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    Using the ten turn pot to Ground balance my "V"

    Some time back. I had Sven change the ground balance pot on my Vaquero to a ten turn..First of all, with ten turns, I get lost and start every time from zero. So the ten turn takes longer to set up( for me).Ground balance can be half a turn from "in" to "out"..When I shift the frequency, the...
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    magazines purchased

    from Rodger ( GP4PLA) They were better than new, mailed swiftly. Many thanks for a great transaction, cordially NAD
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    Someone left me a silver dime in plain sight.

    I went to check out a new,old spot , and found tracks someone had been there.. Frost heaving had lifted the clods. Marks every square foot. With the freezing and thawing, could not be helped Then, I noticed a hole about the size of one hand cupped, with a silver dime laying on the side. Rain had...
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    Digging advice

    :detecting:Right now, my concern is getting items out of frozen soil..I've seen," hit one rock hammer with another", and possibly a chisel being hit with a hammer..Shortly, I am going to hit a few OLD parking lots that have been graveled over..They were busy in the 30's to 60's..I tried a...
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    Hot Rod Cibola / Vaquero Pictures

    Camera again. The first picture should be of the Face plate Top left, toggle switch..all metal / discrimination.Down to frequency shift.Down to Ground Balance. Red button is pin point button.Big dial is discrimination setter.Up from there is sensitivity, and, above that Threshold..Second...
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    Drive in Movie lots

    Friend of mine stopped over .His comment was, "Why don't you work over the old drive ins?" So, has anyone made it a point to shoot these areas?What settings,?? What would be the problems?? I figure slinging those soft drink containers may have salted a lot of rings away that "cherry picking"...
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    Vaquero is back with a ten turn pot

    If you remember, I sent my Vaquero to Sven to have a ten turn pot installed.. The V is a new machine all over again.. First time I adjusted the zero point, it worked like gang busters, second time I got lost in the 20 degree weather.with targets under the ground balance point....Third time , got...
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    I would like to thank Fisher

    I could not find a 1220 schematic for Barbers or Bill's.The folks at Fisher went out of their way to find the information I needed..Now, I can get another old timer up, running and beeping. Thanks again NAD
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    The Tab Dog couldn't cope with this situation..

    I went out for about 80 minutes, to , there , and from. .Found 25 items. Two were silver dimes,three wheat cents,and other change to a total of a dollar seven cents..No Quarters. Also found TWO tabs.. I was thinking, that if I could get the TD up here hunting, he might think something wrong...
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    Coin Changer made a nice profit

    I took over forty dollars worth of coins and put them into a coin machine. The machine is supposed to take 8 percent..I got back $33.69 ?? As the guy said,"Well Stanley, another fine rip-off, you've gotten us into.."" I am wondering if these machines are checked for accuracy? Learned one...
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    WTB, 5.75 concentric coil for VAQUERO. Will add 1 OZ Silver Round on top of the price...............

    Want a clean 5.75 concentric coil for a Vaquero at a reasonable price.Have a 1 oz Silver round sitting here, so I'll add that on top of the pot.Silver is over 13, rounds are selling on eBay for 16 to 18, you figure it out Thanks Nad
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    Response time

    A friend left me a "metal detector" to play with....I have three at the house, a 1266x, a Tesoro, Vaquero and Silver UMax. When you get to the sweet spot in the coil each one of these detectors gives a signal very rapidly, and you can pin point the target with little or no trouble.. The dropped...
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    Picked up a pair of Black Widow phones

    Hooked them up to my Silver and wandered around the back yard..First comment, the Cal rads are garbage can bound. There is no comparison between the Black Widows and the 8 ohm things I had. Since my hearing is off in one ear, I need to learn how to adjust the sound levels..Going into the...
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    Black Widow phones from Yazoo, Mike Yates

    The phones arrived in new condition, Super fast,,,could have been faster if he delivered on his bike. and, the packing is out of this world, crumpled dollar bills, which he tells me I have to return..All joking aside, a good person to deal with, cordially Nad
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    Back to the "Good Old Days"

    Everyone wants to talk about what it was like to hunt in the sixties..The foot ball field behind my house gave up over $90, in silver and eleven gold rings. That was typical of any public place due to the build up over years. Old houses always produced a few coins.On occasion, a few nice...
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    Sorry, another Question about Ground Balance

    I mentioned that my "V" is out being modified with a ten turn ground balance potentiometer replacing the original five turn ..If I had a bigger pot put in, say, twice the value in ohms..Does the possibility exist that we could ground balance even in a wet salt environment?? If ground balance...
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    Earphone quality

    From what I have been able to learn, It is the impedance that matters for the sound pick up in an earphone.. Calrods with 8 ohms defiantly inferior to 150 ohms. Is this correct?..Then what? cordially NAD
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    Lightest deepest Fisher

    What is the lightest DEEPEST Fisher for relic hunting out there..I got rid of a 1266, that intimidated me in iron country..Went to a Tesoro Vaquero..The 1266 I have to use seems to be deeper in the field than the "V".I like it better in iron than the other one... However it weights more than the...
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    Trade/Buy Fisher 1220 schematic

    Have a 1220 Fisher that had the battery wires reversed.Did some bad things. Before I scrap it, would like to see about getting it repaired.Couple of barbers, or filthy green? Cordially Nad
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    Vaquero Pin Pointer Use?

    I am going to have the potentiometer changed that determines ground balance....New ten turn pot will go where pin point button is now..To keep the pin point feature, a trigger can be incorporated..Here is the question since I've never used the button in the field...Do you use this feature? Can...
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