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    X-Terra Pro, 2nd park hunt and another ring!

    Hi Everybody! Went back to the same park hoping lightning would strike twice and dig another gold ring. Passing any deeper dimes/quarters to focus on the gold tones again. I got a real solid quarter ID and it was screaming when pinpointing so I figured I would retrieve it. As I moved the grass I...
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    First gold ring today!

    Hi Everybody, 2nd hunt with the X-Terra Pro (love this machine) at a local park. Hoping for gold so I dug all the pulltab, foil and nickel signals with repeatable tones/ID. It paid off with a small kids (or pinky ring)! It's small but it is 10k and it was very exciting to see that yellow metal...
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    First park hunt and gold ring with X-Terra Pro!

    Hi Everybody! Digging this machine more and more! went to a nearby park where I hunted with the Patriot last week. A fellow digger I saw told me about finding jewelry here with his Simplex in a spot where kids roll down the grass hill so, I decided to hit that area today. Running Park 2 mode...
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    X-Terra Pro Maiden Voyage!

    Hi Everybody! Exciting times to be a detectorist! Took the new machine out for first time to a huge old farm field where I found a few wheats, V nickel (date not visible) some clad and a few 1901 Repeater shotgun headstamps. Hit this spot hard many times with the Patriot and Simplex. GB was 44...
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    Wow! I mean, WOW!

    Thought I would share my thoughts. So I got the X-Terra Pro in today. After swinging the Simplex for the last 2 years, I was not sure what to expect with all the Simplex vs. X-Terra Pro hype. Right away the quality was impressive. The button layout great and buttons easy to push (unlike...
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    First gold!

    I was swinging the Omega/NEL Sharpshooter combo last weekend at a park about 7-8 miles away. I figured I would hit the basketball courts first. I had just dug my 2nd dime, (man this Omega loves dimes) & as I flipped the flap back over, I started to re-scan the area & caught a glimpse of gold...
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    First hunt with Omega

    Received my Omega yesterday with the 8" concentric already mounted. I took it to an old torn down home site about 2 miles from me. I was there last week with the F2 & found a lot of 60's era coins as well as a 1954 wheat. Hoping there is some silver here, as the coins I found were in the right...
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    I was about to give up... then first IH!

    Hi Everybody! I found another old home site that dates back to 1905, which is the oldest map I have, so I'm not sure how far back the area actual dates. So far this year as far as old coins, I have only found 5 wheatys (plus 2 with the trusty F2) the oldest being a 1945. In this new spot...
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    X-Terra tips

    A lot of you have probably already seen this, but I just came across this .pdf file yesterday. It was written regarding the X-Terra 70, but I'm sure it all applies to the newer 05 series X-Terra's as well. There is some great info here. Hope it helps someone. www.minelabowners.com/xterratips.pdf...
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    Old bottom key padlock any info?

    I found this swinging the X-Terra 505 with the 6" 18.75khz coil at an old home site today about 4" down near an old tree. I've found some items that date the site to late 1800's early 1900's. I can find no makers mark on the lock. It is brass and has bottom keyhole. Google hasn't turned up much...
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    99 tones VS 4 tones...

    Saturday I mounted my new 6" 18.75 khz coil on the XT 505 & took her out for a test spin at an old home site (now a field). I noticed I was digging more iron than usual, there were a lot of scratchy repeatable dime & quarter tones, that would tend to lock on to the corresponding ID#s. Also lots...
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    XT 505 finds my first silver coin

    Today I decided to hit a park that I had been to 3 times before. I have found a fake Movado watch here which was interesting, but have only found clad here for the most part. I was using the 7.5 khz 6" coil to help with the separation, as my last time out the trash so bad it was making it a bit...
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    Why aren't they all waterproof?

    I'm well aware that there are only a few coils available for the X-Terra's that are waterproof. My question is: WHY?? Every other detector brand has waterproof coils. Even my $200 Fisher F2 coil can be submersed in the water. I'm really interested in purchasing the 10.5 DD MF coil, but I'm very...
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    Oldest coin so far! Does Chinese count?

    I was swinging the Xterra 505 yesterday in a spot I've hit before and pretty much started to give up on. After doing some testing in my backyard the other day, I realized just how slow I need to swing the Xterra to find the good signals in between all the trash. The site I hit was a plowed field...
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    Any X Terra 505 users?

    Hi Everybody! Trying to decide between an X-Terrra 505 or Fisher F5. I've been researching the F5 quite a bit, but I was hoping to get some input from X-Terra 505 users and see how they like the machine. The 505 seems like the red-headed stepchild of the X-terras, I can't seem to find many of...
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    First wheaty of the year!

    Let's hope I don't not stray too much and get the moderators upset! So my buddy invited me over to hunt a lot that used to have a small apartment complex on it. I grabbed the F2, as he was using his BH Prospector model (his first real hunt with his first detector) and I left the Vaq in the...
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    F2 Maiden Voyage

    I hit the local school down the street from my house today with the F2 and sniper coil. I've hunted the area a few times about a month ago and found some clad and a small silver charm with my Vaquero. I have also hunted there with the Compadre a couple of times. My starting point is always the...
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    New F2- Love that high tone!

    So the rain finally stopped here in SoCal. I ran the F2 with the 4" coil around the backyard for the first time just as a cursory check. I've hit my yard extensively with my Vaquero and Compadre (both with 5.75 coils). Wow, already impressed after about 2 minutes! Got 2 solid dime signals that...
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    New F2 coming, any tips?

    Well the Tek Alpha 2000 I ordered was a bust. It was the old model with the single 1/8" headphone jack, so I returned it not wanting to buy old stock. I decided to go with another F2. I used to own one and sold it, and I ended up with a Tesoro Compadre. The Compadre is a great machine and I've...
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    Alpha out F2 in

    Thanks to everyone for their input on the Alpha 2000. I got it today and sent it back today! I started to assemble it and realized it has a push-on coil connector and only one 1/8" headphone jack. I know teknetics changed to the screw-on connector and 2 headphone jacks (1/8" and 1/4") over 1...
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