib cage. I thought nothing of it because I'd been bitten by a variety of pests including deer ticks and...
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    Tuning or detuning the Sunray probe

    Got my Sunray DX-1. I've been using a Vibraprobe. The Sunray is sensitive all along the shaft. I want power to concentrate on the tip. How do I coordinate settings on the MXT to accomploish this or is there a learinng curve I didn't anticipate. mike
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    Rhode Island Ghost Town Hunt

    Last summer, while my Sov. Elite was in the shop, I purchased a new MXT with 6"DD coil, I explored an area previously described by old timers as a boxing camp. I wrote about this last summer and in the interim, finally have been able to define boundaries. The camp was more extensive than...
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    Sterling silver - .925

    First time out this spring. I went to a local park I've visited before to test new headphones and Lesche digging tool. Found a bracelet and at first thought it was gold. Brought it home and read the clasp under my jeweler's loupe. There were numbers .925. Is this an indication the bracelet is...
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    Books and Equipment

    Dear Ground Scroungers, I live in the Northeast and the ground is thawing. Time to get out and get that money! Got a MXT last year. Over the weekend I learned that my cousin moved to a renovated school house built around 1900. The indians burned the town down during the King Philip War. I'm...
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    Minelab tech service is good - Minelab is great!

    I bought a Sov. Elite from Kellyco 2 yrs. ago. I never had a MD so I got the best based upon consumer reviews. The meter never registered to 550 but I decided to 'live with it'. Last year the 10" tornado coil started shorting out. I started using the 5" Tornado coil. I was finding things but...
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    Why is my beach detecting so unproductive?

    I'm not competant at beach detecting but I'd like to improve. I finally got to detect the beach in Middletown, the neighbor of Newport, the playground of the rich. I hit First and second Beaches which run into each other. I had the place to myself. There were 2 beach volley ball nets in front of...
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    Another new dump!

    Dear dumpaholicks, I was trying to locate evidence of a small settlement that was used for training boxers. I located a dump first and weeks later discovered foundations. This dump is curious because it abutts a 100' high rock face to the east and to the west is a concrete wall that in a way...
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    Old boxing camp exploration

    I've been exploring a section for the past few months based on info. from old timers that there was once was a boxing camp in there. Yesterday, after a killing climb over a path that took me over a rock face, and after following a path down the other side, I noticed another path. I followed and...
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    Metal Detectorists come in handy!

    Today I did a little early morning digging in a playground among the chips. I got a stramge signal near the swings and startred digging. Within a seconds I had a pink cell phone in hand. I pondered how to get this back to its owner. I had trouble contacting the local service provider and out of...
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