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11-22-2007, 9:02 AM Kev NC Joined on 01-25-2006 Lexington NC Posts 1,406 Found silver with my MXT today I found my first silver coin with my MXT today. I had a few extra minutes so I ran over to a elementry school about a mile from home. After about 20 minures I had 65 cents they had remulched this playground about a year ago. I was getting alot of coin hits that were 6-8 inches deep that I couldn't dig because they had put down landscape fabric before the new mulch. As I was headed back to the truck I got a dime hit at about 5 inches deep. I dug it and guess what my first silver a 1945 dime. I think this could become addictive! HAPPY TURKEY DAY Kev    Report

11-22-2007, 9:15 AM Gold seeker Joined on 06-03-2006 Bluffton South Carolina Posts 475 Re: Found silver with my MXT today Kev, Congrats, your not going to give up on gold now are you??? LOL Post a picture of the dime, we want to see, we want to see!!!! Skip Email: den7cubs"at"hargray.com Seek and Ye Shall Find, and when you find It thank GOD!!! Treat the Earth well It was not given to you by your Parents, It was loaned to you by your Children.    Report

11-22-2007, 9:42 AM woodchuck Joined on 04-12-2007 Central NY Posts 67 Re: Found silver with my MXT today Way to go Kev. !!Don't let it cut into your prospecting..LOL    Report

11-22-2007, 9:54 AM cosmic Joined on 03-30-2007 Posts 55 Re: Found silver with my MXT today Great feeling isn't it!! I was out a couple weeks ago at my daughters house giving my son-in-law a lesson on the M-6 while my son was using my other M-6 in a different part of the yard.. As I was swinging and talking I hit a dime signal at 5" and it turned out to be a 23 merc.. I  handed my son-in-law the M-6 and off he went.. He wasn't finding much so I suggested where the old clothesline is  might be a good bet.. His first metal detector find was a 1907 morgan dime!!! As we stood admiring the coin Jr. find a 52 rosie!! Also his first silver.. Must have been dime day.. Congrats on you first!!                                                                   Ray    Report

11-22-2007, 12:31 PM twig/al Joined on 01-24-2006 Gadsden, Alabama Posts 4,627 Re: Found silver with my MXT today Kev NC, Metal detecting is a part of prospecting that is often overlooked... It can be a way to fund the dredge trips, if you can bring yourself to part with your finds!!! I wind up keeping all of mine!!! lol... Besides when the water is too cold to dredge, it is a way to still get out of the house and have some fun... twig/al Alabama Prospecting Supply www.alabamaprospectingsupply.com Email: tom@alabamaprospectingsupply.com Southeast Treasure Hunters Forum www.southeasttreasurehunters.com    Report

11-22-2007, 1:40 PM ABEARZZ Joined on 01-24-2006 CHARLOTTE, NC Posts 716 Re: Found silver with my MXT today CONGRATS KEV...KEEP THE STREAK GOING.... PROSPECTORS.....PROBRABLY THE ONLY GROUP OF PEOPLE CRAZY ENOUGH TO BE SANE..............    Report

11-22-2007, 11:07 PM Buck Joined on 01-28-2006 Oklahoma Posts 438 Re: Found silver with my MXT today Cosmic the Old clothsline was the right place to send him.  I have found more dimes under them than any where else.  Back before folks used dryers Mammas always hung the jeans upside down on the line.  A dime being the smallest of the coins was the easiest to miss.  So as they started to dry and the wind got to blowing them out they come.  When I hunt new property I always ask if they know where the cloths line was.  And of course some times its still there.  Keep a huntin there is a lot more out there......  Buck Be sure your right, Then go ahead...Davy Crockett    Report

11-30-2007, 4:44 PM C-17A Joined on 01-30-2006 Posts 374 Way to Go Kevin!! Re: Found silver with my MXT today Kev, Way to go!! I have had my MXT out now 4 times........once at the beach and three times at local elementary schools/parks. Mine is one heck of a coin finding machine! I now have about $25 in misc change and about 325 coins total. The coin symbols seem pretty accurate too. The depth readout is about 50% off, as a 6 inch reading often means I find it at 3 inches. The beach day was different...........as I saw lots of black sands in areas and the display showed a lot of "iron" alerts. The salt mode seemed to have no effect, so I left it in ground mode. The strange stuff always seems to show up as "nickel or ring".............so I did everything except obvious foil with VERY low VDIs. Glad you have your first silver coin..........I haven't found mine yet. Some day. This is a great thing to do when you can't get to the river or it's too cold in the water!! Let's keep in touch with what our "dueling MXTs" can find :) Randy    Report

12-01-2007, 4:32 AM Kev NC Joined on 01-25-2006 Lexington NC Posts 1,406 Re: Way to Go Kevin!! Re: Found silver with my MXT today Randy, You have me beat by a longshot with the change found. We have only been to 2 schools and 1 county park looking ffor change ffor a total off maybe 3 hours. Most of the coins we found were about 1/2 as deep as the screen showed. May have something to do with thee compacted mulch in the playgrounds. I found a 2 old schools here that we are going to today they were built in the early 1900's. I hope we can pull out some old coins there. Last weekend we were down in SC detecting and found a bunch off modern lead bullets. I let Conley use my MXT and withing 3 minutes he had a target that showed up as a button at 8inches deeep. We found in at about 7 inches deep and it ws a old brass button. It has Blue Bell on it and a big bell. As soon as I figure out how it clean it without damaging it I will post a pict of it. Maybe we can get Brian to add a Detector Finds section in the photo area, Kev    Report

12-01-2007, 6:37 AM Bobg Joined on 12-15-2006 Supply NC Posts 380 Re: Way to Go Kevin!! Re: Found silver with my MXT today Excellant find Kev. Silver is hard to come by. When I had my MXT, I always wanted to get a belt mount for the box, to help take the weight off the swinging arm. As it was, I could go for 4 to 5 hours on the beach, and that was with the 14" DD coil.. I never did get a belt mount for it. Instead, I traded it in for a Minelab Soverign GT. Look into getting a "DD" coil sometime in the future. You'll be impressed.    Report

12-01-2007, 7:31 AM Kev NC Joined on 01-25-2006 Lexington NC Posts 1,406 Re: Way to Go Kevin!! Re: Found silver with my MXT today Already thinling about the DD coi. I didn't know Detecting would be so much fun. Now the boy is wanting a detector for Christmas after last weekend. Kev    Report

12-01-2007, 8:06 AM Bobg Joined on 12-15-2006 Supply NC Posts 380 Re: Way to Go Kevin!! Re: Found silver with my MXT today One more item you land locked detectorists need, is a pinpointer. It increased my finds a great deal by saving time in finding those coins that look just like the dirt they came out of. White's makes a good one.    Report

12-01-2007, 8:23 AM Kev NC Joined on 01-25-2006 Lexington NC Posts 1,406 Re: Way to Go Kevin!! Re: Found silver with my MXT today I got a Bullseye II with my detector. It work great! Makes it easy to locate tkings that blend right in with the soil and mulch. Kev    Report

12-01-2007, 3:20 PM Bobg Joined on 12-15-2006 Supply NC Posts 380 Re: Way to Go Kevin!! Re: Found silver with my MXT today Excellent, That's the one I was talking about. I traded mine to a guy in Indiana for two really nice fishing reels. He took up detecting and gave up catfishing.    Report

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