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  1. M

    Back from my annual beach trip....

    WOW... your haul eclipses mine by 10x. Are you primarily a dry or wet sand hunter ? I spent most of my time in the damp sand to waters line. I did walk about 200 feet of dry sand and not even a whisper to be heard. What was your weapon of choice ? Sorry it didn't pan out for you, but did you...
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    Well, I'm back from the OBX beach week.... Theres many words I could use on how it went..

    Trip was great, family enjoyed it. Detecting.......................................................................................... Oh well.
  3. M

    Well, I'm back from the OBX beach week.... Theres many words I could use on how it went..

    OPT.. truthfully, the last 5-7 yrs down there haven't been good at all... Way back when, the good ol'e days, whatever you want to call it, 20-30 bucks in change was the norm. Now 2 bucks and your king of the hill.
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    Does anyone here remember a guy named VA beach Max, or grave digger Max from another forum ??

    I hope you do run into him Felix.. ask him about the hook he used on his belt. We used to converse back and forth many yrs ago, but haven't since the other forum disbanded some time ago. Mention Mark from ( ohio ), maybe he'd remember me ?
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    Well, I'm back from the OBX beach week.... Theres many words I could use on how it went..

    Felix.. for sure, Hard pack is what u look for, that way the gold is within the reach of the signal.............................. But your right, if its not there, its crickets all day long.
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    Does anyone here remember a guy named VA beach Max, or grave digger Max from another forum ??

    Here's why I'm asking. He use to have a sort of a hook contraption he'd wear around his waist to hook the heavy scoop to and just drag the handle thru the sand till he needed it.. My problem was this, I brought 2 scoops with me on the obx trip. One was a heavy duty NUTTALL thats has to weigh...
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    Well, I'm back from the OBX beach week.... Theres many words I could use on how it went..

    but lets keep this PG... First, the trip ( not detecting ) was great. Weather got better as the week progressed. Sunshine and low 80 "s wed, thurs, fri. Now the detecting. If theres a word thats 5 levels below F'N horrible I'll go with that !! Conditions were great, ie. low tide areas...
  8. M

    getting ready for the annual pilgrimage to obx.....

    Good luck to you too felix.. Hope gold finds its way into your pouch Mark ( ohio )
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    getting ready for the annual pilgrimage to obx.....

    Felix and OPT, thanks for the kind sentiment. I surely hope better hunting for the labor day time frame.. Will report the good , the bad and the ugly.. Oh wait, thats clint eastwood isn't it ?? Mark ( ohio )
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    getting ready for the annual pilgrimage to obx.....

    gonna try labor day weekend-week to see if the luck is any better. Gonna hunt to the best of my ability but not sure if the outcome will be any different from yrs past.. would like to see a fair amount of change in my apron , but not holding my breath. Will let you know how things went in...
  11. M

    Odd looking “coin" found in a Vermont field

    looks like a Chinese coin to me
  12. M

    Old corroded ring stamped with 18K

    I think your spot on felix... gold plate over copper.
  13. M

    Old corroded ring stamped with 18K

    maybe 8kt possibly ?? I highly doubt 18kt would come out of the ground in that condition
  14. M

    who's had real world experience with with the whites vx3 detector... ?

    I remember it was like the kid brother to the spectra v3 but without some of the bells and whistles. Thats ok by me, just wondering what the overall operation of the unit was or was the v3 the superior detector. Mark ( ohio )
  15. M

    Just Smok'n It With The Vortex 6" x 11" Coil - Silver Dime, Ring #13 Plus So Much Coinage.

    great job John... your taking to this vortex like a duck to water !!
  16. M

    Are there any closet queen tesoro stingray II out there...

    how about one that wasn't rode hard and put away wet !! I think we call them fugly back in the day.
  17. M

    Best coil for the Quqttro

    Yep... I already made that suggestion many. many posts back.. Mine worked just greay on the exp II and now on the fisher f44
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