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    bullett cases -shells

    Howdy Fellow Swingers. Got out for a hunt today. Not a lot of good loot around.Stopped at an old 1870;s church. detected around the church and roadside. Bullet and shot gun cases were the order of the day. What looks like part of an old lantern, a 22. bird shot bullet, smaller bird shot...
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    beach and parks today.

    Giddoi. went for a nice drive today, 280kms all up. something to do. tried the river beach, not much there about $4.40 and some corroded 20 cent pieces. in all $22. a nice hair clip :P and a tiny silver charm, it pinged hard. great weather to be out and about. HH Y'all. ;)
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    AT THE BEACH

    Had a quick hunt at the beach with the Compadre. low tide was about 100ft from high mark. the dry sand is white but the damp sand is a dark grey,not sure why. surprisingly, the Compadre run well, with the descrim. upped to about the iron mark. only found a few pull tabs at 5-6 inches but that...
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    pin pointers

    I have seen quite few posts both here and elsewhere, about people having problems with their pin pointers. dirt and water ingress can be a problem. I was thinking about the rubberised spray paint and wondering how that would go. it can be multi layered and can also be removed easily . this would...
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    MIXED BAG TODAY

    Went out for a swing -- and a slippery dip :P - today. got about $8 in coins, and a UK poiund coin and a 20Pence coin. also 2- 303 shells, a lump of lead -always handy - and a heart shaped ornament with genuine replica glass diamonds, nifty. in all a good 7 day week with about $110. in coin...
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    CORRR BLIMEY.

    Did a few parks today for $17.80. nearly wet me self. best I've seen for awhile. :o :P
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    Whites SGT sierra gold trac

    If the SGT is designed for gold area, in theory the auto track ground balance must be good.. on that basis, how would it run in wet sand and mbe shallow water ?
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    tesoro compadre

    HI, I have decided to sell my compadre. it is great for finding tiny deep targets,as we all know. but my hearing isn't great and I cant use headphones as I get buzzing in my ears. I want to go back to a m/l 305 which I am used to and it has visual i.d. which is better for me. it is about 6...
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    BANG !

    Howdy all. I found a bullet in a park/playground yesterday,looks like a fair ol projectile. I don't know much about fire-arms etc. mbe has a fair age to it. the site dates from about 1850. in the pic, it is next to a 22lr round, about 28mm long. the tip is slighty damaged from impact. the...
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    had a hunt

    Howdy all. blowing a gale and bucketing down, so I thought might get out for a hunt yesterday. mmmmm lovely. I did get $15.20 which was my best for months. I find the compadre is very sensitive,more so in damp wet ground. I get good solid signals but no target, maybe mineralisation, or a tiny...
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    el compadre

    GREETINGS fellow dirt fishers. I have got out and about the last few days hunting with the compadre. tried an old country school but didn't turn up much. plenty of iffy ignals, but I didn't follow up. even solid signals don't allows produce. I had a few false readings in damp,mulchy type...
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    Tesoro compadre

    Greeting fellow dirt diggers. I've had the compadre for nearly 3 weeks now,but have been crook with glandular fever most of that time. I have done about 6 hours with and it does go deep,and picks up shoe eyelets etc, at 6 inches plus. so dig,dig dig. foe some reason, in my mind I thought it may...
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    practice run.

    hi guys. went for a trial spin with the Compadre in a small park where I have not found much before. found usual rubbish, a 20,50,1 cent piece, and what I thought was a dirty 10c. cleaned it to reveal a 1922 finnish 10 pennia coin. it is not as good as the pic, the reverse.head side is poor. :/
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    howdy guys

    Joined today after reading a good cross section of interesting posts. I am in the copper triangle in s.a. up Kadina way I have been digging holes for about three years, now. Occasionally I have found an item/coin in said holes. I guess I have done fairly well in that time,mostly around...
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