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    SCORP SHINES AGAIN

    I went out with some friends to detect an old homestead in lambs canyon . It belonged to a family that ran a stagecoach from Beaumont to San Jacinto. It looks like the gophers turn the ground over and over which must bury everything. Well nobody found anything but the scorp. At 10" I found a 22...
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    FIRST SILVER

    I'm going to camp at South Carlsbad state beach for a week so I was getting my scorp ready, new batterys and a wipe down. I took it out in my front yard which I have detected the heck out of just to see if I could find anything. I got a hit in the strip of dirt between the lawn and the hedge and...
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    ANOTHER LESSON LEARNED:surprised:

    Bought a tumbler from Harbor Freight to clean my clad with. I searched the forum on how to clean and one common bit of advise was don't clean pennies with clad. well I left 3 brass coins in the tumbler and this morning I opened it up to find my clad had a brass coating.well I changed the water...
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    SCORPIN THE BEACH :lol:

    I was at San Clemente SB camping and detected the beach were the surf camp is at. I thought I would do good but heck, 23 cents and a railroad spike . These finds were all dug at 10" plus.Turns out there were 3 other guys with detectors camped also in the camp ground. Looks like I got the finds...
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    NEED SOME SCORP TIPS

    I'm going camping at the beach for a week at San Clemente SB and I am wondering what is the best way to try and detect in the wet black sand if there is any. It seems like last year it was real noisy in the wet stuff. will it run in TR mode, anyway if anybody has any tips to share I am grateful...
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    SCORPIN THE FRONT YARD AGAIN

    I was out searching my front yard seeing if it had anything else to give up.found a couple of pennies ,2 nails, wire,22 shell and a 1967 quarter. the scorp found the quarter at 11" in hard packed dirt,my lesche tool had about 1" of handle sticking touching the quarter. I still get amazed at the...
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    GARRET PRO POINTER

    I got a Garret pro pointer for fathers day and is it ever sweet. I have a couple of pointers that came with the detectors. you have to tune them and one is real long. I think the pro pointer is going to be the perfect companion for my scorp because it finds ton of targets and I need all the help...
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    OLD DALE MINING DISTRICT

    Two weeks ago we went out gold crown rd to the virgina dale mine hoping to find some nuggets. the only thing we found was a good time. You can see in the pic that is one massive seam of quartz they were working. the other pic with the quartz on the hill side was very promising as there was some...
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    OLD HOUSE HUNT 2 :detecting:

    Just got my flash card back from my daughter so I can post some of my trips I took in the last 3 weeks. ever since I bought Garrets book on cache hunting I have been hitting every old house I can find. These 3 houses are on the old idyllwild road 6 mi up from banning.Some one has detected here...
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    ME AND THE SCORP GOT STUNG

    I have been looking at a lot of posts where you guys go out during the winter where people play in the snow and find lots of stuff,So I know this place on the way up to Big Bear where hundreds of people play. I was thinking I was going to clean up on some free loot. Well let me tell ya I found...
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    OLD HOUSE HUNT

    Went out this after noon to search an old rock house that is so old an oak tree is growing in it. Its a place kids have parties or go to park ,In fact I parked there back in 1970 with my girl who is now my wife. Any way it was a waste of time as there are so many targets my scorp went wild but...
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    3x7 scorpion coil

    When I bought my scorp I also ordered a 3x7 coil. I have never used it because when I get to the az goldfields I turn the scorp on and go and don't stop till its dark. Would this coil be considered a sniper coil? other than getting into tight spots what are the advantages of this coil, doing...
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    SCORPION QUESTION

    My scorpion video & book do not say a lot about the TR setting. When I am coin & relic hunting I want the most depth I can get and I am wondering what TR has to offer & how would I set it up, does it need to be ground balanced.I dig some deep targets in all metal mode & motion mode worked great...
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    GMT COIL NOISE

    I was out detecting this week end and I noticed that when bumped a weed or small twig it made noise. Is this normal, this is my first time out with it so I don't have much experiance with it. I owned a garret scorp before this and you would have to hit the coil hard to make a noise on the...
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    SCORPION AT THE BEACH

    Back on june 30 I said I was taking my scorp to the beach for the first time, well I did & my wife and I had a great time,so much fun lots of finds. well I took a pic of my finds to post & my daughter misplaced my flash card. Well she found it last nite in her purse so now I am going to post it...
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    Scorpion at the beach

    I plan on taking my scorpion with me on vacation to the beach.Any body know the tricks or the best way to set it up. I know the beach has salt and a lot of black sand.It would be great to hear from some one with experience. thank you
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