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    Tarnish, No Tarnish!:thumbup:

    I took all this dirty tarnished/dull silver tonight and put it in my tumbler with some dryer lint, a paper towel, water, and a squirt of regular old hand soap....I let it tumble for 2hrs....then I checked...Not all were this clean, so I put them back in...none of these are key dates..I remember...
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    Yesterday and Today...

    Have a look, a heavy SW wind yesterday..very strong longshore rip...peeled the beach off down to the hardpack! Problem was, a guy couldnt hardly go in, and if he did, those big waves and current would take you down, couldnt scoop anyway the current was so strong, just barreling along!..sniped a...
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    The Yearly Carnival Ransack!

    Last night was like waiting for Christmas morning! The yearly carnival shuts down and the tear down begins @ midnight! So I am up and in there super early and have been first on scene with a rig for the past few years...that one year, you remember? All I got was a load of tokens and a...
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    Y'all aint gonna believe this...but its TRUE!

    Well Brothers, got up early, 4:30am-ish, made a pot of coffee and checked the forums...Saw Zeeks gold chain find!..:drool:.... My mind was in neutral, which is the norm, I idly drove down the road at a slow rate of speed, not thinking about anything in particular, and wound up in my standard...
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    Big Lake Buffalo!

    Late last night the wind switched and knocked the Big Lake flat! Its been howling onshore for the past few days and really took a lot more sand out...[attachment 313480 may20-15-1.jpg] Look at this interesting strata, its been buried for who knows how long?[attachment 313481 may20-15.jpg] A...
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    Big Lake Buffalo.

    Heavy wind on the Big lake for the past few days, then all of a sudden, it went flat and turned around on itself late last night and knocked the surf down enough for a few hours this morning...so I dropped into these cuts with the AtPro.[attachment 313476 may20-15-1.jpg] See all this black sand...
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    Three Hour Soak...

    Squeezed myself into the wetsuit and went in today with the Pro...I didnt know neoprene could shrink over the Winter, but it evidently does!:lmfao: Met up with my buddy Sturrat and we had at a very long expanse, ..He's still out there someplace swinging away...Big Lake is up and very angry...
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    CoinStar Kickbacks..Cladstabber Conundrum...:shrug:

    Prolific cladstabbers generally get some kickbacks from the Coinstar machine, no matter what a guy does, lemon juice, sanding, dont matter, the Coinstar will not read or accept certain tarnished coins even after multiple tumblings, no worries though! Most all vending machines and tool booths...
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    Typical F70 morning..:wiggle:.

    Hit a bunch of totters and sportsfields, for 3hrs this am...got this strange heavy object..I think it must be some sort of babbit?, its not pure lead, but equally as heavy, hard to scratch, pinged in high like a Q..[attachment 313291 may17-15.jpg].anywhoo. nothing of note really, there is some...
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    Got a chain today!

    Its getting light at 5:30 now and they are playing Boston's "rock and roll band" on the radio every 15minutes, so I guess its officially Summer!:clapping: Beautiful morning, drizzling damp and warmish, no wind, was going to water hunt, took the 70 to a decent gold bearing chip totter to warm up...
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    Speed Hunting...:detecting:

    First, leave everything at home (or the car) except your rig, a thin shaft flat screwdriver, and a very light cotton pouch similar to items shown..[attachment 313202 pouch.jpg]. Wear very light and loose fitting pants, shirt too, no kneepads required, you will be stooping for the most part...
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    Another Lake Michigan Spin...

    Rained all night, windy, waves from the SW driving a furious longshore rip...got out and into this place predawn..[attachment 313194 may15-15-2.jpg] Heres an interesting pic for some scale of the size of this washout, from where I took this pic, last year I would be standing on beach with 3' of...
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    Gold with Tids...for your amusement only!...discuss...

    I went out today again with nothing of merit to report...but I did do this when I got home that was sort of fun...We all know air tests are not the same as dirt, but this may give a person an idea or two...Funny thing was the large 18k white gold ring TID...I woulda thought it would read higher...
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    Speaking of Hippies..!

    Yesterday I hit a really urban trashy park, gets a lot of traffic, including from me, old place, my Dad remembers it even...found silver and gold here before, a lot of clad too, a bicycle once even!. Chattery mess!...real cold North wind, fired up the 70 and was intent on REVIERING the site for...
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    Headbangers Ball and MulHollands revenge!

    William Mulholland arrived in Los Angeles in the late 1800's when the population was @6000 souls....thanks to his affinity for building aquifers, theres now all sorts of people there all on account of him!...Whats this got to do with detecting you ask? This morning, while hunting a sportsfield...
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    A Little of Nothing...:wiggle:

    After yesterdays Findmall Korean hack job, I was afraid to log in for a bit, didnt want to get my identity stolen, but then figured maybe that would be a good thing for me in the long run!...:unsure: :rant: Interesting week with the 70...I had to drive over to Wisconsin on a job, me and Rosie...
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    ATPro Diver series possible?:shrug:

    What I want for Fathers Day..!. An AtPro good to 50', rechargeable built in batteries, locked in Pro Zero Mode, no screen, brains in a long thin tube under the forearm sort of like an Excal...coil hooks up to the front, headphones at the back...on/off knob, sens knob, disc knob, on the outboard...
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    Bottle and Brass..:thumbup:

    Big Lake was all wee-weed up so I went inland to a real trashy location...Just full of iron everywhere, tabs, caps, bolts, cables even, yet the Pro to my complete amazement picks right through it running Pro Zero, 40 disc, Iron Audio Off (of course!) :lmfao: Example: hunting along real slow, I...
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    Tried to pattern Jimtn's Silver/Gold success this am...:thumbup:

    Up early and read the Forum, saw Jimtn's gold and silver and thought, damn!...So I went to a large school complex thats sort of new dirt, this is what Sunday really early mornings are for, getting into the schools with nobody around! I have found a huge amount of clad here as well as one silver...
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    Good Luck Goby, finds me a Silver Rosie! :rofl:

    I was up early today, 4am-ish, checked the Forums, then flipped over to the local NOAA station for a wave/wind report...Hit the beach before Sun-up, and the Big Lake was relatively flat! Fired up the Pro and in I went![attachment 312307 goby-2.jpg] Worked a long stretch, couple miles down and...
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