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    Coins in CW Campsites

    I always hear about the seated half dimes and dimes that are found. Does anyone find Indian Heads? Found an 1860 IH in an area where I was looking for a camp and I'm thinking I have to go back and hunt that area hard.
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    Relic Hunting in N. Central Alabama down to Cullman?

    Is anybody still relic hunting in North Central Alabama (say Tennessee line down to Cullman) ? I lost one partner last year and the other moved away. Now I don't have any contacts in Bama anymore and I'm starting to think any sites in this part of the state are all played out. PM me if you don't...
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    Validation

    I've once again proven to myself that I made the right choice with the X-terra 70. About 18 months ago I buried a replica CW buckle in backyard at 11 measured inches deep for test target purposes. I let it sit 6 months and then tried with the MXT I had and I could not, no matter what I did...
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    Had an Ah Hah moment last night...

    when I was digging a target that turned out to be foil wrapper in 8" of fill dirt. The Ah Had was when I realized that the reason the target seemed to be moving around was because as I was disturbing the soil around the target I was probably changing the character of the return signal. I think...
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    CW Relic Hunting in Alabama

    I'm not asking for help in finding sites, just some insight from those members that have been relic hunting in Alabama for quite a while. One of the problems I seem to keep running up against is that many of the sites I've located through research have been destroyed through land modification or...
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    Prospecting Mode

    Guess I didn't really understand prospecting mode before. I've gone into that mode to help pinpoint deep targets, but haven't used it to hunt with. Today I was playing around in the test garden out back and I noticed that prospecting mode will give back different tonal qualities on different...
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    Official Records and value of Research

    Has anyone located a site through the Official Records in the last couple years and then found a site that wasn't pounded into oblivion? I'm just wondering if the ORs are as valuable as they used to be. Since they've been used as a resource for so long, I was wondering if their value as a...
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    Balance using 10.5" DD coils

    In my experience its easier to swing a machine that's well balanced, than one that is even slightly nose heavy. The torque is the main enemy and will put a hurtin' on your elbow and or shoulder in short order. To that end I've been experimenting with different ways to add a few ounces on the...
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    Differences in High Frequency detection (14-20 khz) and low (3-10 khz)

    What advantages and disadvantages are there to high freq detectors vs. low frequency? What are each type best for and in what ground? Is there a good book out there that discusses this?
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    Coil specific question

    I apologize if I'm rehashing a topic with this one, but I'm trying to figure out if I need to add an 18.75 hz 10.5" DD coil to my stable for relic hunting. I already have the MF 10.5 and it works ok in moderate to bad ground, but I hunt good ground too and I wonder if the higher freq. coil might...
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    Searching old metal detecting sites

    Most of the Civil War sites I have to search were hit heavily 10-15 years ago, but haven't been searched much in the intervening years because everybody assumes they've been hunted out. What detector would you choose to look for those deep targets that got missed? I'm fairly sure there are some...
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    Anybody compare Whites New Prizm 6T and Minelab's Safari?

    I would love to see a comparison between the White's 6T and the new Minelab Safari.
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    Best coil for depth in good dirt

    I went relic hunting in TN yesterday and I gotta say I'm loving this X-terra 70 more and more (more than the MXT). I know this question has probably been pounded to death, but I can't find a thread on it, so I'm gonna ask. In good dark brown, low mineralization dirt would the 18.75 concentric...
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    Control Box Backup?

    Has anyone ever asked Minelab if they would sell just a control box, so that you could use it as a backup? Seems it would be a lot easier than carrying a whole extra detector if you had a spare control box and one of your other coils with you.
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    Diff. between 2 filter, 3 filter, or 4 filter machines??

    I guess the question is what are filters and why are they important?
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    Anybody use the 18.75 kHZ concentric coil on their XT-70?

    I'm trying to decide on another coil to add to the ones I have (6" HF DD, 10.5" MF, stock) and was wondering if anybody has tried the high frequency concentric coil for general hunting?
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    Best method for coin and jewelry hunting

    I've been a relic hunter for the last two years, but I've decided to branch out into coin and jewelry hunting. I have been clad hunting a few times now with the Xterra 70 and have done fine, but its been brought to my attention that for gold jewelry I really need something a little higher in...
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    Sound Differences between all digital machines and analog machines

    We had an unusual situation today. My daugter decided to practice her archery in the back yard and after she fired two arrows we noticed that we could not find the arrows. After searching for a while we came to conclusion that the arrows had gone under the turf. Well, recognizing the opportunity...
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    Super 12 noisier than stock coil??

    Just decided to get a Super 12 for my machine and have been playing with it around my yard. The ground that normally allows me to turn the gain up to +3 on the stock coil gets real squirrelly if I push it past +2. This is moderate ground, so its right about in the middle between good ground and...
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    Minelab Explorer vs. Whites MXT w/12" coil for relic hunting

    Is there any appreciable difference in depth capablity, between the Explorer and the MXT (12" coil) ?
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