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hey folks,
First I'd like to say thanks to anybody that posted in that metal detecting thread a few months ago. It prompted me to fulfill my boyhood fantasy of getting a detector and go diggin' for that TREASURE!:yippee:

I went to a mom & pop sporting store that i had seen some white's detectors at and picked up a whites prizm II for $205 cash out the door. That little bugger has been serving me well over the past month and a half. I've spent damn near every one of my days off from work out hunting. My fiance has even been bitten by the "TREASURE!!!"(as we call it) bug and we have been enjoying lots of quality time together while out wondering around.
In the six weeks I've had my prizm, My clad change finds have almost paid for the detector and then some!!! not to mention the countless doodads and whatsits that are almost as exciting to find as change.
I thought I was pretty darn addicted to this hobby, until yesterday.

I was hunting a tucked away old picnic site in my town in northern alabama. perfect weather, nice cool breeze, loving life. I got a solid nickel tone and stooped down to flick another routine nickel or pulltab out of the ground. The 4" plug i cut was nice and perfect(everyday I can tell my digging skills are improving). I plopped the plug over grass side down and what do you know..........the unmistakeable color of GOLD!!!. just sittin' there on top of the plug like a cherry on a sundae.
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2...goldpf6.th.jpg
It was a decent size mans wedding band, alright weight to it. marked 14k. and a superb deep yellow lustre.

MAAAAAN what a rush. This is the coolest damn hobby ever!!!!!!!!

got the ring home after finding about 5 bucks more in clad. cleaned 'er up and wieghed it in at 5.4 grams... which works out to be $65.80ish at todays spot. WOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!:beer: I'm RICH!!!!! ( well, it sure feels that way when you pull something like that outta the ground for hardly any effort at all)


Hi my name is mike and I'm an official detecting addict!,
thanks folks!, ...to many more gold finds!!!!!!,
Mike

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Awesome! I haven't been able to use mine as much as I'd like as I've been busy fixing up my place and getting my farm operational... actually I mostly bought my Ace 250 as a tool to help me remove any and all garbage from my property that may have been left behind by the messy former owners. I have taken it out a few times though and I always turn up some clad coins, copper pennies and a host of doodads and oddities. I'd like to spend more time detecting when things settle down a bit.

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The ground is frozen in Illinois. I'll have to wait until spring to use my Garrett.
Last year I found a 10k class ring from 1973. Along with tons of clad and 3 silver dimes. Including 1 merc. wooooo. Still haven't paid for the detector, but it's fun finding moolah.:getdown:

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I wonder if the guy that removed the ring to meet his girlfriend had a believeable story to tell the wife as to how he lost his wedding ring in the park. :shocked_ma:


Either that or it's the remnants of a wild divorce party :birthday:

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that's what I was thinking! I dug up a few remnants of opened trojan packages leading in a straight line to where I found the ring!:shocked_ma::wazzup_sg

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Congrats Mike! Afraid there's no cure for what ails you now.This hobby is one of the few good things you can get addicted to though. I thought I would post a little inspiration for those doubters out there.Hey Jack where are you in IL.

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Wow! That's amazing

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Congratulation on finding your first gold ring, Mike. I know what it feels like, I have an MXT.

Metal detecting is jsut a great hobby.

Hey I did up a set of web pages on using the MXT, but it has info that would be good for use with other detectors. You might want to take a look at:

http://nevada-outback-gems.com/MXT_f...T_basepage.htm

Good luck,

Chris

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Hey Folks,

I need some advice. I haven't used a metal detector since they weighed a ton and had one sound ANNNNOYYYYYYING!

I know that technology has made leaps and bounds with these.

Here is my dilemma. I am physically challenged (OK, disabled) my back is shot. I had two failed surgery's and was rear ended by a van going 55-65 mph while I was at a dead stop with my foot on the brake.

Needless to say OWWWWWW! 24/7 (didn't do my fairly new car much good either). I live with chronic pain and I'm limited as to what and how long I can do it.

But, I'm still kid on the inside and I miss the things that I used to do regularly. (Motor cycles, Horseback riding, camping, fishing, shootin', panning for gold, you name it). My brain works fine (even with all the meds I must take).

Is there a light weight, not too expensive yet technologically have all the bell's and whistles?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Maranatha,

:smile:

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If you have a lake, or a sea/ocean beach that is calm (no waves) that is a popular watering hole for local populace you could get an underwater detector like Minelab Excalibur 1000 and then walk in water. You will not feel the weight of the detector it has neutral buoyancy. A huge plus to this is that rings most often slip up from people in knee to waist deep water. All that sunblock/oil + all the activity.

It would probably be good for your back too.

If you scuba then you could do it a bit deeper and that is also easy for injured backs.

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Don't have anything to say. Just going along for the ride on this interesting post!

Might run out and buy me one of those detectors myself!

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Nice loot. I'm in Illinois as well. Near O'Hare airport. I got a White's Goldmaster (forgot exact model number) quite a few years ago. The price for the thing at the time was at least $500. I never really found any nuggets with it. But I have use it to find good panning spots. Of course, if you know how to read a creek, you really don't need a detector for that. I should break the thing out and hit up a forest preserve or something.

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Ringhunter and Satyr.

I am on the north side. Been trying parks during the warm months, but run into a lot of bottle caps. Tried a few beaches, but I don't have a good tool for the sand.
Suggestions?

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Jack for playing in the sand you need a long handled sand scoop to speed up recovery and saves your strength. But the real secret is that the gold is IN the water not that much on the beach.

Satyr
That gold machine might be tough to hunt with in the woods since gold machines are so sensitive which is why they're great nugget finders.
p.s. I'm up near the border of cheesehead land

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Maybe try some forest preserves? Or scan the grounds where large groups of people gather to watch fireworks right after the 4th of July. That's bound to at least turn up some good pocket change.

I agree. Unless you're hunting for nuggets on a beach in Alaska.

Yeah, tell me about it. I have yet to take it someplace that doesn't have high mineralization. The thing is a pain in the ass to ground balance and constntly needs to be adjusted. It would be ideal for a desert type of setting. I may have to purchase a later model that makes use of more modern technology.

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Sayter, which Goldmaster do you have? There's a guy at Treasure Depot looking for Goldmaster 2 if your willing to part with it.

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I have to agree with Infidel, it is easier in the water (bum back here also though not as severe) since the water keeps you more bouyant it takes some pressue off and you can hunt longer. Not knowing your budget I couldn't say which land machine to get but the best is Minelab even though they DO have quality issues. You can't go wrong with the Whites since they all are pretty lightweight. You say you want all the bells and whistles but unless your going to hunt a lot the learning curve might be too much and frustrating. Most of the medium range machines do really well. Ultimate lightweight machine has got to be the Detector Pro lines, the electronics are all in the headphones. You could get the Detector Pro Wader and hunt land or sea and be lightweight. Hope this helps
Good Hunting