WOOHOO!!!!!!!!! I THINK I GOT IT

[pj4566]

Well thanks to all the great advice and a new ground balance switch I'm finally on the detecting trail. Got my machine back from Bounty Hunter after they replaced the ground balance switch and tested everything. Went out this weekend with a new MD friend from Colo Spgs and tried some old home sites but I never found anything but trash, he found a Merc. today I went to a park and found "coins!!!!!!!!!" , three quarters and one dime all clad but boy did it ever make me feel good. Ain't no stoppin me now lol.

 

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[Ridley]

By Jove! I think he got it!

Looking forward to those future finds!


Ridley

 

[Ralphw]

excellent!!!!! having confidence in the machine is huge!

 

[desertfox]

PJ, glad to hear BH fixed the old machine and your back out in the field with us old coots again. Better and bigger finds are on the way my friend just keep that coil to the ground, well close to the ground anyway! HH and welcome back

Desertfox

 

[ivan salis]

properly working the BH can find lots of stuff for you -- as always research is the key to bigger better finds on a steady basis -- Ivan

 

[weasel606]

glad you got it going ! and that landstar is a good detector you should do really well with it goodluck cause your hooked now

 

[CRUSADER]

Welcome fro the UK.

Keep digging

 

[halfdime]

Try under that B-52 at the Air Force Academy!

 

[piggman1]

Ground balance is important, now there is no stopping you.

 

[nuggetshooter323]

I didn't realize that there were so many people from the Springs in this forum.

 

[JRich98150]

PJ,
Now you KNOW your detector will find the coins. It should get a bit easier for you from here on out. There's good days and there's bad days as far as finding things go but you have the working equipment now. Good luck on your future hunts!

JRich

 

[UnEarthed72]

Well thanks to all the great advice and a new ground balance switch I'm finally on the detecting trail. Got my machine back from Bounty Hunter after they replaced the ground balance switch and tested everything. Went out this weekend with a new MD friend from Colo Spgs and tried some old home sites but I never found anything but trash, he found a Merc. today I went to a park and found "coins!!!!!!!!!" , three quarters and one dime all clad but boy did it ever make me feel good. Ain't no stoppin me now lol.

Congrats on your finds

I'm also using a bounty hunter(pioneer 202) model,it's about a $200 dollar machine....I have had some pretty decent luck with it so far and my best finds were 2 silver rings(no marks),.925 sterling necklace,a gold sac. dollar, a good amount of clad coins,and a pristine 1943 steel war penny...

But..lately it has been finding mostly junk...O.K. alot of junk,and as for finding silver coinage it just dont wanna seem to sniff them out..It loves pennies from the 70's to present day though(fun to find but those pennies are getting old quick).Don't get me wrong I'm not complaining because any detector is better than none at all,I'm saving up for and upgrade and putting all my clad towards it as well...So basically I believe for 200 dollars bounty hunter could of made a better detector for the money IMO.

Not sure how much your model cost but I hope it continues to work well and produces well for you stay safe and HH

 

[tymcmurray]

Keep it up pj. Not much better than
someone and their machine bonding. LOL

 

[Leon]

Hello, & Welcome to the forum...
Congrats on getting that machine fixed...
Good luck, & Happy hunting~

 

[mmiller]

glad to hear you had more luck at the park sorry I had to cut out early. now that you know your machine can find coins you will have a lot more confidence looking, just wait till you find your first silver coin and then you will be really hooked give me a call any time you want to go back out and or any body else in the springs I'm always up to do some dirt fishing.

 

[dgaughan]

awesome go get it done