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    Manticore Anomaly; When Big is Small

    Been working my Manticore w M15 coil for over 2 yrs now and have never came across an anomaly like this one thus the post. I was hunting in Beach Low Conductors and otherwise standard stuff when I came across this bracelet in an extremely heavily hunted area of dry sand beach. In fact, the...
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    Manticore with M15 Coil and Detection of Small Targets

    I enjoy browsing the various metal detecting sites and recently came across comments about the M15 coil and its ability or lack thereof to detect small targets. This rose my interest because I became a big coil guy since the CTX3030 17” coil about 10 yrs ago. Have 2 - 15” coils for Equinox 800...
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    IMPORTANT NOTICE: March is Wear Your Bling to the Beach Month

    As a dedicated metal detectorist, I encourage fellow MDers to pass the word along that March is “Wear Your Bling to the Beach Month”, via Facebook, X, Bluesky, whatever means and media possible. Lets work together to make March a banner month for finding gold on the beach! OK, I just made the...
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    NOX VIDs for Gold Rings

    I took this pic a few years ago and thought my Equinox 800 friends might enjoy. Picture shows found gold rings with weight and Nox VID. Enjoy. I have this on a graph, somewhere, if found I'll post here. Happy Hunting
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    Different Perspective – 20 Gold Rings of Yesteryear Equal to One Today!

    If you have been detecting for a while, say since the 1970s, or if you’ve read a lot about old time metal detecting, you know of or have heard stories about MDers going out and finding 10, 20 even 30 gold rings in a single outing. I recall one post of a frame with 56 (?) gold rings found by an...
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    Gold Rings and Pull Tabs on the Manticore

    For the Manticore, here are where the tabs (N=64) and gold rings (N=40) fall. I have Manti set up to emphasize the gold ring range and minimize the tab range. If you cherry pick, one strategy for the Manti is to minimize 0-9 and 30-47; for me this means lower tones (I still might dig it...
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    Target in Pull-tab zone, but this is Ridiculous

    We all get our share of pull-tabs when metal detecting, but this find takes the cake – Hunting a popular beach recently, I came upon a strong signal in the pull-tab range on my Manticore. A single scoop from my Stealth 920i Megascoop revealed a very rare and highly collectible (not by me)...
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    18K White Gold Tennis Bracelet with 7ct of Diamonds - $12,000 Retail

    Hit the beach on Dec 26th and it was early morning; 6:15am, about an hour before sun rise. I planned to hit the wet sand and water. As I worked my way toward the water, I got a very deep hit along the blanket line. The signal was weak, but the 2-D plot on my Manticore was centered on the middle...
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    Wrapped Gifts on the Beach

    Like ALL metal detectorists, I like finding gold. But I also like finding wrapped gifts while hunting the beach. Let me explain; once in a while I detect an unrecognizable clump of iron-rust that I’ll refer to as a “wrapped gift”. Usually, the gift is very heavy and concealed or “wrapped”...
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    Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Metal Detectors

    I imagine somewhere someone is building an AI metal detector. Combining AI with metal detectors (AIMD) might/could/will change metal detecting as we know it. The advent of AIMD will be a shock to the field, somewhat similar to when metal detectors first became relatively easily available and...
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    Taking Friend Metal Detecting for Her First Time, I was Rewarded.

    A friend’s wife heard all the stories about finding diamond rings while metal detecting. She knew someone who knew someone who metal detects and her closet was full of, not clothes, but gold and diamond rings. She wanted to find “Hers”. Of course, any seasoned MDer knows how hard it is to find...
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    18K Gold Tiffany Ring. Retail $1,200!

    I pulled this wreath of leaves gold ring out of dry sand on a near deserted beach. Marked “AU 750” and “Tiffany & Co.” this 18k beauty fits my wife perfectly and it is already gone. Looked up on Tiffany site and retail listing is a cool $1,200! Funny thing, when I first found it, I thought it...
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    Gold Ring Numbers on Equinox 800

    Listed below are the visual display numbers (VDN) to 19 gold rings. The gold rings varied from 10k to 18k and weight varied from 0.8g to 11.05g. The numbers are based on air test, but generally, these match well with the numbers I get at the beach. Based on Equinox 800 with 15” coil in Beach 1...
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    Tiny Things Detected with the Equinox 800 and 15” coil

    I have 3 recent finds I’d like to share with you that demonstrate the sensitivity of the Equinox 800 and 15” coil. I have been using this combination for the past 3 years in the Gulf surf and dry sand. The first is a wire type ring, found in 3 ft of water, that measures 0.25g. I’m talking as...
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    Hundred Coin Day

    It isn’t very often I have a 100+ coin day and the day was only 3 hrs long! But I’m more of a traditional water hunter where targets are far fewer and much further apart. Heck, I’ve gone at least ½ hour in the surf without a single solid signal at some very popular beaches! That’s another story...
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    What is with Coins cut in half?

    This year, on 2 different hunts to the same beach, I found a total of 4 coins fragments; that is, one half of a coin that was cut in half. The half coins included a quarter, 2 dimes and a cent. It appears that the coins were cut in half with some type of metal sheers since the cut edges are not...
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    Two POUNDS of Fishing weights

    It isn’t unusual for me to find a few fishing weights (I use to call them “sinkers”) while metal detecting. In fact, I know that gold is nearby if I’m digging fishing weights. But 2 pounds worth? This is along with a pocket full of change, a few junk rings, cremation tag, set of keys and a 925...
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    Really Really Nice Gold and Diamond band

    Here are a few recent finds using the CTX 3030 on the beach this past week. The silver 925 bracelet is 8 ¾” and 14.83g after cleaning; it was originally black w tarnish. The ring is marked 14k and “HIDARGO”. It weighs 11.11g and has 2-180 deg outer bands of diamonds. HIDARGO was a high end...
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    Funniest Response to: What is the most valuable thing ya ever found metal detecting?

    If you've been driven NUTS with people asking you "what is the most valuable thing ya ever found metal detecting?" this Discussion is for you! Sometimes ya just have to give a crazy answer to a question people ask me several times a hunt. One Detectorist told askers that he was hunting for...
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    Dig’em All or Dig Select Targets?

    Since “The Man” closed all the beaches in Florida, and I’m in Florida to detect all the beaches, I face a dire dilemma. Go crazy or detect places other than beaches here in Florida. So I went to the local county park and before “The Man” kicked me out, I was able to do the following experiment...
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