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    Noise Canceling Failure

    Hi All, Been recovering from surgery for the last year, neck/spine, so I have only got out a couple of times. I went out Thursday to the beach and went to do the auto noise canceling process and I saw the screen was right for it, where I was supposed to be, the circle had stopped and there was...
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    Back To The Beach, X-Terra 705

    Went back to the beach after a short break to rest me weary bones, the soft sand is tough on the knee and ankles, picked up a lot of junk, most of it I will recycle so I can burn some more over priced gas to get back to the beach or back to the desert. Here is the good stuff, minus 1 nice ornate...
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    Tides were Right Beach Hunt

    Here is 2 days worth of stuff detecting the local beach when the tides were right with my X-Terra 705, Gad I Love this detector, Best find, a Diamond Wedding Band, 3 Silver Rings, 1 Gold Plated brithstone Ring, 1 Silver 1957 Quarter, a Italian 925 Sterling Bracelet and 2 cell phones, one was an...
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    Question For "Digger" on Disc. Patterns

    Hi, I have been using the X-Terra 705 now since the end of November 2011, seems like a lot longer, found plenty of goodies. I will be working a small beach here tomorrow well before the low tide so I can work down into it. I want to ask The Digger what the difference between the #1 and #3...
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    X-Terra 705, 6" Search Coil

    Hi All, been out a bunch lately, found lots of coins and stuff, nothing worth mentioning, its been fun. Going to go out tomorrow for a bit. What I am wondering is....What kind of depth are we getting out of our 6" DD coils? I took mine to the beach and a park and found stuff fairly deep, 4" to...
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    1st 2012 Beach Hunt, X-Terra 705

    Went out yesterday with my Brother and did some Beeping as we call it. Conditions weren't right, did find some new coins, enough for a cup of coffee, my Brother did about the same in the dry sand, he uses a cheapo Bounty Hunter, he does real well with it too, He gave me one for Xmas 2 years ago...
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    This Week's Finds, X-Terra 705

    Here is the some of the stuff I found this week at the beach, the Indian head penny was found in a park. this is the stuff I was talking about in an earlier post, I want to go out again, but, I am whooped, need a rest, I put in a lot of hours this week, it was Awesome. Gad I Love this Machine...
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    6" DD Coil, X-Terra 705 on the Beach

    Took my new 6" DD HF coil down to the beach yesterday, nice low tide, set it up and had the unit going crazy again, lots of interference, I need to make a little check list when I go through the setup, I finally figured out I need to turn the sensitivity down from 25 to 10 and it worked...
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    6" DD Coil, X-Terra 705

    Got myself an Xmas Present for me, a new 6" DD Coil 18.75khz. Went to a little park I know of and hunted for several hours, not many targets dug overall, I did get 6 penny's, all zinc's and wasted, and 1 1907 Indian Head Penny, my oldest coin so far, lots of flip tops, gotta dig em, next one...
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    X-Terra 705 Coil

    Just got back from my local Minelab Dealer's shop (Ground Balanced Extreme) in Jamul, Cal. San Diego County. Bob is a Great Guy to talk with, has a nice shop, I need more money. Got me an Xmas present for me....a new 6" DD coil, can't wait to try it out. I am going to try and talk my Brother...
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    X-Terra 705 Relic Hunting

    1 st week in December was up North in Auburn, Cal. at an Antique Bottle Show I sell at every year and had the chance to hunt an ancient stage stop up in the Sierra foothills. We tried this last year but the ground had several feet of snow on it, this time it was crispy cold but ok, no snow. It...
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    X-Terra 705 Beach Hunting Again

    Well, went back to my little spot at the beach, very low tide, I found the usual lead sinkers, 1 really nice fish shaped lure, a handful of coins (mostly wasted eaten up zinc pennies) and a small amount of trash. I am getting better with use and re-reading all my info on the use of this...
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    X-Terra 705 Beach Hunting

    Low Tides today, went down to a favorite little spot where I keep pulling silver out of the muck. Today instead of Beach Hunting it was a Bitch Hunting, I was receiving massive quantities of interference. My detector was not working properly, I actually thought I might have a loose connection or...
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    Digging by Tones

    Randy, explain in full how you set up your detector to hunt in a discrimination pattern with No Discrimination and just tones. Which Pattern? Do you just use the neg. key and take it to 0 ? Which Tone Setting? What is the step by step, I would like to try this out the way you hunt, Thanks Rick
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    X-Terra 705 Beach Hunting

    At the beach yesterday, found that the tractors have been adding sand and packing it down, I climbed up on the seawall and looked around and spotted an area that didn't look at squashed as the rest of the beach (Storm season is coming) so I went there. As a local I know most people go North and...
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    X-Terra 705 Prospecting Coils

    Well, last 2 times out to the desert with my X-Terra 705 Prospecting, I have been skunked with out coming home with gold, but, had a great time, got real upfront and friendly with a rattlesnake, I suggest the snakegruards, I was using the Elliptical 5" x 11" coil, found lots of metal junk...
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    Prospecting Mode, X-Terra 705

    Well, got back Saturday from out local gold fields, this trip out I found No Nuggets. I did, However find about every kind of metal used in mining and plenty enough pieces of small bullets, and a sardine can at about 2 feet. I had a blast hunting, really like the unit, I am still amazed at how...
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    Thoughts on Cutting Plugs

    Saw a few people mentioning cutting plugs to retrieve coins or targets, any thoughts or words on this? I have been chewed on at 2 different parks, the person in charge said these guys are cutting plugs out of the grass and the grass is dying. They showed me an area where you could see the brown...
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    1st Gold Nugget, Arizona, X-Terra 705

    Hi, took a break from the beach hunting and went inland to the State of Arizona this weekend, met up with a real nice group of people and spent 2 days working the desert with my X-Terra 705 with the DD 5" x 10" Elliptical Coil. I found this lone nugget in an old dry washer diggings , it was down...
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    CHECK Your Unit

    Hi All, While hunting the other day with my new X-Terra 705, I was shocked to feel my arm rest fall off. The screw must have backed out and fell out somewhere in the last several hunts?? I went back along the beach where I was hunting and did not find it, I checked my bag and truck, Not...
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