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DeepTech

New guy checking in & some recent finds

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Hello. My name is Danny and I live in the Philadelphia area. Been lurking around these boards way too long and figured it was time to just do a post and show some finds. Guess I was delaying until I found a $10k diamond engagement ring or had some expert insight.

Been detecting off an on since high school (approx 20 years). Consider myself a long term newbie. Use several brands, but will never be without a Tesoro. Got spurred on by recent posts about the Golden umax. Been my fave machine these past five years. Use the stock coil and sometimes the 5.75 concentric. Would like to try a clean sweep in the near future. Was able to hit a sports field for a few hours this past sunday morning (7-22-12) in Chester County near where I work. Pulled a '64 Washington, '44 Merc, and a nice Crotal bell with my Golden. Left the caps, tabs, and clads out of the pic. Glad to have broken my silence and look forward to making future posts, as well as learning & sharing more about detecting and Tesoros.
 
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You got yourself some nice finds there. I hope to see you post more of your finds here in the future.

tabman
 
Those look awful shiney. Hope you are not cleaning them.
 
n/t
 
Welcome Dan. Those are 3 nice finds, could be an old spot with deep stuff. I have a Golden with the old tones, great detector. Have 7" concentric, clean sweep, 8x9", 8" brown donut and 8" DD coils. The clean sweep is good for shallow jewelry, covers a lot of ground fast. The 8x9" and the donut are exactly the same in performance. The DD is good for mineralized soil. If you have the old tone Golden put a nickle on a cardboard box and set the adjustable notch knob fully CCW, then set it fully clockwise. (No need to be in Notch mode). The nickle will sound different. HH, Jabbo
 
Welcome and thanks for posting. Really like that bell. Never found one myself but maybe someday soon. Some folks clean their coins and others don't. I clean my silver unless it is a coin that someone might want to buy ..like a key date. I like to just rinse them off and polish them with toothpaste and my fingertip in the palm of my hand.

Charlie
 
Welcome Danny from another new guy. :D
 
Thanks gents for the kind words and welcomes. Glad to be here. I'm committed to find me another bell like that. After soaking out the dirt gives an amazing sound. Not familiar with crotal bells, but online search revealed they are bronze with an iron clanker inside. Has a #2 etched into it. Fell off the discrim. just a hair below pulltab on my golden umax. Hunting an older site that is currently a park/ athletic field. Lots of dirt has been piled and grated over the years. Working a less obvious semi-wooded slope on the perimeter showing some recent signs of rain erosion - seems to have a pot luck of shallow signals.

Took these pics on the counter right under xenon lights & coins look flashier then they are. However, The 64 washington was very, very shallow and in amazing shape. Lifted my coil thinking it could even be a flattened can. Dug it up and said to myself "oh boy, another recently lost state quarter", then saw that bright non-clad edge. You just never know. The 44 merc was bout 5" down partially wedged in a glop of gray clay. Obverse shows the silver, reverse is black as coal.

Seen all kind of cleaning methods (lemon juice, worcestershire sauce, baking soda), but mostly just use the spigot and sometimes a wet toothpick for stubborn crud. Sometimes baking soda paste which would be similar to toothpaste Charlie Dert mentioned. Matter of personal choice. Rare date coin - wouldn't touch.

Couldn't get out this weekend, hopefully one day after work this week. Regards and HH, ~D
 
Welcome to the Tesoro Family! If you have any question and these great guys can't find the answer, call me and I will help you out!
 
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