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    old ax head--results of electrolysis

    I did the electrolysis on the ax head. Worked pretty well but could not get all the rust off. The electrolysis just stopped after a while and I could not get it to continue though I cleaned the contacts, etc. It was a bear just to get most of the caked clay out of the inside even after it was...
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    Old ax head before and after electrolysis

    I will post pictures of the ax head before and after. I am almost done with it but am having a little trouble getting the last bit of rust off. Any suggestions? Also, how do most people preserve the metal after it is dried-do you coat it with oil or something else? Thanks, Andy from Hillsborough
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    Age of ax head?

    Found this this past weekend in a field. Anyone know the ~age and if it would be a good candidate for electrolysis? Thx, Andy from Hillsborough
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    Age of ax head?

    I found this ax head in a field this weekend. Anyone know its approx. age and if it would be a good candidate for electrolysis? Thx, Andy from Hillsborough
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    What's more disappointing than not finding gold and/or silver?

    Coming home thinking you have found gold and silver and finding out that one is probably not silver and the other is gold plated at best. I was sure I had a nice gold ring!:shrug: I am not complaining since I have found both gold and silver this month, but my bubble was burst when I got home...
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    Ground balancing 12x10" SEF (Butterfly) coil

    I have been using the 12x10" SEF (Butterfly) coil on my V lately and have been finding some good stuff. However, I am having trouble ground balancing it. As I lower the coil to the ground , the tone seems to drop out, then suddenly gets louder. I have had no trouble ground balancing with the...
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    Vaquero warbling tone on all metal

    I was wondering if anyone else has this problem: My "V" seems to have a warbling tone when I switch to all metal. I try to adjust the threshold to a low volume around 2 o'clock and it warbles a little like someone gargling. I just noticed this last night in my basement. (Haven't tested it...
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    Vaquero Air test

    Gunnar asked me to test my Vaquero with a 10x12 butterfly coil with a dime. I decided to test a few items and report the results here. I set the V at just past 10 on the sensitivity, 2 o'clock on the threshold, and the DISC at nickel. I did not test with the standard 8x9 coil. 1. The nickel...
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    Vaquero with Rapoo wireless and SEF 10x12 coil

    Took the V out again before the really cold weather hit and hunted the same field I have been hunting for a year now. Wanted to try the Rapoo wireless with the V. My first thoughts were the earphone tones are not great but acceptable. I had trouble ground balancing using the wireless and...
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    First hunt with my new SEF 10x12 Butterfly Coil

    I got my SEF 10x12 coil yesterday and put it on the Vaquero today. After I spent the morning making a batch of beer (A porter to celebrate Duke's great football season though they lost last night :( , I took the V with the new coil out to my usually soccer field/camp retreat area. My first...
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    Garret pro-pointer trouble

    I have a relatively new (less than 1 year old) propointer and I started to have trouble with the switch staying on; then it starts working fine again. Will this only get worse, and should I send it back for repairs? I hate to be without it for any length of time though I have a HF pointer...
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    Anyone know what this is?

    Spent another 2 hours hunting today as it was in the 70's again. Found a few bucks in clad, a small silver ring, and this metal tag of some kind. It is 2 ounces in weight and appears to be an alloy of copper, but it definitely is not iron. Any ideas? I found it near a dairy store on what...
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    Finally found gold with the "V"!

    It was such a nice day yesterday, I took off from work 2 hours early and decided to do a hunt at my usual field. Found a bunch of clad, a lot of pop tops, a NY Subway Token, a small gold-colored skull charm and small gold painted earring along with a Western Field 12 gauge shotgun shell. I did...
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    Advice needed

    My wife wants to get me something for Xmas, but I always have trouble needing more stuff. However, I thought about getting a 5.75" coil for my "V." I do not hunt in high trash areas usually as they don't generally exist around here because the population isn't dense enough. I hunt schools...
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    Rock Tumbler

    I have a harbor freight rock tumbler and was wondering if anyone has ever used 8 mm steel slingshot balls in place of rocks to clean finds, jewelry, or coins? Thx, Andy from Hillsborough
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    Shotgun Head-stamps

    Since there has been so many postings about head-stamps lately, I decided to post my collection from the last year or so. Being a Federal Employee :clapping: (thank you), I was furloughed for about 2 weeks. So I decided to get my shotgun head-stamps together, put them through the rock tumbler...
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    Strange coincidence!

    Yesterday (Saturday) I took my daughter to her archery club that meets on Thursday at night in a lighted pavilion at a camp and on Saturday near a lake at the same camp. After the archery club she was going to sleep over her friends house whom I introduced to metal detecting a month earlier...
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    Ground Balancing a Vaquero

    I usually do not have problems ground balancing a Vaquero, but I was apparently on very neutral soil. When I turned the ground balance knob in either direction, it had no effect on the sound (all-metal tone used to balance). Is the detector working correctly? Andy from Hillsborough
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    Beautiful Day at Bentonville Battle site but not much luck

    Spent almost 8 hours hunting the Bentonville, NC battle field on a friends field and woods, but sadly found almost nothing. My friend using an AT PRO found a bayonet, but it turned out to be from re-enactors. We also found a lit of percussion caps, but they were also probably from re-enactors...
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    Weekend hunts

    Did some hunting at a camp retreat and my own property this weekend. At the Camp retreat I used the Tesoro V and found some bullet shells and some clad, nothing to brag about. Used the Bounty Hunter on the playing field since I did not want to go deep and was just looking for coins and...
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