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    I just cant get use to the 5.75 inch concentric on the vaquero

    I like the 9x8 stock but the 5.75 is a lot different. On beaver tail tabs , it often maxes out on the disc. Also I will hit a target , thumb it up until it disappears. When I thumb it back down to the original setting it often remains quiet. I have to hit the pinpoint button or thumb it down...
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    Found a Walking Liberty Half

    Went to my usual park today. I was hunting in an incredibly thick brushy area. I could not waste time digging trash here, it was just to hard. I set the Vaquero on the first mark past tab. I listened to the signals and only dug those with soft edges. I got a reading that was real loud but mellow...
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    Hunted out park yields another 1800s coin

    After work today, I hit the local park with the Vaquero for about an hour. I walked along the overgrown edge, its very viney and 99 percent of it you cant get a detector in. Whenever Id find an opening Id stick the coil in or walk in if it was large enough. One of the areas I was able to walk...
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    Great grandmothers house pays off

    Yesterday I posted about finding my Great grandparents house. A couple of old timers in the area told me to go ahead and hunt it. Nobody would object. So I headed there this morning. The house had a tin roof and it was scattered everywhere. I was forced to search away from the foundation. I...
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    I found my Great Granparents house

    Last year I posted about hunting a ghost town where my great grandparents were from.The town had been bulldozed and I didnt find much. I was told My great grandparents lived down the road. I followed the directions and found it. I have to get permission to hunt it. Dont know who owns it now...
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    Green 1881 Indian

    I detected a little today.I have not been feeling well and it wears me out to get up and down. So I ignored all signals except for good ones. My first dig after being more discriminate was this 1881 Indian. I was hunting in the woods .Using a Vaquero with small coil. Sens barely in the red...
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    Vaquero stock coil vs 5.75 concentric

    For two years I used the stock coil on the Vaq and learned the different sounds decently. This year I purchased the 5.75 inch concentric and things are not the same.. Im having a much harder time IDing targets. . Pull tabs and large balls of aluminum foil are often discriminating out at almost...
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    Old yard yielded one silver

    Went to an old country yard today , that has been hunted by others. I was pretty selective on targets to dig because I wasnt feeling to well. Instead of searching the obvious spots I spread out to the far reaches and picked up one silver dime and a few modern coins.. Im using the 5.5 inch...
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    Dont always find coins...

    ...sometimes one gets other stuff. Went out for a couple of hours today , in the woods. Did not find a single coin but dug upsome old stuff anyhow. I have some kind of old gauge to a Ford vehicle . Im guessing an oil pressure gauge . its an old one. Also this 8 sided heinz bottle. It still had...
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    Two years with my vaquero...

    .... what a sweet machine.
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    How to go about fishing a rocky river ford ?

    I plan on fishing a small river ford this year. This river is prone to extended flooding. The old ford is bedrock. Any coins or artifacts will be downstream. The rocks get flushed downstream and get stacked up making gravel bars. Heres my question. I have never hunted an area like this before...
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    Always lucky Vaquero. Merc. dime

    Took the vaq and new 5.5 inch concentric to the woods today. The ground is totally thawed. I was going very slowly because I have gout in the big toe. Man thats painful. Probably should have stayed home but Im an idiot.So I would take a step stop and place the coil in every nook and cranny...
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    Power balancing question

    I tried power balancing with a Vaquero yesterday, following these instructions. a.. Locate a metal-free clean spot of ground to adjust the GB. You might pick some of the more mineralized ground in the area you're searching (and if you have an All Metal mode you can help locate such a spot. b...
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    1st coin of the year. 101 year old quarter found with Vaquero

    Finally got some decent weather. The ground is still frozen in most places but i found an area that was thawed. I have a brand new 5 inch coil I wanted to try out and also give power balancing a try . Picked up this quarter and a buffalo nickle and another nickle that I havent cleaned up yet. i...
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    Deepest detector less than three hundred ollars

    A friend of mine asked about metal detectors. He going to hunt farm fields so he wants a deep seeker that cost less than three hundred dollars. I dont know what entry level machine to suggest. I was thinking tesoro Silver U-max or Fisher F2. He will be hunting fertile black illinois dirt. Any...
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    Dozer piles and a Vaquero

    Earlier this year I detected a ghost town with no luck. Most of the town has been dozed over. I know where those piles are. I plan to hunt one sometime this year. No doubt it will be full of metal. One could probably sit on top with a pro pointer and go to town, not even needing a detector. I...
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    Need button ID

    Heres a button. No markings on the back. It feels a little lighter than the military buttons i have found but still has a military look to it. It might be just a fancy button. Any ideas? Theres a sword on the top.A shield with stars and the letter u above a downward pointing arrow.Then there is...
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    Deep in a faraway corner ...

    Deep in a faraway corner , in the wooded area of a local park are two very large trees. All the other trees have been logged . I ask myself , why were these two spared? Did the landowner want to leave a couple for the children to play on , or did he live close and wanted a couple of shade...
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    Old motel key tag

    Hunted a yard today with the Vaquero. It was a promising yard but difficult to hunt because of roofing nails and can slaw. I did find this key tag to a long gone Hotel here in town. A very cool find . I love finding historic relics like this.
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    At least I found a war nickle

    Hunted about three hours today in the wooded area Ive been hitting hard . Coins are getting hard to come by. Did get a 1945 P nickle . It had little corrosion on it , nice condition. A few feet away I picked up a heavily toasted 1914 Wheat .Go figure. The nickle was about five inches down. The...
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