Finally a SILVER quarter!!

[Danimal]

I haven't posted the last several weeks, but that doesn't mean I haven't had my Gator to the ground!
I already expressed my frustration at the lack of silver. Plenty of wheaties, little silver ('41 Merc and a 43P war nickle was my only taste besides a BUNCH of silver rings...not complaining on the jewelry!)
So yesterday I am scanning a sledding hill where I have found TONS of clad in the 3 trips there. I checked out the backside of the hill towards the woods, thinking that perhaps over the years less re-turfing had been done there and the silver wasn't at an unreachable/unreadable depth (I have an ACE250)
The ACE got a clear signal in one direction that ID'd as a quarter every sweep in that direction, but NO chime or ID in any other swing path. On pinpoint, there was a clear focal point with a nice warble.
Depth read at 8+ but if I wasn't SCRUBBING the earth with the coil (BTW, Mine also has a chip on the bottom already) the signal was gone, even in pinpoint, making me think THIS ONE wasn't canslaw.
Dug the plug deep and there the reeded edge was sticking out of the plug. Before I even pulled it I rubbed my eyes in disbelief!
A 1948 Washington in BEAUTIFUL condition. I washed it at home and rubbed it lightly with a fine cotton cloth, and the thing looks newly minted! I am going back there ASAP.
Also pictured is a nice .925 and 14K Disney ring with Mickey and Minnie facing the silver heart.
Also is a old Navy button I unearthed in a park nearby that was nearly 10" deep (down into the handle section on my Gator)
Aside from these, I have exposed a 2-ringer bullet that was DEEP, a 9mm hollowpoint bullet, a silver cross, a silver ID bracelet and tons of trash
Oh yeah...look at the pile dump pic from last weekend. Note the number of pencil erasers...I was dead-set on setting a new record for nickles (15) in one day, and it was the same area that I got the war nickle from (school opened in 1913)
One last thing:
First my Automax V2 died (just quit)
then yesterday my backup, a Sherlock pinpointer died....
I am pissed!..I just bought a Whites Bullseye...figured I'd try something different. What are your opinions on the Bullseye?
Take care all you dirty, filthy people!

 

[NM5K]

Some good finds. Nice to hear of one getting a nice
goody with a one way ringer. I hear quite a few of those.
Lots of time, they are tabs, etc, but you get lucky sometimes.
That coin must have been in the last inch of so of that coil.
I'm paranoid about those coil chips... I scrub down
fairly close all the time, about on the ground when pinpointing,
and am scared about whacking a chip with a rock, etc sticking out
from the ground. So I use the covers. Finally got around to
ordering one for my big coil today.
I don't like hearing your V2 died, as that is what I've been
using. I like it so far, but hope it doesn't flake out on me.
I couldn't say about the other brands.. I do know I'm about
spoiled on having one... If the V2 bombed out, I'd get another
of some type. Sure makes it easy to find the stuff in the holes.
Rain today.. I got off early, but not sure I want to play in the
rain.. Supposed to rain off and on the rest of the week.
BTW, you might try tweaking your trimmer in the back, under
the clip. Work it back and forth. Might have a spec of dirt or
sumtin... ? Have heard of those needing a reset being set too low...
MK

 

[zamora]

n/t

 

[Danimal]

It's a V4.
The shaft broke a while back (son stepped on it) and I taped it together well, and it worked fine for a long time.
Lately it started acting funny, sens. levels all whacked out, sounding off w/no metal, etc.
Then it just died. Switch in the sound alert mode produces NADA
Switch in the vibrate mode just make the unit vibrate, regardless of sens. setting.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Very nice find bud.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

I've been testing the Sunray probe and it's a dandy and it runs off the detector's power source.

Bill

 

[zamora]

so your sayin they work pretty good befor they get stepped on?

 

[JoeinMemphis]

Way to go!!! I am STILL trying to get my first silver!!

 

[grumpy]

Danimal
I have never used anything except a bullseye and SUN RAY so dont have much to compare but, the bullseye I had first was very crude compared to the todays model. It will take a licking and keep on ticking I guarantee. My wife does the pinpointing and she used the poor thing like a crow-bar. I think she does more digging with the thing than I do with my screwdriver. THe new one is real easy to set the sen. and has a light for late digging. She goes with the sen. knob till is squeels and then reduces it just a tad and I got to say she can find dimes much better than I can. I think you will like it and I gotta say we had one break and they are marvolus people like Garrett to deal with. Sent it in and they sent me a new and updated model, matter fact after that I bought another for a backup just like it. The sunray is great!!! but it is much slower for me to operate than her and her bullseye. She can find the dime before I can get switched over to the probe and look for it.
Good Luck
Grumpy

 

[Dick from IA]

[quote Danimal]It's a V4.
The shaft broke a while back (son stepped on it) and I taped it together well, and it worked fine for a long time.
Lately it started acting funny, sens. levels all whacked out, sounding off w/no metal, etc.
Then it just died. Switch in the sound alert mode produces NADA
Switch in the vibrate mode just make the unit vibrate, regardless of sens. setting.[/quote]

If it is like the V2, with the chrome belt clip, remove the clip and you'll see a small hole in the control box. Use long slender phillips and you should be able to tune it again. Then drill a hole in the clip so you can adjust as you go.

 

[Danimal]

No...that's not at all what I am saying. The thing worked FINE even AFTER being taped. The shaft is NOT one piece, it's segments glued together. When he stepped on it, it cracked on a segment. I just used fiber reinforced tape and bound it together. It worked fine for over a month after that, until it went whacky

 

[zamora]

its a good unit-- does the job good?

 

[Danimal]

It worked fine.
BTW, I repaired the Sherlock yesterday, replacing the failed momentary switch with a micro-toggle switch. I like it better now than before!
I'll write a comparison to all three when the White unit arrives and I have used it a week or so.

 

[John D.]

Get a coil cover ASAP!

 

[NM5K]

I like my V2 pretty well. It will sniff coins at
about an inch, maybe a bit more. It will sniff
very tiny pieces of metal. Even a tiny sliver
will hit hard. I find stuff like rusted BB's all
the time. But it will sniff a piece much smaller
than that. It's range is plenty nuff for actual
pinpointing use. When I get close to something
real small, sometimes I have to back it off a bit
on the sensitivity, so I can zero in on the target.
BTW...Danimal...Aren't you now in Houston? Seems
like I remember reading a web page where you were
hitting Memorial park. Was that you, or am I imagining
things? I'd like to check out that place myself.
That was a good button you/they found. "from camp logan"
MK

 

[Danimal]

I live in NE Ohio!..

 

[NM5K]

Guess I'm thinking of someone else... He had
just moved to Houston from somewhere in OK.
MK