Found a walking liberty half today in real nice shape.

If a blind squirrel like me can find a nut, they are still out there. Keep on diggy diggy.

Been digging a lot of years it's a hobby that you can pick up anytime for a few minutes to all day. Dig a lot of civil war stuff here in Virginia but it's getting harder to find. Better machines can still unearth some deep finds in burned out spots. My best advice is keep looking every spot you can. You will find little a lot of times then when you least expect it you hit a honey hole. My oldest coin 1694 British and coolest civil war find is most of a chess set carved from bullets. If you find civil war stuff dig every decent signal a lot of coat buttons sound choppy.

Those machines operate at different frequencies so that could be a reason you are finding stuff where you have already hunted. Also the moisture content of the ground has an effect on signals, I can hunt a spot with my AT pro when the ground is really dry, and then hunt the same spot when the ground has more moisture with the same machine and find stuff that I didnt even hear when the ground was dry.

Thanx Garey...

Mac I am not sure.. honestly I don't know. I found it near an old stone hotel out in the desert.

I prefer to detect in the water near swimming areas. I've found many pieces of jewelry. I've found quite a few Indian Head pennies, some V nickels, a barber dime, lots of Mercury dimes and Buffalo nickels. Several Standing Liberty half dollars and quarters.

Any one own a Whites MX Sport I am wanting to get into detecting and want a detector that's really user friendly. I've been putting some cash back and am looking to keep it around 700-800 dollars. My fear is I am not real savvy with tech stuff but I have a lot of areas where I can detect so don't want to buy one that has to have a lot of adjustments.

no experience with whites, but you may want to look into the Garret At Pro or AT max, or minelab equinox 600 or 800. I have an AT pro, easy pre sets, then just ground balance and go.

i wanna see those!!!

both are on display at our county historical society along with a dozen different bells that were made locally and a neat set of hickory shafted golf clubs.getting a bunch of old local bottles around for them now to display at the county fair.2 weeks is the fair and the buckles will be on display and i'll get a pic.

YES!!!!

were buckles of that era gold?

where most communities have lost a lot of history and interest in it,my area is blessed with a pile of volunteers and donors to keep the local history alive.at a work bee a month ago at the fairgrounds over 40 people showed to vol. their time.they have a weekly meeting that gets 25-30 people a lot of times and to say we are rural would be a huge understatement.

me too,,alot of arrowheads found on my place(not by me)i live on the river and edge of the old wyandot indian reservation. Found an old 32 cocked and loaded the horses uncovered tearing up the sod one frosty morning. I assume it jammed and was buried...thieves stole it a few yrs ago.

I was actually thinking about getting another machine the Equinox.. but my plans change when I had to send the Excal for service... still need to hit the local beach again now that river is going down. Also was shown a little swimming hole I've never been too and over looked for years. Never know if anyone has hit them little swimming holes until you try them your self.

Mac

I am in the research stage before I buy I will look into these other detectors.

Always a Good idea
It really does depend on what you want to look for the most and where you plan to use a machine. And of course what your budget is.

Mac

i've had a fisher forr 30 yrs and like them.new one is a fisher fx4.middle priced and more than i need while you are researching

Oh I forgot to mention the tones or sounds the detectors make. The tone kf one detector may make your ears bleed and be perfectly fine to another persons ears. So make sure you atleast youtube them to hear how they sound.

It would suck to buy a 600-800 dollar detector and not be able to stand its tone.

Ok will make sure to do that.