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    1804 Dollar coin in a voodoo crock pot! Cheapskate used a fake dagnabit!

    I was detecting a local beach on the Columbia river. Just after labor day crowds I was hoping for the best. I saw a small crock pot-almost like the pot O gold Leprechauns hoard their gold in. Cast iron-but it was cemented closed. The cement had shell ornaments & it appeared to have just washed...
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    A 1st for me...Lead WW1 soldier-in great shape!

    Been hunting a while & have found a lot of old marbles & such. But today I got my 1st lead soldier-of a doughboy. The guy is very well dressed for a soldier-even has a tie on!. I'd say these are a rare find for the Portland Oregon area & definitely made my day-because besides him I got a few...
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    Ok-I am officially impressed...Small campaign pin in a pile of piston rings...

    I was using the stock coil also to snipe it out. Moving through a known heavy trash area that has also produced coins I found a short 50-52 VDI blip...This area is littered with small iron trash most notably piston rings. I've pulled almost a dozen-some intact- cleaning this spot. I was running...
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    LOTR Ring (fake) & a amazing old campaign pin-Roosevelt 1936

    Had a slow day...Found the fake Lord of the Rings ring in a tot lot...Headed to an old park that has given well-but she's getting a bit stingy after 3 years I've been working the park. I found this very small-old-campaign pin at the end of the day. And how it survived at all is a wonder...
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    Mineralized rocky beach-littered with pulltabs & bottlecaps...Hows that for a 1st test for the AT Pro...

    And I must say-I am impressed- I did some at home testing on my new unit from Bart @ Big Boy Hobbies. I just found his online Amazon link & ordered from there-simple easy & a trusted seller. The connections were fairly easy to assemble-I am used to such things but these are metal & very...
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    Clockwork-yep-3 rows of numbers rotating,top & bottom...Whattzit???

    It was about 12" down in an area where I pulled a V nickle and a few mercury dimes...But man the spot is trashy & its hard work finding the old stuff. Back to the "whatzit"....Definitely clockwork of some sort-perpetual calender?. Bottom row the center dial is fully exposed,top row the center...
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    First for me..Mason lids led to some bottles..& an itty bitty eye popper(IMHO)..Any pottery experts wanna take a look?

    Howdy! Was doing some open woods detecting & came across a couple of mason lids with my detector. I quickly realized I was probably on an old privy. There were no coins but I did manage to use my coin popper to probe a few bottles out-Nice and I rarely get thm intact... But I also found a...
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    Nube's take on the Sov XS....And a bit O braggin small gold...

    I've had a few months here in Oregon using my new to me Sov XS with 8" small black coil(beach wading/trash areas) & 12" SEF coil (Land/beach monster awsome seperation).. I've read about everything I could and the only bit of advice I've not seen mentioned is this-Auto sensitivity works very...
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    A good day at my "hunted out" park-Personally my best "coin" ever-Local Token from 1896!!!

    I must say this was a suprise find-A nice old token from the Pioneer Saloon in Troutdale Oregon-Date aprox 1896... I live very close by & this is my best most awsome coin/token to date...And yes I've found silver 1/2's & a Peace Dollar...But this to me is the best.. I first found the badly...
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    Old tree surrounded by boulders...Gold disc with reeded edge-Had to take a seat....

    And savor the moment. I called my pooch over for some fruit snacks-we always share some after a good find. Brushed the dirt from the disc & saw the face staring back at me...The face of a RAT!....Or a mouse but I was dissapointed. I did a search on CEC coins & this is the holy grail of all...
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    Looking deeper/faster...I can afford a high end machine to compliment my current batch of fine detectors...

    And I'm also confusing myself so here comes another what should I get post...I'm in the Portland Oregon vicinity=Hot rocks/soil. I've developed a fairly tried/true hunting method which is whats hampering my decision. I use my detecting for exercise due to a permanent sleep disorder. I has...
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    A Pirates Treasure for me!!

    I'm amazed the enamel on the ring is still intact & bright-they made them well back when...About 4 feet away was this Caribbean states nickle...In Oregon no less... Did a google search and didn't find a match-but it was fairly deep... Aaaargh me Bucko...
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    Saved a "flying lady" from oblivion...

    Wish I could have found her arms...Maybe they will show up after the gophers do thier thing .. Almost made up for the coin count.One penny,one nickle...old rusted buckle & a few shell casings. I believe its just pot metal as its coming apart-it was in 3 pieces when I found it...Crazy glued it...
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    I have a order to send to ARA ...One piece is not marked but I'm very sure its 18K or better...Am I fool to trust thier tester??

    Most of the pieces I'm sending in are marked. I have an account with them so I'm in under the grandfather policy. But one chain I found is butter soft & feels "right". Very heavy...It was surface find & not marked. I took a knife to an end link and made a small cut. It is very soft & yellow all...
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    Prices look tempting-what model soveriegn to look for...

    I have been mostly a tone detector-not a fan of the VDI...Is there a better model for response/recovery speed?. I can slow down but I'll admit I prefer a fast response machine. But I have a few of the Tesoro's & a modified Tracker 4 that always is a coin & ring vacuum in trashy areas. The...
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    Any rockhounds can you help with this agate?

    I am in the Portland Oregon area-I find yellow agate a lot & pocket the ones I find digging while metal detecting. I was river detecting & I saw this in ankle deep water today. I know they are not typically valuable...but the green mosaic "turtleback" on this one is something I've never seen...
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    Silver U-max scores old gold from the river!

    I've hunted this spot for a few years & this is the 1st (possibly) old ring I've found.... The spot has tons of potential and history-but it also is strewn with heavilly mineralized rocks & sand-and the usual trash/iron. The sand swallows most stuff never to be seen again. But occasionally the...
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    6 Rings in 2 hours...Tracker 4 w/10" coil :detecting:

    This doesn't happen often no matter the brand what have you. But like most people I like the right tool for the job. And I must say for park skimming this is a great little unit. I had been to this park the day before & was using a small coil on a Discovery 3300(slow recovery machine). It's...
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    I found one months ago elswhere-today I found 2 more-Whatzit?

    I must say this forum has some very smart people ID'ing these items...Here's something that I can only guess are an early traction device for some poor beast of burden? Looks more like a cruel dog collar but they are much too short. The one on the left I found at the spot I pulled the Masonic...
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    Discovery 3300 internal 100k pot went bad-moved it to be adjustable externally

    First off I don't reccomend pulling one of these apart if its not broken & your factory warranty is intact. And mine should have been covered but I made the mistake of adding silicon to the edge of the faceplate-thinking that & an O ring setup on the GB adjustor would prevent moisture from...
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