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    MTpockets is a good man!

    No complaints here. He's honest and does what he says!
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    Coil covers can be a pain.

    I know that most folks like them, and I will use them oncertain machines, but I have been digging for 30 years and never have scuffed a hole or crack in one. My biggest complaint with them is the difficulty in removing them if they have any sand or dirt inside. If you accidently stretch the...
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    Silicone oil

    I work at a water plant, and we use silicone oil for o-rings and fittings. It's put out by Hach, and I was wondering if it would be a good idea to use this on external rubber seals on the Excal, like around the knob stem rubbers and the battery pod connection rubber disc? The oil does soften-up...
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    Excal battery terminal question.

    I'm having some good luck with the Excal, and I like it better than any other water machine I have used, so far. I'm not in salt water, but noticed when I unscrewed the battery pod connection that the terminals were wet. No leakage of the pod, but perhaps I didn't screw the connector cap on...
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    SJA is great to deal with!

    Very honest and a great guy.
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    Best freshwater settings for Excal

    I have gone from using a Tiger Shark to an Excal. I bought a nice used one from another member here. The Tiger has been great, and I will continue to use it. I took the Excal out yesterday, and found around 1.50 in change, and some tabs. No nickels, foil, or hairpins(which I'm always digging...
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    FS Minelab X-Terra 70 with extras EX!

    This outfit is in excellent cosmetic AND working condition. I am the 2nd owner, and it has seen little use by both of us. The batteries that I will send with it are probably only the 4th or 5th set that's ever been in it, and they are good. You will get the stock coil(with 2 covers-one brand...
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    Favorite for freshwater...Excal or Tiger Shark?

    I have used the Tiger for some time now, and it's done very well. Just wondering how the Excal would compare in freshwater. Thanks.
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    Fist gold of the season.

    My finds from this morning. Gold band is only 10k, but it was a welcome sight. Other ring may be silver, but it's not marked. Not pictured is the pocketful of tabs that I culled-out before taking pics.
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    Tiger Shark Tot Lot finds

    Got a workout this morning. No gold, but did find one broken and bent-up silver ring. It was fun.
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    My old artritic self is going to swing the 10.5 coil tomorrow.

    I'm going relic hunting around a CW campsite, and I haven't taken the big coil out YET. I've had it for months. I swung it in the yard as I was taking it out to the truck tonight, and I have a feeling this thing is gonna whoop me tomorrow, so I'm taking the stock coil with me for relief. Can't...
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    A few Eldorado relics today

    I've been "under the weather" recently, and today was the first day I felt like digging in a while, so I went back to a place that I've been hunting for about 4 years. One of the buckles is CW, I'm fairly sure, but the other one looks more like a more modern Army belt buckle. Found one Sharps...
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    :surrender:Might be out of comission for a little while

    I've had a recent bout of digestive tract problems, and it appears that a hernia has gotten larger in my gut. I know what the doc is gonna want me to do, so I guess I had better have it fixed. Bloating and blockages have become a frequent nuissance.
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    Got to hunt with the Eldorado today.

    It is a sweet, no-nonsense machine. I didn't swing it over any good targets today, because I was looking for a new CW camp, going over some new ground. I did dig enough junk and a little melted lead to know how the machine acts. I tuned it in after GB'ing it with a good, low threshold in all...
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    Taking the new Eldorado for a walk tomorrow

    I'm going to hunt some new ground for CW encampment sites. Looking forward to using the Eldo!:thumbup:
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    Mojave is a great guy to deal with!

    Very nice machine. Packaged well and shipped promptly. :thumbup:
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    Is there such thing as an Eldorado uMax?

    I bought a machine from a fellow member here and got it today. It was advertised in the classifieds as an Eldorado uMax. Man, it's a clean, nice looking machine! It is truly in like-new condition. But nowhere on the machine or owner's manual does it say "uMax". I have a Silver uMax that has...
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    I just don't know how that little 6" DD coil does it.

    I bought my X-70 used(but like-new), and got the stock coil AND a 6" 18.75 DD coil with it. The former owner told me that I would be amazed at the depth of that little coil. Being from the "old school", I always believed in the old "circumferential convex" theory that a small coil meant shallow...
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    Found a good button this morning!

    I went back to a farm where I have been digging CW relics for several years, but this was the first trip with the X-70. I have hunted all the fields to death, and I have been reluctant to hunt the fenced-in yard(a 3-4 acre yard). I talked to the owner this morning, and they said to dig all I...
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    The Eldorado Umax will be heading this way.

    It's gotta make a cross-country trip from CA to VA. Maybe the conditions will be better around here to use it when it gets here. Lord knows, I haven't been able to get out and use my other toys in a long time. The ground is rotten around here when it isn't frozen.
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