Euro modern currency beach nightmare

Corlett

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Hi guys / Girls

Lately the lads have shared some great beach detecting finds, I only wish I could do the same :violin: here is the truth & frustrations of modern currency and PI ( pulse induction )

I do like my Whotes Dual field and it has been very productive but the modern day currency which is coppered steel is a true nightmare for this kind of detecting..
With recent tidal influence low tide is infested with these little horrors :BangHead: , as is known a Pulse induction is depth depth & more depth, but to what cost ? back breaking hole digging only to find what the multi frequency machines leave behind, yes you will go deeper and hit the hard pack sand but it is also very likely that you dig, dig and dig and then see another beach detectorist with a multifrequency only dig a 10th of what you dig but leave the beach smiling insteda of arms like an orangutan :violin:

here are some of my recent `` finds ´´
The frustrating thing is that in Portugal beach detecting ( some genius´s brain wave ) is illegal and `` is in conflict with archeology ´´ :finger:
If they wish i will be more than happy to donate my finds to a local museum :laughing7:



The beaches near me have this problem, therefore allthough a great machine I will be selling my Whites dual field pulse induction, 6 months old and great nick, I believe it will be more productive some where else, if anybody is interested send a Private message, I am after the Excalibur II or I if it has the 10 ´´ coil and the yellow headphones ( not the blue )..

Just thought i´d have a good old metal detecting moan.. :hello2:

Oh well at least the beaches are a little cleaner..
 

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pkb

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that's ugly
 

treblehunter

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Your digging muscles must be like Arnold. Good luck with your next machine. I love my AT Pro.
 

TonyTiger

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Know what you mean about the euro 1and2cents I got rid of my p I and got a.whites eagle s l and a tesoro cutlass umax the only problem now is I dig hundreds of pre euro maltese coins,but the two euro coins i dig make me smile.:laughing7:
 

Msbeepbeep

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So that's what our government wants to do to our coins, yuck that's ugly! Makes the pop tops look great!
Throw away money.:icon_scratch:
 

mariposagold

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It certainly looks bad when a Pull tab has more monetary value over a dug coin. It gives one great confidence in currency. LOL
 

MT_Joe

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What a nightmare! Better luck with your new machine.

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Tired Rooster

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Worthless tokens.........no real value. That's what all of our currency has become.......
 

EccentricInTexas

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And I thought our zinc pennys had a hard time surviving in the ground...
 

BigWaveDave

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thankyou for cleaning up our environment!.. and I hope your luck gets better
 

yaxthri

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Oh yes I hate the modern cents very much, too. One can find millenia old coins in very good condition and the cents lost last year look like that...
Maybe we should hold on to some mint ones for our great-great-great-grandchildren to have, due to their rarity they might be of value...
 

ivan salis

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AH the European version of a "ZINLICON" ---ZINC LINCON CENT .--- sux doesn't it ?
 

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