mapper65
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My brother in law whom is relatively new to detecting had to send his 705 out for repair nearly two weeks ago. He received it back yesterday and was excited because he had just got the ok to detect a new spot that he's been eyeing up.
He has the 5x10 gold pack coil, the 6" HF coil and a 6" digger coil. They live out of state and I called him last night and he asked me how I would go about detecting this location. As much as I'm a huge fan of the digger coil my suggestion was to cover as much ground as he could right out of the gate starting with the 5x10. I said "if it's trashy or you feel you've covered as much ground as you can with the 5x10, swap it out with the digger coil". The last thing he said was "I'll get in touch with you if I do any good".
To back up a little he just started detecting in the spring and has a ton of hours under his belt but I think has only found 2 silvers up till now, maybe 3. A standing liberty quarter and a Barber dime are the two that come to mind. This guy deserves to find way more silver than that with the amount of time he has in but a nice silver has just be illusive to him up until late this afternoon.
I had kind of forgot that he was out detecting but I got a text and an email pretty much at the same time from my sister saying "Whoa, what is this, check out the date!" After a jaw dropping minute and a quick web search it turns out that he found a Spanish Reale. We can't make out how many Reales it is but what a great find. I told him "this is one of those coins that at least the date is visible". He said he didn't have his glasses or magnifier or with him but handed it to my sister to clean up and try to see what the date was. He thought it may have been a seated or standing liberty quarter. My sister cleaned it off with some water and brought it back over to him and said "this can't be right" referring to the date. That's when they texted me.
I know he checks out the forum from time to time but doesn't post so I figured I would post this for him.
As a family we've just been having an excellent year. I found my first 1877 Indian this year and my only 4 V nickels. Hotrod53 found a silver half one week, 3 silver halfs the following week, and an 1889 Morgan dollar the week after. Our Mom found an 1865 2 cent piece and an Indian in the same hole and then a month or so later a 1745 King George. Now our brother in law with a 1779 Reale.
Go Minelab!!!!
He has the 5x10 gold pack coil, the 6" HF coil and a 6" digger coil. They live out of state and I called him last night and he asked me how I would go about detecting this location. As much as I'm a huge fan of the digger coil my suggestion was to cover as much ground as he could right out of the gate starting with the 5x10. I said "if it's trashy or you feel you've covered as much ground as you can with the 5x10, swap it out with the digger coil". The last thing he said was "I'll get in touch with you if I do any good".
To back up a little he just started detecting in the spring and has a ton of hours under his belt but I think has only found 2 silvers up till now, maybe 3. A standing liberty quarter and a Barber dime are the two that come to mind. This guy deserves to find way more silver than that with the amount of time he has in but a nice silver has just be illusive to him up until late this afternoon.
I had kind of forgot that he was out detecting but I got a text and an email pretty much at the same time from my sister saying "Whoa, what is this, check out the date!" After a jaw dropping minute and a quick web search it turns out that he found a Spanish Reale. We can't make out how many Reales it is but what a great find. I told him "this is one of those coins that at least the date is visible". He said he didn't have his glasses or magnifier or with him but handed it to my sister to clean up and try to see what the date was. He thought it may have been a seated or standing liberty quarter. My sister cleaned it off with some water and brought it back over to him and said "this can't be right" referring to the date. That's when they texted me.
I know he checks out the forum from time to time but doesn't post so I figured I would post this for him.
As a family we've just been having an excellent year. I found my first 1877 Indian this year and my only 4 V nickels. Hotrod53 found a silver half one week, 3 silver halfs the following week, and an 1889 Morgan dollar the week after. Our Mom found an 1865 2 cent piece and an Indian in the same hole and then a month or so later a 1745 King George. Now our brother in law with a 1779 Reale.
Go Minelab!!!!
