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Todays Finds 12/16/15

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daddyflea

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Biggest find of the day was a new place to hunt. Also found a bunch of Modern coins as well as this 1929 Wheat Penny, this small silver cross, and this 1943 P war Nickle. War Nickles are silver and the way you tell if you have one is the date between 43 and 45 as well as the Mint Mark on the reverse over the Dome. this one is a P.

Also have a little advice. I carried an extra 9V Battery just in case the one for my Pin Pointer died. I had a Tenergy high dollar rechargeable. It shorted out on the car keys in my pocket and melted the battery. Don't store these 9V unless you cover the connections. I have heard of these batteries starting a lot of fires. Did not do my leg any good either.

 
daddyflea said:
War Nickles are silver and the way you tell if you have one is the date between 43 and 45 as well as the Mint Mark on the reverse over the Dome.
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Nice finds... The mint also produced War Nickles durring the second half of 1942...

Robert
 
I thought they did but was not sure. I was sure they all have a Mint Mark on the Reverse.
 
The war nickels have some silver in them , I think 35% is silver. But I myself think some have a little more and a little less silv in them. I get different readings on some then others in air tests. Nice finds. GS
 
"Did not do my leg any good either".....:laugh: You're absolutely right,the voltage won't hurt much but the current will if discharged at a high rate like that. My brother worked on APVs in the military. He saw a guy lay a wrench across a battery array one time,he said it about evaporated in a flash of light and smoke. Current ain't no joke,even in the smaller batteries.
Onto the probe subject...I know you're looking for one or were...I've had mine out on 5 hunts so far and absolutely love it! I actually stuff mine in my pocket so I don't have to swing it with the machine,not that it's a huge deal to swing it. Ralph said in an email the other day that they no longer make ANY inline probes...what a shame. If it was a pricing issue I think he's dead wrong about selling them. The demand is so high that a new one at 300 I believe would be perfectly sellable. Maybe there's other issues in play. I'm going to look for another one just in case! The Garretts are great,just not an X-1!
 
IDXMonster said:
"Did not do my leg any good either".....:laugh: You're absolutely right,the voltage won't hurt much but the current will if discharged at a high rate like that. My brother worked on APVs in the military. He saw a guy lay a wrench across a battery array one time,he said it about evaporated in a flash of light and smoke. Current ain't no joke,even in the smaller batteries.
Onto the probe subject...I know you're looking for one or were...I've had mine out on 5 hunts so far and absolutely love it! I actually stuff mine in my pocket so I don't have to swing it with the machine,not that it's a huge deal to swing it. Ralph said in an email the other day that they no longer make ANY inline probes...what a shame. If it was a pricing issue I think he's dead wrong about selling them. The demand is so high that a new one at 300 I believe would be perfectly sellable. Maybe there's other issues in play. I'm going to look for another one just in case! The Garretts are great,just not an X-1!
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Pin Pointing with Discrimination is so much faster and better. I know I like it better. I have two DX1 so maybe somebody will trade me for a X1.
 
Nice finds daddy!:thumbup:
Far as the battery thing, sometimes we all learn our lessons the hard way. :stars:

IDX monster is right. Never store or carry any battery where its terminals can be exposed to metal which can cause a short across the battery terminals. With most consumer batteries the voltage isn't the problem, its the current draw due to a short circuit at its terminals coupled with the batteries internal impedance which can result in extremely high internal battery heat or worse a battery explosion. Lithium ion batteries are especially vulnerable to fires and explosions.

Take a typical 12 volt car battery. 12 volts isn't nowhere lethal as a shock hazard. But that there 12 volt car battery will generate enough amperage and resulting heat to arc weld steel. Been there done that in an emergency pinch.
 
I found that a Prescription Pill bottle stores 9V just right with a nice removable top.
 
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