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    Me & the 550 and the pouring rain.....Oh Yah.......:crazy::crazy:

    Well as mentioned in my morning photo I went out in the pouring rain with my rain gear and the green fella with his rain coat and decided to do some more snipping for an hour. I'm having so much fun with the sniper coil I just can't get myself to take it off.So many places I want to use it on...
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    The green fella,snipper and bleachers........

    I've been very busy last the last few weeks and just got around to posting some finds. The 550 was slobbering in its corner waiting for me take it out so I decided to hit another bleacher area. Nothing to exciting...lots of coins and one 925 silver piece of jewelry. Found a tiny half of a...
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    A 30 Minute Wonder.............

    Tried the 550 with sniper on a walkway for a 1/2 hr. The ground was like rock. Really had to chip at it. Gave up early ....just to darn cold with all that north wind. Cheers!
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    Hey ...Ohio Fred.. is it snowing in your neck of the woods?

    Weather just went for a dump. Cold damp and......... snow.
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    Another 550 Bleacher Day.....

    Found a new bleacher to check out and she had goodies. Had a lot of fun. I took a picture of it. Funny thing is its not very big but man there was a good hoard of coins. I think some one was unhappy with the way the soccer game was going and fired off a 16gauge shotgun shell. Lots of deewys and...
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    Another 550 Sniper Day........

    Weather was warm today so I checked out a park that has a hang out area for teenagers. Used my 550 with the sniper coil. Most of these were 1" to 2" deep. Screw driver popped them pretty quick. Hoping to try again Saturday morning .....depending on if we get snow or not. Had some fun! Cheers !
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    Anybody Ever Try Hooking Up a Lazer Eye to their Machine?

    I've been toying with using a battery powered lazer for pin pointing. I'm thinking of mounting it on the main shaft balanced above the coil.Anyone ever try this? Lazers are so small and cheap now and all the power tools are coming out with them now.I have a pen style lazer I was thinking of...
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    Another Two days with The Green Fella and Sniper ....

    Well I finished off the last of the blecher with my 550.I'd been working on this blecher the last two weeks off and on.The last batch of coins is dated Jan 14th (see attatched photo) from this spot.Oldest coin was a 1944 wheatie. I tried a new spot today at a near by park. The geen guy was...
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    Uncle Willy......The Rain Stop Yet?

    We might have to start a travel pool and send you to a warm sunny spot. Cheers!
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    Looking For Advice......:help:

    I have a dual barrel rotary tumbler (Lortone 33B) but I'm having a tough time cleaning some stubborn dirty coins.Anyone have a magic formula I can use? I currently charge the barrel with coins , aquarium gravel and water. Total contents half filling the barrel. I also add a little dishwasher...
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    Still Having Sniper Fun......

    I've been pretty busy lately and never got around to posting some photos so here goes... The 550 nailed another silver ring. Everything was nailed with the sniper coil in blechers..... first photo is one of the blechers I've been hunting. Dates on the photo were the days I went coin poping.Still...
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    Clad, Clad & More Clad !

    Well bust my buttons I woke up this morning to more snow... dang... weather guys had it wrong again.:confused: I took a picture of the back yard and checked to see if I needed my ice pick but she was still soft...Yah baby!:yo: Well, I've been looking at this particular high school blechers...
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    Oak Savana Relic Hunt With The Green Fella...

    Well, I was going to do another beach hunt today but mother nature had other plans. A hard cold north wind was a blowing and I was under dressed even though I had a sweater and heavy winter jacket not mention thick knitted mittens and such. I tried but its hard swinging a detector when your...
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    Took The Green Fella For A Walk...

    With the weather mild and raining most of the snow is gone so me and the green fella took a stroll on our favorite beach and found a couple of silver toe rings.:thumbup: That makes three for this year. Gonna try one more time tommorow cause the weather is suppose to get colder.The 550 is giving...
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    Merry Christmas Everyone !

    n/t
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    Funniest Find In 2005.....

    I wish I had a picture to share because this was a real hoot. Late summer I was detecting :detecting: some empty camp sites. I love those sandy ones because of all the fun stuff you can find :crazy:. I always search in all metal mode on camp sites because of the variety. Anyways ...I was...
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    First Toe Ring!

    Made one more trip to the beach:detecting: with the 550 before the snow and hooked a toe ring. Must admit I didn't know what I found :shrug:till my wife pointed out that there were little toes engraved on the ring. Ring is silver and stamped 925.Not much in coins...slim pickins. I think thats it...
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    Spanky goes Bust!

    Well I went out for another night of detecting... still no snow...glad the weather man has been wrong. I continued on where I left off yesterday and came up with two dimes after 2 1/2 hours of detecting. Looks like someone scanned the area early in the day.As they say... Early bird gets the...
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    The 550 finds 42 Sparkles,,,,,,

    Well folks I just got back from one more night at the beach.The 550 did me well for 4 hours hunting :detecting: I did so good yesterday I picked up where I left off from griding the beach and snagged another pocket full of coins and an interesting bracelet.:super: The bracelet is very heavy with...
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    Signature Ring?

    We had a very mild two days and the snow & frost are gone. I hit my favorite beach for 3 hours and snagged a ring with my 550. Strange ring. The inside band says 10k and I'm baffled with the stone. :shrug:Very dull looking stone (lead?) which under a magnifying glass looks engraved with the...
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