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Using a Screwdriver

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Snoopy36

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I just thought I'd share a video of my hunt last weekend. It was at a local school that opened in the mid 1980's. Before it was a school there was pretty much nothing there but bushland. I used a screwdriver to retrieve 90% of the coins and I was certain what was under the coil before I stabbed the ground with the screwdriver. As expected, not one single predecimail (old) coin was there. I ended up with $51 in about 2.5 hours.

I hope you like the video :)

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4QKpLxz9rM[/video]
 
Well done and brilliant idea using a screw driver .
 
keep it up and you will pay 4 your machine
 
slippery Snoopys sneaky screwdriver situations
bring in the bling big time :thumbup::ausflag::biggrin:

goodonyersnoop
 
Go to a flea market and buy a cheap wide screwdriver...File the two edges so it probes better...paint the handle a bright color and mark the handle so you know when its flat..practice your pinpointing skills...whoops also pick up a small kitchen cutting knife...pinpoint and with practice should get a quarter size object 9 out of ten time first probe..smaller coins perhaps 50 percent of the time...once you locate with the probe cut a small line from the probe out...take out the probe and using the cut insert the screwdriver under the coin flat using the handle marking and simply pop out..Take a little practice but a coin just feels different than a rock...Easy as pie for shallow coins and leave the grass neat as a pin..Try it you will like it especially in well groomed parks or yards where neatness really counts..:thumbup:
 
Enjoyed your video's snoopy, I'm new to the exterra 705 however getting the hang of it. I tried your screwdriver tips but need more practice I think. Whilst I'm happy to drag out the odd goldie, I'm interested in pre-decimal Aussie coins and I was wondering what some of the TID's of these coins are as I think some are less conductive than goldies for example. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks mate. Aaron.
 
ajrobbs said:
Enjoyed your video's snoopy, I'm new to the exterra 705 however getting the hang of it. I tried your screwdriver tips but need more practice I think. Whilst I'm happy to drag out the odd goldie, I'm interested in pre-decimal Aussie coins and I was wondering what some of the TID's of these coins are as I think some are less conductive than goldies for example. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks mate. Aaron.
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hi Aaron

I love predecs to and prefer them over the spendable goldies. If you haven't already, do join the Aussie Metal Detecting and Relic Hunting (www.forum.kimbucktwo.com)

Here is a post about TID for XTerra
http://forum.kimbucktwo.com/index.php/topic,1320.0.html
 
The answer you seek is in FAQFAQ. Although not exhaustive, it will give you a good idea. Half Sovereigns will come in at 18. I don't think that that is mentioned in FAQFAQ. There is a more extensive listing over on an Aussie forum in which Snoopy36 and I frequent. If you want to know more then just reply to this and I'll see if I can send you a PM. You won't be able to send them yet as you haven't been registered here long enough yet.
Mick Evans.
Just editing. I just noticed that Snoopy included the link just under this post.
 
Nice Hunt Snoop!
I just hope you don't get the new coil when it comes out.:poke: I'd hate to think what that will do to your finds!
Mick Evans.
 
Thanks Mick, registered on the Forum last night will follow up on the TID'S. Being out at Dubbo no doubt you have access to old farms etc. The problem with Newcastle is the limit access to such places. Interestingly my mum lives at Nyngan and I visit her several times a year, perhaps there are places I could try my luck out that way. Thanks again for the help. Aaron.
 
Great stuff Snoopy,
good to see,a bit of skill involved in using the screwdriver, but once its mastered well worth doing.
 
I wouldn't mind swapping locations with you. I'm mostly a goldie hunter. Actuality I was down your way last week. Attended a youth camp at Port Stephens. It was established in 1826 with still original buildings. I took half a dozen detectors with me there last year and got permission to hunt with the kids there. On the last day, I talked with the museum curator and found out the area was heritage listed. (Ouch!) I wish they told me earlier. If I had known, I would have left the detectors behind. I won't disclose the exact location due to the possible actions of some irresponsible folk that might read this and do the wrong thing. On the way down to Sydney, We popped into the area around the Entrance, to check it out. (Got a pipe dream to move there one day.)
Nyngan isn't that far away. Just under 2 hours. I often think of when it was flooded, when I here it's name I moved to Dubbo only a few months before that happened. I've only driven through it twice, on my way to Cobar.
Mick Evans.
 
Hi Mick, I think I know where you mean at Port Stephens. I think what I have to do is research some possible hunting area's and then seek permission, Always worried about digging holes in the ground and the impact that leaves on grass especially good lawn as some of our parks have, thats why snoopy's post interested me. The Enterance is ok but I guess I'm bias in stating that Newcastle, Port Stephens and Lake Macquarrie offer much more, each to their own. Where do you hunt for Gold, as I would love to try my luck at some stage. I suppose you must head for Mudgee area? Aaron
 
I was actually talking about $1 and $2 coins. I have gone gold hunting a few times. Around Burrendong dam area as well as one trip out with the local club to a place out the back of Mudgee. I have also hunted on the common at Stuart Town, which was the scene of a significant gold field back in the 1850's. I must confess that gold doesn't do much for me. I have handled some good nugget finds by fellow club members and I take my hate off to them for there persistence to find them, but I prefer the beauty of coins that might be a bit different.
Mick Evans.
 
You blokes from down under sure are lucky. You can head out into the bush and look for nuggets or look locally to find plenty of coins. In my area many times I have to hunt hard just to find a $1.50 in change and finally found my first dollar coin of the year just the other day. While the gold here is so fine that you have to pan for it, it is so small no detector will hit on it.
 
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