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    Looking for Tesoro 4pin delta coil

    Wondering if anyone has any 4pin delta style Tesoro coils for sale
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    Vaquero Frequency selection

    Could someone explain which frequency is most often used in the vaquero, and what the different uses is for each?
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    Compadre Coil Swap

    Once a modification has been completed that allows for coil changes on the Compadre, which coils seem to give the best performance? What does not seem to work as well? What have you tried?
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    Wich detector do you wish you owned

    Is there a detector that you've always drooled over?
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    Arrow Heads / pottery / fossils

    How common is it to find arrow heads while detecting? I think some places have simply been inhabited longer than others. Some places lead themselves to relatively easy habitation. The Indians lived around Natchez long before The Spanish, French, English Settlers came around ...and they all...
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    Search Patterrn Scheme

    Going to a new sight tomorrow (old homestead),...thought of something last night. I have some little surveyors flags left over from a project that I'll take along. I usually study a site for a few before I start out swinging, and dig as I go, I will dig as few hits to see what I'm getting, but I...
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    Coin identification

    Aside from the internet, is their a small guide book of sorts that I could have in the field with me, that would help in identifying coins? Not an encyclopedia, something small, that I can check out when I take a break. Does anyone know of anything that they would recommend?
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    Smelting

    Does anyone Smelt down their finds or is everyone just hoarding coins? If you are hoarding coins, are you tumbling them or polishing them or leaving them in their found condition. Most of mine seem to be very degraded (Not collectable at any increased value) with the exception of a few nice...
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    Specialty Homemade tools for detecting

    Found a new all metal shank gardening tool @Lowe's the other day. It seemed to be very well built, and with a little adjustment, I think I have an awesome little digger scoop. It has a nice built in finger guard that helps get a lot of leverage. Cost $8 and took about 20 min to fabricate...
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    Detecting at night

    Does anyone else detect at night? IncRry a small Headlight and will keep searching even after sunset... anyone else?
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    If you had to chose only one

    If you had to choose only one detector, considering power requirements, and ease of use....Which would be the last detector you'd part with? I own several guns but if i had to pick one it would be a .22 rifle.... Whats your best, most dependable, all around detector?
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    Old water wells

    Remember old house site have at least one well maybe more, ... and you probably won't have service down there if you survive the fall, so always let someone know where you will be detecting... people Get lost, hurt, phones die, and night will surely come.... it's too easy to send a location text...
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    Dig Safe

    I did electrical Work for years, please Be careful where you dig, and where you swing your detector. A good rule of thumb is to treat all Wires as though they were energized."hot"!. Way back people did whatever with power made illegal taps splices stole from the transformer... never assume...
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    Rain and ground conductivity

    Since this is all Electricity and magnetism, have any of you noticed that a good Rain/higher ground Moisture seems retard or enhance tones, or Do your tend to Get better signals when it's dry
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    Situational Awareness

    I have been checking some older parts of some kinda shabby little run down towns here where I live. Sometimes I am out until dark or close to it. walking around with some fancy gadget, headphones on, looking at the ground... it occurs to me that I'd be a potentially easy target for a robber...
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    Kids @ what age to turn on to dirt fishing?

    I was thinking of altering a compadre (Shortening it) and letting my nephew get into detecting. He's 6, @ what age have you all turned newbies into little treasure hunters?
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    Company or solo

    which do you prefer? solo or detecting with someone? It seems that with someone you have a chance to run different machines at different frequencies and more thoroughly scan an area completely.... But I still prefer to roll solo. what do you all prefer?
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    Low KHz machine for silver???

    I have access to some honey holes that have not been pillaged by previous detectors... I am killing the old coins, but was thinking if I had a machine that had a lower frequency it would be possible and probably advisable to re-sweep the entire place, at a lower depth frequency to see if perhaps...
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    71 coins

    I dug in a local park yesterday...The town was established in 1832, I don't think anyone has ever detected there,...Targets everywhere. 71 coins total 17 silver dimes 3 silver quarters, 1 buffalo nickle and a lot of pennies
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    $300

    Looking for a deal... anyone looking to thin the herd?
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