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  1. John-Edmonton

    How Ironic.....I Went Prospecting Yesterday. Lost My Glasses, A Detectorist (myself) Found Them This Morning

    Yesterday was St. Patrick's day. Well, the sun came out, so I headed down to the river. While walking in the woods towards the river, I ran into a leprechaun. He pointed me in the right direction to where the pot of gold was buried. After two different ropes to safely get myself down to the...
  2. John-Edmonton

    Out Coin Shooting In The The Snow Today With The VX9

    They do make some interesting products. I saw an ad yesterday about releasing a John Lennon coin.
  3. John-Edmonton

    Out Coin Shooting In The The Snow Today With The VX9

    Probably Ebay. The mint has sold out years ago.
  4. John-Edmonton

    Ace 300 coil question

    If it has a coil cover, remove it and clean out the debris. There could be water in the coil. Drying it out in a warm, but not hot environment might dry it up. The coil wire where it enters the coil could be frayed and shorting out. Sounds like you need a coil replacement, or consider a new...
  5. John-Edmonton

    Happy St. Patrick's Day!

    I like it!
  6. John-Edmonton

    Happy St. Patrick's Day!

    Stay safe!🤢
  7. John-Edmonton

    Out Coin Shooting In The The Snow Today With The VX9

    The snow was starting to melt with grass showing, then we got snow dumped on us during the last couple of days. Temps went down a bit too. However, metal detecting is a hobby, and great exercise. I was cleaning out my closet and found this old Garrett detector bag. I think I bought it...
  8. John-Edmonton

    Using The 3 Bars On The Vortex Screen On Bi-Metallic Coins To ID Them

    Definitely. In multifrequency, you should seethe curser bouncing around a low number (iron) and High number (80+) with the high number designating a high conductor target. Under those situations, you have to dig it to see what the higher conductor is.
  9. John-Edmonton

    Using The 3 Bars On The Vortex Screen On Bi-Metallic Coins To ID Them

    Yes I am. The learning curve is not only fairly easy, but not frustrating like some other units I have used. To me it's a "BINGO!"
  10. John-Edmonton

    Using The 3 Bars On The Vortex Screen On Bi-Metallic Coins To ID Them

    I found it's quite easy to ID Bi-metallic coins with the Garrett Vortex. The machine is running in zero discrimination, multi frequency. Although the numbers bounce back and forth, the same numbers do repeat themselves and show up as two cursers on the graph temporarily.
  11. John-Edmonton

    1/8 Connector for Vortex

    I think he is referring to these......
  12. John-Edmonton

    Had To Carve My Coins Out Of The Frozen Soil.........It All Adds Up!

    Out for a couple hours with Ol’ Blue! I am saving up for my annual gold coin or nugget purchase. I have been doing this for years and have built up a nice stash of gold to leave to my kids.
  13. John-Edmonton

    Got In A Few Hunts Using The Garrett Vortex VX9. Got Jewelry, Tokens And Coins. It's A Great Machine For Canadian Coinage.

    I wish I wish I wish.
  14. John-Edmonton

    Got In A Few Hunts Using The Garrett Vortex VX9. Got Jewelry, Tokens And Coins. It's A Great Machine For Canadian Coinage.

    Thanks! It sure is a fantastic hobby.
  15. John-Edmonton

    Got In A Few Hunts Using The Garrett Vortex VX9. Got Jewelry, Tokens And Coins. It's A Great Machine For Canadian Coinage.

    Thanks! I want to focus on finding coins and jewelry. I have too may relics from 35 years of metal detecting.
  16. John-Edmonton

    Got In A Few Hunts Using The Garrett Vortex VX9. Got Jewelry, Tokens And Coins. It's A Great Machine For Canadian Coinage.

    It easily identifies Canadian clad. That was a real plus for me! As some other Garrett machines, the ID jumps back and forth 30's to 70's. You kinda have to also learn the audio, like the AT Pro. The best frequency to hunt clad with is 25 kHz. The single bar graph also shows the curser bouncing...
  17. John-Edmonton

    Today Is March 7, 2025 - Another Firmware Update Is Now Available For The VORTEX Line

    And yet some more improvements. How to install updates:
  18. John-Edmonton

    Here's A List (not complete) Of All Garrett Metal Detectors Produced Since 1964

    You described that gentleman down to a T.
  19. John-Edmonton

    Here's A List (not complete) Of All Garrett Metal Detectors Produced Since 1964

    Or be super rich. Imagine getting all those silver coins and hoarding them. Being one of the first water hunters at beaches and finding all that gold people lost. Thoughts like that keep me awake at nights.:razz:
  20. John-Edmonton

    Here's A List (not complete) Of All Garrett Metal Detectors Produced Since 1964

    I don't think a lot of people are aware of how successful Garrett has been in influencing today's technology with patents, research and development for the sport. https://www.findmall.com/threads/list-of-garrett-detectors.343577/
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