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    F/S Sidekick (Super-tune Module) for the Propointer

    If you haven't seen the Sidekick, check out the Modifications Forum heading(s) "A better way to super tune the Propointer" and "How to make your own Sidekick" I have more than one left. $10 shipped to the lower 48 states. Would make a great stocking stuffer for Christmas. PM me for more info. Ran
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    For the experienced researcher....

    With available plat maps only dating back to the 1870's, how would one go about finding homesteads in fields that existed before the plat maps were created? I look for rises, sat map anomalies, plow arounds, and tree clusters. But its hit and miss. I see a lot of pre 1870 field finds...
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    Slim pickings

    Went out to a farm field ghost town. It wasn't much of a town back in 1875 but it had a post office so that put it on the map. Anyhow its been slim pickings and for all the hunting I've done since this spring when I got permission, I've only found a few interesting relics, 4 Indian pennies, and...
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    How to make your own Sidekick for the Propointer.

    I have decided to stop making the Sidekick but have a several left so if anybody wants the kit, just PM me for purchase info.The Sidekick is simply a coil of wire and a switch. Simple concept but very difficult to work with because of the small size of the components. To see how the Sidekick...
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    My theory of Terra firma

    We often hear of the posts where someone finds an old coin or two near the surface in the same location as zincolns and pull tabs that are 6+ inches. I have experienced the same. I have heard a lot of explanations except this one and its based on my coin test area. The soil in my area is...
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    Old park in the city

    Now mind you I'm not bragging on myself. I'm just really happy about my finds with the Deus. Somehow I think I'm on a really lucky streak or I'm becoming one with this detector. I believe I have done better with the Deus in the short couple months I've owned it than all my other detectors...
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    Tested my jewelry program this weekend

    Went to a HUGE local multi-sports field that gets replenished often (like a beach). It has been so dry that I stayed away even though they have a sprinkler system and irrigate often. Thursday and Friday it rained so I decided to hit it and test the program. Here's the results minus about $3...
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    I wasn't going to dig it....

    I figured it was can slaw. In addition it was close to the road and all I was finding was trash. I had been searching the school because I found several silver dimes and lots of wheat's and one war nickle (not to mention the clad...but wait, I just did!). Anyhow Its a shirt pin possibly for a...
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    I made an antenna

    out of an RCA style audio cable. It is 6' long. It is thin enough to fit through the hole in the lower shaft but I chose to go outside with Velcro wraps but tywrapped it to the coil. I cut the ends back exposing the center conductor 1-1/8 to 1-1/4 (I made it before reading the thread about...
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    Accidental gold

    This has happened to me 3 times with the Deus. While digging a coin signal, gold came with it. The upper right is the first and it is 10k, the upper left is 14k HGE (heavy gold plate), and the earring is 14k. I found the earring today searching a local school. When I bent down to dig a rough...
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    Have you detected a creek or riverbed?

    The water is way down and the creekbeds and riverbeds are accessable for detecting. I'm just wondering if anybody has had any success when detecting them. I tried it once but got tons of iron and fishing tackle. However the area wasn't historic and a couple areas that I was considering to...
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    How do we deal with averaging?

    I have been doing some crude testing and noticed that when nails are next to a coin in the same plane, we get the nice separation of targets and a decent high conductor signal. Introduce a pull tab or other non-ferrous target into the equation and the same separation turns into target averaging...
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    Whats wrong with my deep coin program...

    So today I was out playing with settings for my deep coin program. I was running at 12KHz but decided to drop it to 8KHz because of the sensitivity to a couple very small (near surface) targets that sounded deep. I don't know if it will help but I didn't dig any small targets after changing the...
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    Plugging in dry earth

    I only go to a couple locations that aren't impacted by digging as the grass is brown and patchy and the earth is somewhat sandy. In another location the blade pierces the earth fairly easy so cutting a plug isn't difficult even though the earth is hard and dry. However it crumbles into small...
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    Preaching to the Choir

    When I got my Deus I purchased on the basis of videos and user posts. 95%+ were positive. The YouTube videos were impressive. The Deus engineering is light years ahead of the current market. But my first impression was one of disappointment when I started using it. It would chatter and the ID...
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    Deus and chatter

    I have been experiencing a lot of chatter with the Deus in my yard. I live in a rural area, standard powerline and buried cable TV line. However I have a couple acres and can get hundreds of feet away from any suspect interference. I have properly set up GB and threshold according to the manual...
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    Deal me in...

    A couple years ago I was going to order a Deus from Alain at XP before it was offered in the US. I backed out because customs could (at their choosing) slap up to a 30% tariff on imports. In addition, if anything went wrong with it ...well, you get the idea.. Today I took possession of a used...
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    Vaquero Headphone jack mod without voiding the warranty...I think.

    In the summer months I use the cheap ear-buds that coincidentally are 32 Ohm (a better impedance match to the detector) while the high priced ones are 16 Ohm. The cheapies have a short cable but Short or long the wire gets in my way when I'm digging and I usually yank the buds out of my ear. In...
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    There's a Sovereign Elite for sale

    On ebay. I don't know if the mods like posting links to Ebay so I wont. Its got 19hrs to go and is at $340. I am not interrested but it comes with the Minelab meter and an extra brand new 5" coil. Maybe someone here is interrested? I inquired about the meter because its not mentioned in the ad.
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    Got a phone call

    A while back a friends uncle who lived alone died as a result of a car accident. Apparently he joked with family members from time to time that he buried his money on the 1 acre property. While only a rumor it has a hint of truth to it since the uncle grew up in the depression era. So I get a...
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