My first post on this site

wildcatman71

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I am having some trouble making this post....maybe this will come through. I have the detecting fever! I am searching an old apple orchard in southern Indiana that has been in business since 1915, with an old home site that was there prior to the orchard. I will post some pics of what I found today.
 

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halfdime

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Better than what I found today! :'( Keep searching; from your description there could be lots more.
 

Michiganne

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Sweet silver wildcatman and welcome to TNet!

I'm afraid this forum will only make your fever rise! :)

Keep digging.
 

outraged

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Michiganne said:
Sweet silver wildcatman and welcome to TNet!

I'm afraid this forum will only make your fever rise! :)

Keep digging.

My lord that is an understatment.....Great coin.... Congrats!!
 

nealb

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Awesome find, WildCat and welcome to TNet.

HH
Neal
 

Cynangyl

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Very nice coin! Welcome and prepare to be even MORE addicted to the hunt now! :D You will find a wealth of information here and some really incredible people! You are gonna love it....when you are not hunting you will want to be here looking at the finds from other people's hunts! :P
 

fd3615

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wildcatman71 said:
I am having a hard time getting my pics to work....says they are too large.

you need to use a lower resolution on camera... or reduce the file size in an image software program.. cool find
 

wildrider

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Pretty good diggins there.

Keep at it and come back and see us.

Burt
 

West Jersey Detecting

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wildcatman71 said:
I am having a hard time getting my pics to work....says they are too large.

Wildcat:

Here is some quick advice on taking great pictures for posting.

1) First set the camera to "Macro" mode. It is usually represented by a tulip icon.

2) Go into the menu and adjust picture size to the smallest size available.

3) Turn the flash off.

4) Set the camera on a tripod about 6-12 inches from the coin (you may need to adjust this).

5) Set the self timer.

6) Zoom to desired focal length

7) Focus

8) Depress the shutter button.


I like to crop my pics in Windows Picture Editor as well.

I hope this helps!
 

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wildcatman71

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I have been looking at everyones postings on here for awhile, and am glad I finally started posting my own. I would like to thank everyone for their nice comments and making me feel welcome!! HH to all, and to all a GH!!
 

jorge del norte

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u rock wildman............how long have u been detecting......what kind of tesoro do u use

hh
 

hollowpointred

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looks like you figured out the picture thing! beautiful merc! welcome to the forum!
 

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wildcatman71

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This was found with my bounty hunter, but I have found lots of goodies with my OLD tesoro sidewinder. It is basic and simple, but loves to find goodies!!! I started detecting in 1998, then for some reason, not sure what it was...just stopped. Then got the fever back the first of this year. I wont give it up again!!
 

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wildcatman71 said:
This was found with my bounty hunter, but I have found lots of goodies with my OLD tesoro sidewinder. It is basic and simple, but loves to find goodies!!!

I love those simple old machines!

Every once in a while I take out the White's PRL1 (I think they are still making them). Only has discrimination knob and an "all metal" pinpoint toggle. No ID, No Depth. You hafta dig everything. I like to take it out because it sharpens my listening / guessing skills!
 

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