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  1. John-Edmonton

    First Ring In May On Sunday

    I headed to a nearby school yard for a quick hunt. A couple of two dollar and one one dollar coins really brought up the totals. I got a strong signals in the 70's, probed the target with my screwdriver and out popped a ring! So, that's 11 rings so far with the Vortex so far this year.
  2. John-Edmonton

    April Totals Using The VX9 - I'm Impressed!

    The Vortex has always proved to be a great coin vacuum since day one. Here's my totals for April. My plan is to purchase a gold coin or nugget at the end of the year with my $$$ totals. It's an annual tradition going back many, many years. I found my first silver coin in April.....several...
  3. John-Edmonton

    Out With The VX9 This Afternoon And Found A Surprising Amount Of Coins

    Got out to a small park with a tennis court and tot lot. The tot-lot produced one nickel, however the grassy hills surrounding the tot-lot produced the rest of the coins. Even with the current glitches, it is still useable. You just have to give it a 3-4 second rest occasionally when it retains...
  4. John-Edmonton

    Just a reminder to folks posting on the Garrett Forum about the VX9 issues.

    They are aware of the issues and are working on it. Just a reminder that this is a Garrett forum, available for all for getting/giving Garrett support, posting finds and being used in a respectable manner. Deviating too far from this will result in posts being removed. Thanks for your...
  5. John-Edmonton

    Garrett is working on fixing the recent VORTEX VX9 issue discovered by someone .

    It's fixable and the patch should be available ASAP!
  6. John-Edmonton

    I Dug My First Silver Coin With The Vortex Today

    It was 7- 8 inches deep, and gave a nice clear high tone in all directions. I ran the unit zero discrimination, multifrequency for maximum depth. This unit is deep!
  7. John-Edmonton

    The Vortex Had A Real Infinity To Nickels Today Plus I Dug A Special Olympic Pin

    The Vortex found 15 nickels today. Now if only the search-coil could have passed over a nice gold ring. I would have surely dug it. It just wasn't in the cards today. Here are some other finds from a school yard. That 2010 Olympic pin is rather unique as Garrett had the contract for security...
  8. John-Edmonton

    Two Vortexes Were Out Searching A Park Today.

    Out this morning with my buddy who also owns a vew Vortex. Hit a park which has been pounded to death, yet still got some pennies in the 60's. Here are the finds..... 3 coins and a couple of sex tokens...on Good Friday Yikes! :eek:
  9. John-Edmonton

    Went Prospecting Today, Brought Along My Vortex And Found Ring #10.

    Here are todays finds, other then the flour gold. Finding bones & petrified wood are usually eye-balled as I am feeding my gold producing highbanker. After about 3 hours of digging, I packed up my equipment and detected the gravel for a short while. Finding a ring while digging for gold just...
  10. John-Edmonton

    VORTEX Got Ring #9 Today

    I detected a small park a block from home. It's not well used......no play equipment or soccer fields. It only has a couple of picnic tables and park benches. You just never know what or where you can find good targets. It's probably gold plated. As with most rings, they create a lot of eddies...
  11. John-Edmonton

    How To Easily Get 2-3 Times More The Number Of Coins You Dig In A day.

    I made this video several years ago, gut it still stands just as good today. The only difference is that I was using a concentric coil, where I used to pinpoint off the inner coil. The VX series and most detectors manufactured today use the center of the coil to pinpoint. Someone on this forum...
  12. John-Edmonton

    All 3 Models....VX5 VX7 VX9 Are Now In Stock

    All are upgradeable on line. https://garrett.com/store/metal-detectors/vortex-series/?_kx=cmSuOYUwCsFjsbBh0qu30vDFCDNeQckfMShHGBzzPjpLBXMylJJhjr3qRbitP4P2.VYtvJ7
  13. John-Edmonton

    Just A Reminder If You Are Participating On This Garrett Forum

    Just a reminder that this is a Garrett forum, available for all for getting/giving Garrett support, posting finds and being used in a respectable manner. Deviating too far from this will result in posts being removed. Thanks for your understanding. and further more....... A "forum troll" is a...
  14. John-Edmonton

    A Generous School-Yard Today + Ring #8

    The North Saskatchewan River remains high due to spring runoff from the mountains. So, with my wifey out of town I had the day to myself. I returned to a school which I visited recently. Go figure, I got a signal at 53 (same as pull-tab) with double bleeps. The audio sounded a bit softer then a...
  15. John-Edmonton

    Yesterday Was Gold Prospecting......Today Was Coin Prospecting

    Yesterday I had my best day so far this year highbanking for flour gold. I hit a small pay streak. The river depth was on an upward trajectory this morning, so for safety reasons, I went coin prospecting. I also found a couple of tokens, and a nice silver heart which read 88 on the Vortex VX9...
  16. John-Edmonton

    I Have Had 2 Friends Buy The VORTEX .................

    The one traded his brand new Triple Score still unopened in the box from the same dealer, the other one has been following posts by others and likes what he sees.
  17. John-Edmonton

    Looks Like Garrett Is Hiring!

    https://garrett.com/careers
  18. John-Edmonton

    Garrett Metal Detectors Love Coins And Jewelry!

    Got a foot of snow during the last couple of days. With this down time, I did a total of my finds so far this year. These were all found with either the AT Pro or my new Vortex VX9. Switching from the AT Po to the VX9 was a very easy transition. What I thought might be challenging (I struggle...
  19. John-Edmonton

    "BINGO!" I Got 3 Rings Today With The VX9

    I was going to go prospecting again today, but the river was too high and the frozen ice is beginning to break up making things a bit dangerous. So, I loaded up my VX9 and hit some parks and schools. Some of the coins were from the other evening, but the rings were from today. Here's a pic...
  20. John-Edmonton

    The Vortex VX9 Is Really Turning Into A Coin Vacuum

    The last couple of days I put in about 5 hours in parks. I just love those bars on the screen. I often get the same information on the bars at the same time, just like swinging the coil at different angles. Questionable iron can easily be identified just running the outside of the coil over the...
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