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    Pounded park gives up more silver

    I headed out this morning to my old park. I was planning on hitting a large field area that I don't think is terribly old. The park is from the 1890's but this section I think was developed later, maybe the 1950's based on my topographic maps. Well as I was driving in I noticed the park...
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    What camera do folks use when filming their hunts?

    Just wondering.
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    4 silver day!

    I was planning on heading back to the park where I picked up a Merc and 1890 IH on Wednesday but knew I wasn't going to have a ton of time. I didn't want to have to make the 9 minute drive there. As I was pulling out of my driveway I saw a car in the driveway to the house behind me. The house...
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    Does a smaller coil allow for higher sensitivity?

    I ordered the 8x6 SEF and was wondering if it will allow me to run at a higher sens than the larger stock coil. When I switched to the 8x6 on my DFX I was able to run a lot higher and still have it stable. It was a good trade-off. Smaller coil lost some depth but added sens made up for some of...
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    Silver and others from the old park

    Went to a small section of my 1890's park that I've never hit before. It's not really a picnic or field area. Just some grass at the top of a little hill off the road. Looking at historic aerials I saw the road into the park had been there since the 30's. I think it's one of the oldest sections...
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    Silver, wheat, pendant, and something else??

    Finally got back out for a few hours yesterday. Tried a section of the park I hadn't tried before. Not the oldest section by far but from aerials looks like it's been around since the 1950's and it's right near the creek. Only swung for about 30 minutes before the rain came down (even though...
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    Ordered my 8x6 today... backordered :(

    Well I finally decided to order an 8x6 SEF for my Etrac. I had good luck with the one on my DFX so I think it should work well on the Etrac as well. The only difference is I was using the stock 12" concentric on the DFX so I think it made for a bigger difference. Going from the Etrac's stock 11"...
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    vacant 1860 home gives up another silver

    Went back to the vacant 1860 home I have permission to hunt. One of the first signals was this nice 1907 Barber quarter. This is my second Barber quarter from this spot. I had only been here about 30 minutes and figured it was going to be a great day. Well I stayed 3 hours and only got one...
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    45 minute hunt yields silver and spoon

    Grabbed the video baby monitor and headed out to next door neighbor's backyard while the boys took a nap. The neighbor's house has been empty for 11 months (foreclosed) but the grass was cut this past week. Granted the house is only from the 40's but figured there might be something good. Had...
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    Vacant 1860 home - 3 hr hunt = 3 firsts and 4 SILVERS!

    Made some adjustments to TTF based on G4E's website. Basically just needed to discriminate 01-01 through 01-31 to get rid of the iron wrap around. That made a HUGE difference. I was hoping the iron was mainly just around the house but I tried several sections of the front and backyard and it's...
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    Etrac warranty question

    This is probably a dumb question but is the warranty on the Etrac trasferrable if you ever sell the machine? When I was going to register my warranty online on minelab.com it was asking me a purchase date. Can't you just wait til you have an issue then fill it out and put the purchase date as...
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    Disc'ing out 1-35 and down in TTF?

    I was running TTF with stock coil yesterday and kept getting a high tone. It seemed I was seeing a lot of 1-25 to 1-35. Is it a bad idea to discriminate from 1-35 down in TTF? I assume maybe all the high tones I was getting was due to iron wrap around?? I'm trying to not look at the numbers and...
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    Permission on an 1860 home

    Got permission about a week ago by te time he called me so I went today for about 40 minutes. I can't believe the iron in this place. It was a constant null. Tried TTF but still struggled. I think next time in going to try a different section of the yard. My hunt got cut short when the property...
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    Where is the darn silver!?

    Silver has been eluding me in my own yard. I've found at least 20 wheats, the oldest being 1909. I've only found 1 Merc ('39). And that was when I had my Bounty Hunter 4 years ago!! I just found two more wheats today but still no more silver. I'm sure it hasn't been hit before. Maybe I'm not...
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    Non-repeatable signals at 90 degrees. Junk?

    If you get a nice tone one way but at 90 degrees either nulls or disappears is it usually junk? I get a lot that seem to null at 90 degrees when they sounded good the first way. I'm only disc'ing from Fe20 down. I'll usually jump to Quick Mask and see Fe numbers from 30 to 35 so I keep swinging...
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    Hit the old fairgrounds

    Got my Sunray X-1 so thought I'd try it out. Only had about 50 minutes so headed to the 1850's fairgrounds. It's still very active today and terribly trashy. The first signal I got was a 1910 wheat about 5". It was in some hard clay which I found strange. I tried TTF but wasn't having too much...
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    Etrac emulator - where do you download??

    I searched for over an hour last night trying to find somewhere to download the emulator. The Beep Goes On offered a few sites - one didn't work, the other you need to register as a member, and the third one is from Max's website. The only one I could get to work was Max's website but it's in...
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    New Etrac and first 2 silver day ever!

    I finally got out for more than a 20 minute hunt since getting my Etrac on Wednesday. Headed to a pavilion area of the park that I've hunted numerous times as well as at least 2 other MDer's that I think may live in the pavilion (they're there every time I even drive by!). I tried an area I had...
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    Bart from Big Boys is great

    I'm late on this since I bought my Etrac on Monday. I posted an ad for a used Etrac in which I got several messages from various forum members with great deals but after talking to Bart we were able to strike a great deal on a new one with warranty. I ordered it late Monday afternoon and Bart...
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    Manual vs Auto

    This might be a dumb question, but, is an Auto Sens at 26 (+\- 0) the same as running Manual Sens at 26? And is there a benefit from one to the other if its the same Sens? I thought I read on another thread today that you can swing a lot slower in Manual Sens and still pick up really deep...
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