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    heres a tribute hunt for Cupajo :please: :ausflag:

    I just love CJs posts & have been reading em for years so I'm puting this hunt up as a tribute to the master sea looter :please:. just got a Garrett sea hunter ll last week & this was the first 5hr hunt with it, it's a bit different than the excal. a little rose gold band + a very old signet...
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    AT cracked the 200 year mark :clapping:

    last weekend i hunted some old house sites & found some cool old relics & some old coins - two silver 1924 threepence & a 1943 half penny but the best find of the day was a 1806-7 george lll half penny :yikes: it was about 8-9 inch deep & came up with a good signal. these things a quite hard to...
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    an old Aussie silver

    did some diggin with the AT pro today & popped this oldie out a 1921 silver sixpence :clapping: also got a 1950s silver sixpence & an old round belt buckle that was way deep. lazy
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    1st gold for my AT PRO

    the AT pulled out the smallest gold ring i've ever found today i think it's 10k it was about 6inch deep in tot lot bark/wood chips :clapping: lazy
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    AT PRO pulls out an oldie

    did a qiuck hunt with the AT PRO last weekend, hit an old beach i've hunted many times before, after a few modern coins came to light i checked a large hole left by some kids & out came this oldie a UK 1875 penny it's seen better days the salt has eaten away poor queen victorias head but still a...
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    a nice day to get wet :ausflag:

    i haven't been out for a while due to family visiting & I've been researching some good looking spots lately so i was chomping at the bit to get wet . today was a stunner no wind & a very low tide just after midday made for perfect hunting & after i found the right spot the targets started...
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    has anyone used a J W fisher x8 pulse water detector

    hi all, a mate of mine is looking at the j w fisher x8 pulse water detector so i thought I'd ask if any of you fine detectorists have any experience with this model. it looks like a great water unit as it has interchangeable coils which is big on my wish list, it also looks nice & robust that's...
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    water hunting on Sunday :ausflag:

    I haven't been posting on here for a while as I'm trying to cut my net time down it seems to take over your life if your not carefull :laugh: so hopefully I'll better organise my net time better & make a few more posts of my finds, Had a big day out in the water on Sunday I'd decided to hunt...
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    more gold ring hunting

    this pile is from two smaller hunts after work- found about $19 in coins, a silver boot, a silver earring & a cross that maybe white gold as it hits on notch 4 on the ace the marks have rubed off, & the usual huge pile of junk no ring yet. lazyaussie
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    dragged the ACE out & looked for some gold

    it was real windy yesterday so no water hunting for me so out came the ace. with all this talk about finding gold in the grass i thought I'd dig all signals over notch 2 & i wouldn't stop digging till i found some :lol: 5.5 hours later i had one sore arm, a few coins, a huge pile of junk, one...
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    gold ring info for the ace 250

    i tested some gold rings the other day with my ACE 250 + sniper coil & with all this talk about gold i thought i"d post the results. b=big m=medium s=small ring, the karat is marked 9k-10k-14k etc, I've used the notch number from the iron side - iron = 1 iron/foil = 2 foil = 3 etc. 9K b 6 s 4 s...
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    made a stuff up :shrug: on this post

    ops i double clicked the post button
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    question on depth for the Garrett sea hunter ll

    I'm using an excl 1000 at the moment & hunt some quite old salt water beaches & I'm finding some nice finds down to about 7-9 inch but i know I'm missing a lot of older deeper stuff, the question is will the sea hunter detect small coin/ring sized targets deeper than what I'm getting with the...
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    question for ya John - Edmonton

    can the sea hunter ll hunt real deep ring/coin sized targets in the salt water I'm currently using a BBS vlr detector & getting old coins & rings down to about 7-8 inch & i was wondering if the Garrett can get deeper as i like to get the older items I'm missing. also is the depth comparable to...
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    1 hour hunt with the ace + my son

    had an hour to kill today so cranked the ace up & headed next door to a playground & sports field with my 3 year old son as excavator :twodetecting: the tot lot was loaded with coins & very little junk my boy was having a ball digging all the coins & soon started sneaking the odd one in his...
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    more gold with the ace250

    i haven't made a post on here for a wile as i"v been delooting the water with my ( M ) detector lately & the ACE has been feeling very neglected so today i dragged it out & had a ball. i found $5.80 in coins a bunch of junk & two bits of gold the ring is 18k with a ruby & the bracelet is 9k...
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    had a great day in the bay today :ausflag:

    hit the beach at 7am till 12pm today the sand has started to come back in but there were still heaps of targets. i spent about 3 hours out at chest deep that's were the gold ring came from then the surf got to big so i hunted the shallows & found heaps of coins + the old gold plate ring. had...
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    awesome day out :ausflag:

    started out early today left home at 6am started detecting at 6:30 & was finished by 3pm. had lots of sand movement on the beach & there were signals everywhere found 246 coins which is awesome the highlights today were 33 pre-decimal coins 21 were silver ( found one more sixpence in the pile...
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    a US coin question :nerd:

    i picked this marble pen holder up at a yard sale yesterday & there's a different US quarter in it i"v never seen before i was just interested to know what it commemorates & what year it was minted ( as i cant see the other side ) & i thought who better to ask than you guys. thanks lazyaussie
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    found a bit of yellow stuff today :ausflag:

    had a nice bit of sand movement on my beach today which opened up an area with a pile of loot in it :clapping: got about $25 in coins & three gold rings + a ton of junk. the big ring was real deep & looks to be 22k & it has no marks, the small kids ring is 14k & the wave ring is my first in gold...
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