YES - Another 36 QUARTERS - A One Dollar Coin - and a Very Old PADLOCK - Great DAY

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Nokta Makro Simplex+, Whites TRX Pinpointer, Whites MX5, Bounty Hunter 3300 Discovery, Whites Coinmaster Pro, Whites Quantum 2, Whites 6000, Whites 6DB, Whites Beachcomber.
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Hunted a SW Georgia Grade School with my SIMPLEX+, that I haven't been to for a couple of years and found several fresh drops & a few older quarters but no SILVER this time. Total of 65 coins that included a "Golden Presidential Dollar" 2011-D James Buchanan, 36-quarters, 15-dimes & 13-cents that were all clad. Also the find of the DAY was the solid BRASS antique Padlock - Now if I can only find the Key. $-total for the day was $11.63 and not bad for about 5 hours. Good Luck everyone & HH.........BILL

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Very nice haul indeed - congrats to you mate! :occasion14:
 

Pocket full for sure!! Nice!!!Congrats!!!!
 

As a "coin-shooter" by reputation, I can still commend you on that huge Haul...! :thumbsup:
WoW...!
Love that padlock - any way of dating that?
 

I still like my MX5 with the 5.3" coil If I had a coil for the Simplex that was that size I would probably sell the MX5. Or if I had a 13" coil for my ORX I would probably sell both the Simplex+ and MX5. The Simplex for what you get is the best $300 dollar machine I've ever used. Fast, light, coil size is great for coverage in an open field, waterproof.. Just very hard to beat. The ORX is lighter and more stable VDI with the 9" hd coil IMO. I just wish the larger coil for the ORX didn't cost as much as a Simplex?

Nice finds your killing it on the Quarters!
 

Great bunch of recoveries! :occasion14:
 

Awesome haul dang that Simplex is a coin Blood hound makes me rethink my Nox keep those coins coming those quarters add up really fast nice dollar coin you dont see those in circulation anymore people must be saving them. Great job
 

Love that padlock. You had a great hunt.
 

As a "coin-shooter" by reputation, I can still commend you on that huge Haul...! :thumbsup:
WoW...!
Love that padlock - any way of dating that?

Antique Padlocks (.com) has a very similar if not identical lock in their online collection: Reference # 4841 (all locks on the site are assigned a number) They don't have any information on date, however.

Lever Padlocks - Antique Padlocks

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Might be a lever type padlock judging purely on similarities in appearance. If that's the case I would guess it was manufactured somewhere around 1890 - 1920. The first lever locks were patented by Yale in 1877, and as this is an unbranded version, it was probably manufactured later once the style of lock became more popular. Pure speculation, though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock#History
 

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Now that's some digging ! I like that padlock.
 

Nice find bro !! Ldb14
 

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