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    Silver, Tokens, Chinese Cash Coin... and More Wheats

    I got out for about an hours worth of detecting today and boy was it a hot one! To be honest, I am getting tired of finding so many wheats and so little silver on most of my hunts, but I guess I shouldn't be complaining. 11 Wheats 1927D Mercury Dime - The "In God We Trust" seems to be really...
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    What's your sensitivity usually kept at?

    This will be my 3rd full year of using the Explorer XS. Of course I did very little detecting in 2007 and the first half of 2008. I see lots of guys running their sensitivity at 25 and up. I'm just curious how your machines sound. Is your threshold 100% stable at these levels? I RARELY get my...
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    5 Silver, 6 Indian Heads, 17 Wheats in a Public School Yard

    Decided to take a few hours for myself this afternoon and do some digging. Was driving around and came across an older looking school with a decent sized yard. It looks like the kind of school that everybody would rush to as soon as they purchased their detector. It's in the middle of...
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    Found some big silver while the forum was down.

    My buddy Mark called me the other day while I was still asleep. But I welcomed the call after coming to my senses and losing most of my morning grogginess. First we checked out a spot that he said he has found a large cent at in the past. No luck there for either of us. So then we checked out...
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    XS with loose headphone plugin, any way to fix it myself? And today's finds.

    My trusty Explorer XS has a loose headphone plugin. It's the smaller one, not the big one. Is there a way to fix this once I get it open? It works about 50% of the time, and then stops sending sound to the headphones and then I have to jiggle it a bit to get the sound back. Thanks Here are my...
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    Great finds in the water today!

    Today was a great day! But it sure didn't start out that way. I went to a new beach that I just got permission to go to. After about an hour I had 2 pennies and a couple pull tabs to show for my time. I was seriously thinking about leaving. Now I'm glad I didn't! The good finds started with the...
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    My First 2-Cent and more Indian Artifacts

    Larry, Carl, and I got out to a field today that we found a house site at the other day. Right off the bat you see Larry grinning as he holds up an 1849 Large Cent. A few hours later the next and only other coin was landed, I got a nice 1865 2-Cent piece, the first one I've ever found. The...
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    46 Wheats, 25 Silver for the day.

    I had one of those days that most people dream about.... My friends Lee and Larry took me to a spot that they had researched. I scored very nicely there! I think they got tired of hearing me yell SILVER! Finds: 31 Memorial Cents 46 Wheat Cents 1 Silver War Nickel 1 1941 Nickel 12 Clad Dimes...
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    Any Charleston, SC, hunters here?

    I will be visiting some friends in Charleston from February 5-8 and will probably be doing some hunting. Just curious if anyone from the area wouldn't mind taking a visitor out with you. I use a Minelab Excalibur 1000 for the water and Minelab Explorer for land. I have never been to...
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    First attempt at All-Metal & Ferrous

    Today I went out with Jim and Larry and hunted an iron infested field. Right off the bat I got something green and assumed and Indian Head. Later I checked it and it was a 1910 Wheat. BOOOO! I usually run Iron Mask -13 or -14 on my XS and it was a constant null. Decided to try turning off the...
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    Some of my favorite finds of 2006

    So 2006 was my first full year of metal detecting. I started in the fall last year by purchasing an Ace 250 and a month later I upgraded to an Explorer XS....I had become addicted! I finished the year with 95 silver coins and 2 gold rings. I also got a handful of other silver jewelry and other...
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    My last hunt of 2006 produces another Seated!

    I met up with Larry at the park this morning at around 10am. Carl called at 11:45 or so and by that time I had found 3 memorials and a wheatie. He mentioned a spot in a field where he had found lots of bricks and broken glass so off we went. I dug 4 Indian Heads (1887, 2-1893, 1899) and an 1886...
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    2 Days, 13 Coins, The Newest Was 1892

    I met up with Keith from www.coinhunting.net on Wednesday and found 10 coins and went back to the same place with him and Greg on Thursday and found 3 more coins. This is the kind of place you love and hate. You love it because when you do get a signal it is usually a coin, and an old one at...
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    Finally a day to make me feel like James N.D.

    I went to a local park today with Lee and Larry. I have hunted this park probably 50+ times with 10 or more different guys. I had NEVER seen a single silver coin dug in this park personally. I have heard stories of others finding lots of silver coins 30 years ago, but none recently. I went in...
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    Question about startup screen on XS

    A couple months ago my detector did something weird and I had to reset it or something. I forget what happened exactly, but now everytime I turn it on it starts up in the screen that just shows the smart screen enlarged so that is all you see. No depth meter, sens #'s, etc. I can easily get out...
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    Making a trip to Jacksonville, NC at the end of September, any hunters?

    I will be going to visit a friend in Jacksonville, NC, at the end of the month. We will be leaving on the 27th and then coming back home on the 2nd I believe. I would LOVE to do some beach hunting and would appreciate a local to show me the ropes of the area. I use a Minelab Excalibur 1000 for...
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    Excalibur finally gives up the bling! :) My first gold!

    Today was my fourth trip out to the small local beach with my new Minelab Excalibur 1000. I had found 6 rings prior to today, 5 junk and one sterling silver. My first dig of the day was my first ever piece of gold found while detecting :) It's a thin 10k band weighing in at a HEFTY .95 grams...
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    Digging in the rocks... any tips?

    So there is just one beach that I am aware of within an hour of me. I have gone out there twice and gotten a junk earring, 2 junk rings, a sterling ring, and a few pieces of clad and trash. My problem is this.... There is maybe 1" of sand and then a couple inches of good sized rocks and then...
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    First day in the water with the Excal + some questions...

    So today I finally had a morning off work and it wasn't raining. So naturally I wanted to go out to the local reservoir and get into the water at the little beach that they have there. When I first got there I had never dug a hole with a 4 foot scoop before so I thought I would detect the beach...
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    I've got a great place to hunt... need some advice...

    So I got permission to hunt an 1833 houses yard and I am planning on going out there tomorrow morning and making a day of it. There are about 2 acres of huntable ground and 2 more acres of a field. The landowner says whenever he has had to dig a hole there are big chunks of pottery everywhere...
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