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Hi From the New Guy!

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William-NM

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Just thought I'd surface from "lurking" mode and say hi. I sent my AT Pro off to Garland for a little TLC yesterday, having some withdrawal shakes...got out to a local park for a couple hours before mailing it off yesterday. I'm still learning, haven't had a detector since I lived in Oregon. I bought a Tesoro Lobo,and on one of my maiden hunts was sniffing around a creek in Jacksonville, OR (old gold rush town) and slipped on a mossy rock, gave it a quick dunk, and fizzzzzttttt, that was that. I sent it in for a new board, but it always had a warble, not good with an audio only machine. Should have followed up again, but didn't and eventually got rid of it. So, the water tightness of the AT Pro means a lot to me. :)

I've already enjoyed learning about local history in researching places to hunt, and will visit a couple of history museums during the down time, and the library has what they call the "Treasure Room" with lots of early maps and publications, yum.

I've enjoyed poring over the forums, learned a lot and got lots of inspiration from your successes, so thanks to all of you for sharing your knowledge. I'm a little jealous of those of you who can stick a spade in the ground in one felll swoop. Here in SW New Mexico, what passes for dirt is boulders cemented together with equal parts builders sand, gravel, Portland cement and a handful of dirt. I am developing a methodology for various depth targets: 2"-4" = 1/2 stick dynamite, 4"-6" = 1 stick, 6"-8" = 1 1/2 sticks, etc. The Parks & Rec Guys aren't too thrilled, but the kids love it!

Keep those posts & pics coming, otherwise I'll have to do something productive like clean house, laundry, etc...
WIlliam
 
But at least we get a longer season to chisel them out :lol:
 
[size=large]if your wanting to play in the dirt with the kids then get your behind back to the Great N.W. no cement up here. welcome to the forums.

HH[/size]
 
Welcome to the forum! Have you considered the benefits of C4? Easier to build a shaped charge for those pesky deeper targets..:yikes:
 
Thanks for the warm welcome, guys!
Widebody: I love the NW, sold a lot of pots (that's pots, not pot :look:) up there in the old days.
Sailorman: I like the way you think!
GoGoGopher: Yeah, that concrete makes a real mess when you have to jackhammer it to get the penny underneath it!

HH,
William
 
Welcome from SE Wisconsin where the dirt is soft, but filled with pull tabs, crumpled foil, bottle caps, and big iron. Good luck, and please post them finds, otherwise I never get to see the good stuff.
 
Welcome from Ontario, Canada where the ground is soft and the women are softer lol. :canadaflag:
 
I had participated many years ago in the hot air balloon competition. Lots of great places to hunt to hunt I bet. :)
 
Hi John,
Nope, down in the SW corner in Silver City. I hope it lives up to it's name once the upgraded AT Pro comes back home! An interesting town, Between 1895 and 1904, there were a series of floods due to overgrazing North of town and unusually heavy monsoon rains that turned main street into a 65' deep gulch, taking most of the brick buildings with it. It's now "Big Ditch Park", heh.

There's also a weird sort of park below that area (San Vincente) with lots of junk and old cars sticking out of the ground every which way (not as orderly as the Cadillac Ranch). Gotta be some good stuff mixed in, but it was overwhelming when I went down there first thing. Will try it again after I gain some expertise. I did a little hunting at another park, and there were tons of targets, seems like virgin ground. I was really getting the bug, but decided to go ahead and get the upgrade so I'm learning on a state of the art machine (it was a bit erratic, some falsing...). In the meantime, I'm spending some time doing research online and at the library & museums. Trying to get my paws on some of the early Sanborn Insurance maps from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they were quite detailed, showed every building and what it housed, liveries, hotels, etc. Yesssssss.

Take Care,
William
 
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