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    Some Racer 2 opinions?

    Hi all, Im back in the game after a several-year hiatus from the MD world. I currently have a Racer 2 and had put a few dozen hours in with it prior to my time being devoted to other pursuits. I think I like it more than the other MDs Ive spent time with -- F5, XT705, Racer, Tesoro Outlaw. My...
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    Newbie with R2 issues

    Howdy folks, Im new to the Racer 2 scene and already Im having issues! The machine air-tests a merc dime at 7 inches. a silver quarter at barely 8 inches. Is that all I can expect from this machine? Also incredibly noisy: I must turn the gain down to 40 or so just to get it quiet. Lastly, in 2...
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    Fors Core vs Racer 2

    I apologize if this is not the place to post such a question, but I thought here or the Makro forum would be a good place to start. I am primarily an old coin/ token hunter who enjoys coming across the odd relic from time to time. My hunting areas are equally distributed between old yards/...
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    1st time out in months...taa daa!

    I hadnt swung my 705 since spring so i was amped to get out during the week and hunt some. I found an old (1900's) house that was putting new sod down and the owners let me swing over the newly exposed dirt with 6 inches of old stuff removed. Very, very iron-infested ground. I pulled about a...
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    April finds

    Howdy all. Wanted to share some notable finds from my April hunts with the X-terra 705. Included here are twenty-two wheats dated from 1910-1955, a President Pierce token from the 60's, a car wash token, a Chinese cent from 1880-1906 (still haven't deciphered the Chinese writing enough to get...
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    coins giving an "iron" reponse

    When I swing over my 8 inch clad quarter in the year-old coin garden, I get a consistent iron grunt. This does not occur on a 6 inch dime (clad or silver). This has me a bit worried. Ive read Digger's idea about how iron can sound like silver because of "wrap around" but I didnt think about it...
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    March with the 705

    Wanted to share the loot Ive found in the first month of my second year of MD-ing. The 705 is sniffing out silver at a more frequent clip than my detectors did last year. Is that coincidence? Am I merely finding better hunting grounds? I dont know, but Im not going to over-think it. [attachment...
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    1st anniversary

    ....of my starting this hobby was March 1st. Since 90% of the stuff I found was with The Silver and Outlaw, I figured Id post some photos here. Hope that's ok rather than at the general post. After all, it was the kind and patient people of this forum who helped me stumble over the initial...
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    First time out w/ the Digger

    ...and the jury is still out. I hit some sidewalk strips that were about 80-90 years old and didnt find anything over 3-4 inches, all of it clad. Lots of noise, Zincs were ringing up 36, coppers 40-42, pulltabs at 42, and nails 42-46. Everything was high tones or iron grunts, very little in...
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    Digger 6 inch. coil cover?

    Does anyone make one? Didnt see anyinthg on Coiltek's site or eBay...
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    Day 1 of Year 2, Are you kidding me?

    Ive posted a few finds from a 1915 abandoned house down the street from me, including my first ever war nickel and first half-dollar. Today was my first day of my second year of this fascinating hobby and I wanted to get out for a few hours but it was raining pretty hard. It finally stopped...
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    Tax return is in, where's the new Tesoro?

    They have about three weeks to get their new machine out before I spend my return on a modified Cibola. I think I'll be quite happy with the Cibola, but Tesoro would be happier if I bought a new machine. They just need to give me the chance!
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    Sidewalk strip hunt

    Just thought Id post a few pics of a sidewalk strip hunt I did on Prez Day. I searched a few blocks of a road that has had homes since the early-1900's. It really built up in the Thirties according to aerial photos and then It became a college rental neighborhood once the local University set up...
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    2nd hunt of the year give me two firsts

    The skies refrained from dumping on us today so things were pretty nice. A little muddy in some places but definitely huntable. I went back to the 1915 house that coughed up the merc and token yesterday. I checked the now-thawed clothesline area and only found a few zinc pennies. So I went back...
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    If its raining its not too cold to hunt!

    Its been in the low forties with rain the last two days so the ground has thawed a bit. Miserable weather, but warm enough to get out to an old vacant house that's been around since 1915.Its a typical rusty nail, tin siding, roofing tack-filled yard but not a hunted one that I could tell. I...
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    705 "harmonics"

    are there any Youtube videos providing examples of the AM 99 tone harmonics Digger describes in his Manual? I am getting soooo much high tone/low tone mixing-- to the point that I cant effectively search moderately trashy areas anymore without going insane. Im also getting two differnent...
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    3 kHz coils - anyone have depth comps?

    Hey there X-terra users, I was wondering if I could get some opinions on the 3kHz coils out there. I have some areas that are not too trashy, but do have random gum foil, a nail or three, and other assorted iron droppings scattered around. The phase number reading on this soil is anywhere from...
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    AM vs. Disc with nothing notched

    what is the difference in machine function when using one versus the other? When do you use one over the other? thanks for any opinions.
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    9" Concentric vs 6" DD LF coils

    so far my stock 9 inch MF coil seems to be doing ok. I have hit a few trashy areas that have been problematic but in most spots it seems to sift through the stuff in the ground pretty well. I am going to get a LF coil and was wondering what depth differences people are seeing between the Digger...
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    19th century silver found using 21st century Silver

    HI fellas. I was out comparing signal responses of the XTerra 705 and the Tesoro Silver uMax yesterday on an old curb strip in town. It is a pretty trashy area but Ive pulled many wheaties out of it and wanted to see how each detector sounded on moderately deep (4-6") pennies. I found a few...
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