Dust cover mod, a short hunt, and a lead

[MT_VertCaver]

THE PROJECT
I've been doing one project every week and I'm calling it Concept Friday. I then post my project on my website, Facebook, and G+. This week(I'm late), I tried to make a new dust cover for my X-Terra. I gave up and decided to just modify my Minelab cover. I cut a slot below the coil wire hole. My cover has always been too tight around the bottom anyway. Then I sewed on some Velcro to hold the cover on. Now it easily slips on and off for battery changes.

THE HUNT
I went across the street to the school for a short hunt. The ground is still frozen below 4"....but spring is starting here. Found $1.23 in clad and a REALLY ugly copper Poodle pin. Felt good to be detecting again.

THE LEAD
I was showing my cousin some of last year's finds when he asked if I had looked around the old barn. I had a little, but the nails were horrible and I thought it unlikely to find much good around a barn. He said that he and his dad used to dig fishing worms on the NE corner of the barn and they would find old coins there. SO....probably somebody's "hidey hole". I'll have to wait a bit more though, until the ground thaws more.

 

[Mark in S.E. IA]

I best dust cover I ever had for the Xterra is a quart size ziplock freezer bag. cut a hole on the side for the headphone jack, slide it over the unit, fold down the top part and tape it to the back. a box of 18 cost around 3 or 4 bucks and I change it about every 2 week. I have a nice clear screen every time I change it. I bought one of those ML dust cover when I first got the xterra and it didn't last me a month before I couldn't see the screen very good.

 

[MT_VertCaver]

Ehhh... True.

But if I don't TRY to make something "bad"....better. I never learn anything new.