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    Any Compass X-80 (or other X-) owners?

    Any tips or tricks to these machines? How are they? I just got my hands on one, and am looking forward to trying it out. Just downloaded the manual, and am cleaning the machine up now. Going to put batteries in it and fire it up! :clapping: [attachment 306348 b.jpg] [attachment 306349 a.jpg]...
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    What model is this?

    I am hoping to buy this Fisher detector... It looks really well maintained. The seller didn't post the model. I've been Googling for about 15 minutes now... I think it's a CZ*, but am unfamiliar with Fishers. Any idea what particular model this is and what price range it should be?
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    More Cowbell...

    Well, I have found quite a few colonial coins in my back yard, and passed over tons of ferrous signals. 'Good' signals are now few, and far between. So, I decided to start digging the nails... Found this: About 2 1/2" long, ferrous. I'm thinking cowbell clapper... Wonder if I'll find the rest...
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    Post-Sandy pile-o-pine

    I lost 4 large pines on my property during the storm. Here's a pic of me on top, shearing limbs. In my front yard one 50' pine fell into another pine, snapping it at about 12' up the trunk. Then the third fell across the driveway. The 4th fell about 2' from the house right into my koi pond. I...
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    HMS Bounty has Sunk while trying to avoid Hurricane Sandy

    14 Rescued from HMS Bounty, 2 Remain Missing [color=#000033]One of the world's most famous ships, the HMS Bounty is a victim of Hurricane Sandy. Initially the ship was reported to be "intact and upright" but subsequent reports say it has sunk. The Bounty departed Connecticut last week and was...
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    What digger do you use?

    I was going to buy a Lesche but stumbled on this at Sears a couple weeks ago... I think it works great, but I've never touched a Lesche, so I really have nothing to base my opinion on. --Details-- Price: $14.99 Overall length: 11" Blade length: 6" Handle length: 5" (obviously) Weight: 8.5 oz...
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    Noob mistake... :(

    So... I looked up my local parks on a historic aerials website recently. Found a little house that was demolished when they built one of the parks. I decided to go check it out before the hurricane hits because we're looking at a few days of rain and tons of bucket truck work over the next week...
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    Ace 250 Stock Coil (6.5"x9" Concentric) vs. 8.5"x11" DD Air Test at Different Sensitivity Settings...

    I decided to do a comparison between the stock coil and the 8.5x11 DD. The 'setting' is the sensitivity setting (1 to 8 bars). The 'actual depth' is the distance from the coil that I was able to get a positive coin tone. The 'depth indicator' is the depth that the Ace 250 says on the display...
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    Spanish coin in my yard...

    Whenever I think it may rain I tend to stay home and detect my yard. I have found 11 copper colonials, tons of buttons, and one '27 merc dime over the past year or so. Today, the clouds were brewing since dawn. It was chilly, so I really wasn't looking forward to going out. But I did. Last night...
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    Water resistant Ace 250

    Seems to rain every weekend here in NY. Been caught out there several times... but I got tired of tying a ShopRite bag over my Ace 250. Looks so ghetto, and it's difficult to work through. So I decided to make it water resistant. I disassembled the control box, separated the circuit board, and...
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    Found a possible good site...

    ...Might never be able to go back. A friend of my wife's is moving. They are selling their house and the land ownership will be changing hands this Friday. I did them a favor earlier today by cutting some re-bar that was protruding from their retaining wall. The new owners were hassling them...
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    Maybe Buttons...?

    Found these at an old church site in a late 1700's town in southern NY. I dunno if they're modern or old... Or what they are. Are they buttons? There seem to be broken pieces inside them that might be wire loops, but none are intact. I would think if they were buttons, they'd be near impossible...
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    I hope I'm doing something wrong...

    I was given a White's Goldmaster II by a friend a couple years ago. I searched my yard and found some cool stuff, like colonial copper, silver buttons, and an Indian head penny. I talked to people on these forums and did some research on metal detectors and learned that the machine I was using...
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    MDing Apps...

    Does anyone use any apps (iPhone or Android) while metal detecting? I just started using this one on my android. Seems like it might be pretty good for keeping track o' my adventures. It uses GPS to record the locations, allows multiple photos, notes, and map views. The GPS seemed pretty...
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    Screen Capture Addon for Firefox

    This is what I use to capture portions of maps and images for overlaying and saving. It's a Firefox Addon called 'Abduction!'. Works great. No separate program installation necessary. Available file types: (LoL, I'm lazy and didn't feel like typing all that!) Hope this helps someone! HH...
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    Erie RR?

    Found this tonight... Another 1700's (I'm guessing) copper (that makes 7 from my hill so far!) and a small (5/8" dia), thick (approx. 1/8"), heavy (about 3.5g) token of some sort. The token says 'ERIE RR' on one side, and *something* on the other. Can't make it out. It's offset quite a bit, and...
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    1700's in my back yard

    So far I have found 6 coins from the 1700's around a small hill in my back yard in southern NY near the NJ border. By mapping the nails in the area I can surmise that there was a building of some sort on top of the hill. There are short nails around the hill, and long nails on top. Short I would...
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    17_7 coin?

    Found this copper in my back yard yesterday.... The date looks like 17_7. Either 1787 or 1737. Also the letters that I can see on it are 'NDI' on one side, and 'CO' on the other. Any ideas?
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    Noobtastic...

    I've been given a metal detector (White's Goldmaster II, 9" 'Longscan' DD (I think, it's oval)) by a friend a couple years ago and have been getting into it over the past year or so. I have searched my 2 acre yard about 10 times over. Seems every time I search I wind up finding something I...
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