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    my first silver of 2014!

    woohoo! im in the midwest like a lot of you, i had to get out and do some swinging today. it was OK but it was still COLD. went back to the place where i basically learned how to use the etrac. (a great spot, a lot of silver and a LOT of wheat) i was able to squeeze one more silver and one wheat...
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    silver test kit

    Hi friends, I have a few silver coins that I suspect are fake and am looking to buy a small bottle of that silver testing liquid. Is this liquid nitric acid? Does anyone know any place to buy this stuff? Kellyco has it for $5 a bottle but then adds on over 10 dollars to ship. I cringe to spend...
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    scrapping trash finds

    copper, bronze, aluminum.... I know a few of you folks do it, can you give me any tips? Im curious, is it pretty much just copper/brass/bronze that you scrap? Also, do these have to be seperated or does the scrap yard take these three metals together as one type of metal? Does anyone bother with...
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    not beleiving your eyes

    on the way home, after a decent day, in the middle of nowhere, on the way to the ride....... *high tone* *high tone* *1-45*.... very shallow.....almost surely junk. keep sweeping over target: *2-46* *3-47* *2-46* I recognize those numbers, could it be??? Probably not. Too shallow, maybe an...
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    :confused:is this solid sterling or sterling plated?

    I found this today and just wondered what everyone thought. Its very soft, I could bend the "scoop" part of the spoon, or bend the handle easily. It does have a nice ring to it, and the etrac was reading silver. CO of 46-47 or so. Of course it could be plated but I dont want to damage it to find...
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    hello Barbera :) and other assorted goods

    Well I have definitely not been tearing it up but here are a few of the cooler things Ive found recently. Today I found the Barber quarter at an old park, on the side of a wooded hill. It was hiding in roots and its a MIRACLE i didnt gouge it. Very pleased with the condition of the quarter. The...
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    hitting my previous sites again

    Hi everyone, just wanted to share a pic of some of the nicer things Ive pulled out of three different sites that Ive worked over before. I havent been findinag a whole lot lately, but been having a blast of course trying! The SLQ is a first for me in a way, its the first pre 1925 SLQ Ive ever...
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    threshold level

    If you have your threshold level set too high, will you miss the faint, deep targets? I have mine set so that its quiet and I can comfortably hear it, but I was reading about detectors in general and they were saying that faint targets need to be able to be stronger than the threshold level to...
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    snagged three keepers yesterday

    Researched up another site. The (area of the) house and main living area is now under the asphalt like so many other places. However I noticed that there appeared to be a path and a few outbuildings (for unknown reasons) way back behind the house, maybe 1000' or so. So I went to check it out...
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    1st silver of 2013, a big one!

    Found my first and only (so far) silver of 2013 today. (havent been metal detecting as much this year due to the weather and family stuff.) last year on this date i had already found a total of 49 wheats, this year, none! Anyhow I researched up an old structure. I wasnt even sure if it was...
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    more little shiny ones at another new site

    Got a tip on this site from my father-in-law, he said he used to take my wife and her brother swimming here when she was little. It USED to be some kind of park. No longer a park, but luckily a lot of area appears to be untouched by the bulldozers! This looks like it was a popular place back in...
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    four more little ones

    Had a darn good day Sunday, got to see 4 little shiny ones come out to see the light of day! I wish I could find something bigger but they are eluding me. :nopity: The places I hunted were old home sites. At one site the house was still there, and at the other the house was long gone. The...
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    new-to-me site gives up 5 little silvers

    4 dimes and a cute little horse/horseshoe ring,"sterling".....the site is an abandoned kids campground that saw its heyday in the 50s through the 70s from what i have researched....im really stoked about this site, i hope to pound out whatever silver is left here....its a really neat place...it...
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    September silver

    Hi everyone. Well I have been going out at least once a week and been having a great time every minute Im out there. Havent found anything earth-shattering but havent been doing too bad either. This past Sunday was a great day, I found the four silvers, and finally saw a silver quarter come out...
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    two OLD silvers:yikes:

    I was blown away by each of these babies when they showed themselves. I have never before found a half dime. Honestly couldnt beleive when these two came out of the ground. The 1/2 reale sounded OK, I knew it had a good chance of being a coin, it was reading about 12-38 and was repeatable, and I...
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    good air test video

    I didnt make this video but its interesting to watch. check out the numbers (the FE numbers) on the barber half at 4:00 and also check out the numbers on the flying eagle penny at 2:50. at 2:40 theres an IH penny, there the CO numbers (his numbers) are higher than what Ive seen, but ive only...
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    yes! finally got one...(SLQ)

    saaweeet....finally....she's a teaser though....S mint mark and no date. second time that exact thing has happened to me, and Ive maybe only found 5 of these in my entire life. This is my first one in years. This place was a farm with some outbuildings, and it really was just a stroke of luck i...
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    does your upper shaft cam-lock pin look like this?

    does your upper shaft cam-lock pin look like this? (offcentered) I can't remember what it looked like when I bought it so I have nothing to compare to. (except for the cam-lock pin on the control unit, which is centered) It looks like the pin is barely hanging on. Never had an issue but....if i...
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    has anyone ever experienced this problem? (false "foil" readings)

    Has anyone ever experienced where suddenly the etrac gives off false "foil" readings such as 11-2, 12-4, 11-4, 13-2, etc. etc. etc. at the end of every sweep? It seems to be a physical problem. I have tried everything I can think of, checked my coil cover, checked my conections, checked my...
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    my first year (2011) with the Etrac stats

    (This is a picture of approx. 80% of the "good stuff" I found, this isnt everything. this picture is missing about 10 silver dimes and one barber quarter) 2011 stats from 4-1-11 to 12-30-11. (I found just a few other things with my old detector in 2011 before I used the Etrac but didnt include...
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