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    :ausflag: 2007 Year totals.... :ausflag:

    It's been a good year and once I got the hang of the Explorer II (previously I used a Garrett GTI2500), things really picked up. These are combined totals from my wife and I (She still uses a GTI2500). Decimal Coinage: 1 cent - 371 2 cent - 386 5 cent - 346 10 cent - 368 20 cent - 371...
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    Silver, old copper and Walter Lantz!

    We went to one of our favorite spots Monday - an old sports oval. We seem to find old stuff every time, no matter how many times we go back. Monday was no exception. The oldest coin was a King George III halfpenny that is very worn and has a hole. I can identify the type, but the date will...
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    Need button help. (South Australian button)

    I posted this on the Minelab Explorer forum, since that's where most of the Aussies hang out, but got no help there. Thought I might try here. It's 22mm diameter and is one piece. "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN" across the top. The bottom looks like it might have said something, but is warn off? It is very...
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    Aussie button collectors - ID this one?

    Found this one piece button in an old park about 5 inches down. The front says "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN" at the top and looks like it may have said something on the bottom, but can't tell for sure. Probably silver plated at one time as some "silvery" finish is still there in a couple of spots. The back...
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    All you pirates missed this bunch of treasure...

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,273512,00.html Amazing! Toby
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    Huge sunken treasure found...

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,273512,00.html WOW! It's amazing what's out there waiting to be found! Toby
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    Explorer II finds 200 year old coin!

    My wife and I had a great day out today. She said she wanted to find an old engagement ring with a diamond. Well, first we stopped at a local baseball diamond and looked around. Found about $8, or so and she wasn't finding much. I found a nice silver ring with 4 mother-of-pearl insets, which got...
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    Some old coins and a couple of nice rings today!

    My wife and I had a great day out today. She said she wanted to find an old engagement ring with a diamond. Well, first we stopped at a local baseball diamond and looked around. Found about $8, or so and she wasn't finding much. I found a nice silver ring with 4 mother-of-pearl insets, which got...
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    Starting the year off with a new days record total!! :super:

    Our previous highest total for one day was $68, but today my wife and I set out with a goal of not only beating that amount, but figured "what the heck, let's shoot for a hundred bucks!". After hitting 5 different locations and about eight hours later, we did it! Our total for the day ---->...
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    Starting the year off with a new days record total! :super:

    Our previous highest total for one day was $68, but today my wife and I set out with a goal of not only beating that amount, but figured "what the heck, let's shoot for a hundred bucks!". After hitting 5 different locations and about eight hours later, we did it! Our total for the day ---->...
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    Our best day's total yet!

    Today, we had the good fortune to find some virgin ground at a school not too far from home. It's not a particularly old school, but the playground held more than I thought it would and had obviously never been detected. Our total for about 4 1/2 hours was $68.82 plus an American quarter and a...
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    Our best dollar total, for a day, yet!

    Today, we had the good fortune to find some virgin ground at a school not too far from home. It's not a particularly old school, but the playground held more than I thought it would and had obviously never been detected. Our total for about 4 1/2 hours was $68.82 plus an American quarter and a...
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    Good deed comes back ... times two!

    Yesterday (Sunday) we decided to detect the playground and yards of a small primary school near here. After an hour, or so, and doing ok, my wife found a nice white gold 9ct (375) band in the sand play area. As she's showing our 2 children, a couple of other kids who were playing nearby...
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    Question about target sizing... (sorry, kinda long)

    I just spent the day experimenting with my new Explorer II. First, I got a couple of examples of each type of coin (decimal & pre-decimal, early 92.5% and late 50% silver of each type) that I would most likely encounter here. I made up a list of the variations of signals for each coin. Some...
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    Question about target sizing...(sorry, kinda long)

    I just spent the day experimenting with my new Explorer II. First, I got a couple of examples of each type of coin (decimal & pre-decimal, early 92.5% and late 50% silver of each type) that I would most likely encounter here. I made up a list of the variations of signals for each coin. Some...
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    Gold & Silver today!

    My wife beat me good today at the park with her 2500. First she found a 1949 silver threepence, then about 15 minutes later, she found a huge (loose on my thumb even!) 9kt gold band. Later this afternoon we went to a playground and she found the 9kt earring laying on the surface of the wood...
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    Picked up the new Explorer today WOOHOO!!!

    We're lucky that we live here in Adelaide and were able to stop by the factory and have a chat with a rep and have a look around, before driving around the corner to the local distributor. He had just gotten another one in and was arriving back to his store just as we got there. (I think he was...
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    Would you, or wouldn't you???

    We have a bit of a dilemma (although I already think I know what I'm gonna do). A while back, when we lived in Tenn, I found a 1950 class ring (at a house we were fixing up) from a local school and simply put it away with our other neat finds. Lately, we've been trying to return the rings, and...
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    Teeny Weeny Silver Charm and more...

    Today we went down to the local sports oval to see what we could find and had a pretty good day out. We've been there a couple of times before, and I'm sure there's still a LOT to be found. My wife found a neat little silver charm of ... well, you can see the pic. Funny! She also found an old...
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    A bit of silver today

    We went to a couple of old parks today and, although I got my rear-end spanked, my wife did OK. She found her oldest coin to date - a 1907 British Halfpenny (in pretty bad shape but identifiable), and a nice .925 silver charm bracelet. Also a couple of Papua New Guinea coins and a collaspable...
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