Gosh it is for the Teknetics T2... I have a very early T2 which I used for nuggethunting.
But with limited success. However, I have also used it for coin hunting...
In July of this year I went to Pogue's Station, now just a site. I detected around the
station... Lots of surface trash, not old but fairly recent. I found two nice things. One
was the cap lock for a black powder weapon... it was for the left side, so it likely
was for a double barreled rifle... perhaps if not a rifle, more likely a shotgun... which
makes sense. I also found a 1868 shield nickel. Both were on the near-surface. But not
visible to the eye... I just got conformation from the editor of Lost Treasure that this
article will be published in the March issue of Lost Treasure.... It may not be mentioned
about the detector used, but it was my early T2 which has been modded and is the
same as the later... current T2's.
Now about the T2 "sniper" coil... It is David Johnsons prototype. I was lucky the first
time I took it out to McKinley school in Redlands... This school is well detected
as it goes back about 80 years.However, the school buildings are not original,
so the actual buildings are in different places in the the large yard which has been
expanded over the years.
On the back playground within minutes apart, but in the trash, I found what the
wife calls a marcasite (sp?) ring,,, silver and kid size. It was packed with dirt and
I needed to wash it at home... then the second ring... again silver and small size
and a class ring with a reddish stone... it says 1991... but the inscription is foreign
language... maybe Spanish...
Since then I went out several times... northing good... but Wow, the coins found, while
not old, are in terrible shape and were deep... around 5-inches... The coil pinpoints
well and the depth meter seems acurate... But I mostly needed to cut a plug to retrieve
the target... but the ground was wet from the recent rain and I was able to refill the holes
without a problem with the grass...
I got so tired... overdid... that I bearly managed to walk back... my youngest daughter
lives near by...
I now plan on taking the "sniper" to the north Rand mountain slope ( I wrote of this area
in the 2008 Silver & Gold issue by the folkes who also publish W&E treasures.)
However, the BLM has recently closed this area and I cannot drive off road to the area where
there are possibly small nuggets in the calichi or not recovered by drywashing... to be able
to drive off road on either the north or south slope of the Rand mountain now requires I drive
to Ridgecrest BLM and read information, sign the information, and keep it in my vehicle
when I drive off the main asphalt roads... the dirt roads are marked trails... the concern
is the desert tortoise, other endangered critters, and some endangered plants...
I only live 100 miles from the Rand slope(s) and it is up Hwy 395 from my home in Rialto
and I can make the drive to Randsburg in about 2 1/2 hours... My chevy Malibu gets about
30 miles/gallon and by careful off highway driving... I can easily access the short dirt roads.
Actually I could still walk in by leaving my car parked on the side of a main road, but it is
no longer a good idea... times are changing... not for the better... As soon as the rain and
weather better... lilely now after Christmas, I will drive to the Ridgecrest BLM office
and dowhat is required to get a off road pass.. The office is about 130 miles from my home
and if it doesn't take too long to get the pass I may have some time to detect... But, I do not
like to drive at night... especially Cajon Pass... so daylight time is short.
Sorry about the typos...
