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  1. The Ideal Mineral Water MFG. Co.

    The Ideal Mineral Water MFG. Co.

    Circle slug plate embossed mineral water bottle with a tooled blob top. Excavated from compacted clay.
  2. Florida Water With Applied Lip

    Florida Water With Applied Lip

    This is a Florida Water bottle with an applied lip. It probably dates from between 1890-1910. Excavated from anaerobic clay on Feb. 9th.
  3. Waist Deep, Snorkeling, or Scuba Gear for your hunts?

    Hello, gang. I'm writing an article on water detecting and would appreciate your input. Questions: 1. When you go water detecting do you use any special gear other than your detector? I mean, do you just stand in waist-deep water or use snorkeling gear? 2. From your experience, do most...
  4. Major Civil War Ford - Relics Everywhere

    This was our second trip to this location and we sure got on top of the relics. Once we started digging horseshoe after horseshoe, it wasn't long until we honed in on the good stuff. Hope you enjoy the video. It won't disappoint. And as promised in my last post, I'll attach images for those who...
  5. My best month of water hunting to date - Amazing Civil War Ford

    I want to start by saying this video is only 28 seconds long, so I won't be attaching pictures to this post but I will post pictures of when I get the videos finished. This is just a teaser trailer. Anyways, I finally got around to hitting a spot I researched 3 years ago. Since it's somewhat of...
  6. Detecting the River for Civil War Relics. Many finds.

    I've been wanting to get in this particular river since I first started metal detecting but the drive is rather long. I was finally able to find the time and we ended up having a great day on the water. I was proud of my little 4hp motor too. It got us back up river (2 miles) to the boat ramp...
  7. Found a 1900's beer bottle and a nice tea cup in a pond! VIDEO

    In this video, my intentions was to find the site where a old saw mill was, turns out I found more than just lumber scraps under the waters of the pond. Your subscription to my channel will be highly appreciated! Thanks fellow detectorist.
  8. Dry Ground, Watering plugs.

    There has not been much rain in my area and it is limiting my options as to where I will dig because of the dry ground. I wouldn't even attempt to dig any groomed areas that are exposed to the sun, but some areas that are surrounded by shade aren't as bad. So this weekend I went to an old park...
  9. Hello Community

    This is my first post of the forum and will certainly not be my last. I recently just got back into the hobby that I fell in love with as a child. I will be primarily doing beach and shallow water hunting with some old house and farm land hunting in between. Hope to indulge in conversation with...
  10. Garrett Ace 150 Waterproof coil?

    Hi All, Been looking for an answer to this noob question in google for the last couple of days and all the answers are inconsistent. I know the main module of garrett 150 where the lcd screen is isn't waterproof, but is the coil part waterproof? Can I use it in shallow waters? thanks
  11. Hi .. Im New Here and I Need Help making 10 meters depth GPR

    Hi .. I'm New Here and I Need Help making 10 meters depth GPR Hi everyone , I Need Your help as the topic shows " for making a gpr that detects water in depth of 10 meters " i don't know much about GPR , I'm on my last year In Engineering and this is my graduation project ... Yesterday...
  12. Return To The Copper Culture Beach

    After spending the last 6 days in the madness of Chicago....I'm back detecting at my old copper culture beach, beautiful night with crystal clear water, loons calling and no city insanity. The junk. I met a dude last year on the beach that told me he lost his binoculars a few years ago...
  13. Final and definitive fresh water rig discussions and sugestions please

    I have read a lot of forums and taken a lot of advice, but I just wanted to post one thread of my own to make my final decision on a purchase. I am looking to purchase a new metal detector to use in fresh water and during fresh water scuba diving. I live is Wisconsin and I have to drive a long...
  14. Post your updated thoughts on the ATX

    Well, I have been swinging my ATX for six months – 100+ hours in the salt waters of New England – and the following is my opinion of Garrett's newest AT Detector. I chimed in on the forum just after receiving my ATX for Christmas. There were many discussions and first impressions posted...
  15. BLUE BOWL - Clean water??

    Okay, so I have a problem... the dirt that I get, is DIRTY! :laughing7: I classify my material down to 30 or 50 mesh (wet mostly, dry occassionaly) and even though the materials been classified wet, I can only get a good single run on the blue bowl before the water becomes so murky that I can't...
  16. Compac with SILVER coins inside !

    Today I met up with a couple friends. Been wanting to hit another site that was on my bucket list... Today it paid off bigtime... Walked straight down to the beach and bang... First item of the day was a Captain Midnight Badge.... Dates from 1941, and it's the first issue of the badge... I love...
  17. Compac with SILVER coins inside !

    Today I met up with a couple friends, Leprechaun & Plymouthonian. Been wanting to hit another site that was on my bucket list... Today it paid off bigtime... Walked straight down to the beach and bang... First item of the day was a Captain Midnight Badge.... Dates from 1941, and it's the first...
  18. Compac with SILVER coins inside !

    Today I met up with a couple friends, Leprechaun and Plymouthonian. Been wanting to hit another site that was on my bucket list... Today it paid off bigtime... Walked straight down to the beach and bang... First item of the day was a Captain Midnight Badge.... Dates from 1941, and it's the first...
  19. 💵 FOR SALE Whites Beach Hunter I D 9.5 inch Coil first $500.00 owns it Pay Pal only Please

    First $500.00 owns it plus shipping... Lower 48 only Up for auction is a used White's Beach Hunter Id beach and surf metal detector. Water proof up to 25 feet. Works great either on the dry or wet sand and in the water. Beach Hunter ID has a 9.5 inch coil Recently sent it into White's for a...
  20. Need Advice

    All of the videos and reports of beach hunting I have seen have shown people finding all of their jewelry in the water. My Fisher's display box isn't waterproof but the coil is. Should I take the risk and go out in the water for the goods? If so, how deep should my limit be? Remember, my display...
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