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    SkiWhiz A Straightshooter.....

    Contacted SkiWhiz about some headphones... he answered my questions and shipped immediately. Headphones were just as advertised and work great. Would do business again!:detecting:
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    Compadre Kool Aid

    I guess I drank enough of the Compadre Cool Aid...... I have one enroute from Rusty with a rain cover and a 5.75" coil. :detecting:
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    Headphones and Digging Tool

    coming in today. Got some Jolly Rogers from skiwhiz. Now I need a digging tool.... anybody have a favorite? Or be they pretty much the same? I saw some of you have the Lesche....
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    Dr.'s and Diets

    Trying to get into shape to help out my arthritis.... and my digging. So far I have lost 8 lbs.... :smile: Of course I could eat a frog right now.... but eat to live... not live to eat.... sigh.....:look: I do love to eat. Oh well..... gotta do what ya gotta do. The weight just...
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    Used Tesoro

    Cruising Craig's List this morning for used Tesoro's and one finally showed up. Vaquaro purchased April 2013. Used 6 or 7 times. Guy is asking $340...... good price I think. Orlando area. Still has the warranty card.
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    Morning Cup O Joe

    In 1984 an archaeology volunteer wielding a metal detector found a finger bone wearing a ring at Little Bighorn, where Lt. Col. George Custer
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    Morning Cup O Joe

    The first recorded use of the MD was in July, 1881, when Alexander Graham Bell tried to find a bullet lodged in President James A. Garfield's chest. :yikes: He was using an Induction Balance detector and was assisted by the First Lady. The device was capable of detecting an undamaged bullet...
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    Morning Cup O Joe

    In 1946 using a mine detector borrowed from the U.S. Army, postal inspectors uncovered $153,150 buried in the backyard of a deceased postal employee who had stolen the money years before. The loot had been stashed in jars and cans inside a length of stovepipe, and buried "nine" feet below the...
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    Morning Cup O Joe

    In 1952, treasure hunter Edward Snow, on a visit to a small island off the coast of Nova Scotia, used a metal detector and old charts to find eight 18th-Century Spanish doubloons and parts of a skeleton that was still clutching the coins in its hand. The treasure was believed to have come from a...
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    Morning Java

    While having a cup o Joe..... I found a mention of one very large find with a metal detector, brand unknown. 1966
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    Compadre Cult

    Given the many posts heralding the lovable lil Compadre with all of its simplicity and performance..... I now have termed a new name to describe this cult like group of detectorists. I call them the Minimalist Detectorist "E Pluribus Unum" Society. Out of many detectors owned over many...
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    Silver Madness?

    Not meaning to be heretical here.... with "most" of the pre-65 silver mined years ago.... and given the price of gold these days.... would I be amiss to focus on the yellow mellow? I doubt the silver clad would add up to much compared to a few pieces of the more valuable yellow or white gold...
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    Compadre Coil Questions

    As I understand the time line of the Compadre.... it was introduced about 2001? Now I read here and there of the 5.75 inch coil... and the 8 inch coil which are currently offered with the Compadre as separate units due to the inability of the Compadre to change coils. Somewhere in this...
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    Compadre VS Silver Umax

    After sifting through lots of information and videos about the Compadre and the Silver Umax.... I have a question for those that use the Silver or both. The Compadre seems to have phenomenal Iron discrimination abilities.... actually amazing is the word that comes to mind. Does the Silver...
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    FINALLY A TESORO OWNER

    Ordered a Tesoro today. I suspect there will be more in the future but a guy has to start somewhere. Now if Arthur Itis and I can work this thing out, this could be fun.
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    Greetings

    New to the forum, retired and thinking of getting a Tesoro. Found this photo of a purported 1984 Silver Sabre... looks pretty cool even today. http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0090009/photos/30894058@N03/5406758201/ Let me know if the link doesn't work.:blowup:
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