DigthenChuck
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Nice CC, LOL mud.
Equinox 800 Is Way Too Nose-Heavy....
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AirmetTango
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Thanks Captain! It never gets old seeing any silver, but the older stuff is a special thrill!
Thanks, Trapper! Oh, I generally agree when it comes to avoiding mud - I'll usually turn tail and retreat to a park or something if the fields are that bad, but I guess I was getting desperate to get into that field with the new machine before it freezes for the year!
Hey Dummy! You could always bag your coil as well as your shoes!..then just step out of the mud blobs and leave them behind? You know this!
Jeez, I should've thought of that! We've got a stockpile of about a thousand Walmart/Kroger/Meijer bags for clearing our hound's never ending supply of landmines during walks, so it'd be a breeze to pilfer a few for emergency muck duty instead of doody duty. My only worry is that Kroger and W-M have been cheaping out on their bags lately - they can barely make it out of the store carrying a loaf of bread without splitting at the seams, let alone withstand the beating my feet would give them trudging around through God's country! I can see it working nicely for the coil - maybe something beefier like kitchen trash bags for the feet?
Thanks, Rattlehead! I was really stoked to see it turn out as a seated...when I realized it was a CC, I was floored!
Thanks, GS! Yeah it does!! I've hit the site pretty hard earlier in the year, but I'm hoping the EQ will be just the machine to squeeze a little more out of it!
Thanks, cellr! I've been unbelievably fortunate to have 2 out of my 3 seated dimes turn out as CC's! Now if I could just turn one up from 1871-1874....
Thanks, medicchief! Yep, we're quite fortunate with a wide variety of history here in Ohio - not quite as old and varied as the northeast, but interesting enough to keep me happy
Thanks, WyoTom! Yep, the mud's definitely not an experience I'm anxious to repeat - although if I can keep finding old silver, I'm willing to give Mud-puppy's plastic bag trick a shot
Thanks, Buellride!
Thanks JAK! But to be clear, it wasn't the maiden voyage for my Nox...just the first I had a chance to get it out to this particular favorite field of mine. I am new to the EQ800 - I'm guessing I have just under 15 hours on it at this point.
Very cool dime and good write up....I do have to admit that I couldn’t wait to watch the rabid Equinox users tear you limb from limb in a wild frenzy. That was not nice and I feel the moderator should censure you at the very least....
Thanks, teotw! I know, it was pretty evil - but color me sinister, I just couldn't resist. Once that mud started to stick, it's the first think that popped into my head. And I've gotta admit, it was almost as much fun to post that ridiculous title as it was to post the find
Looks like the mods may have censured me by "featuring" the thread?? 
amc rulz
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That’s why I always make sure to bring my rubbers!
beephead
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Big Congrats on a fantastic find! I hate that sticky kind of mud, it reminds me of wet flour dough. What were your settings?
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Beachhunter
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Congratulations on the dbl C Seated Tango! A Very cool and muddy find.
AIRFORCEMIKE
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Congrats on the CC..still a wired bucket list item for me. Great hunt and awesome story
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Foragist
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Killer dime! Last hunt I did in mid November, I was digging in mud like that. It was getting all over the coil and pinpointer. But that day we saw a high of 17 degrees F. Frozen mud is worse than sticky mud. Now I know why Mud-Puppy bags his coil on snowy, freezy hunts. Next time I pull that stunt, I'll be bagging my coil, pinpointer, and maybe boots too.
AirmetTango
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Thanks, Beep! I was just using straight-up, stock Field 2 on this hunt. No ground balance, and sensitivity turned down to about 17 to eliminate some chatter after noise canceling. I’ve hunted a couple other fields using a modified Park 2 - this was my first hunt trying Field 2. I honestly don’t know enough about the machine yet to say what advantages Field 2 may have given me. The dime was only about 4” down, so probably just about any setting would have seen it!
Thanks, Beachhunter! I sure loved seeing that dime come up, but the clean up for the equipment was murder!
Thanks, AF Mike! I’ve been fortunate to pull up 2 CCs this year...I’ll probably go a decade before I see another one!
Thanks, Foragist! I definitely learned my lesson - I’ve already raided the dog’s doody bag bin for a bunch of plastic W-M bags
I put ‘em straight into my detecting pack so I can slap ‘em on the boots and coil next time the mud threatens to swallow me whole!
pinheadken
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Sweet find! Id love to find a CC coin.
ollievon
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Two words....MUCK BOOTS. Do yourself a favor and get these on your xmas list, they a MDr's best friend in the early spring (mud season) or even winter since their insulated and totally water proof if you do stream hunting.
https://www.muckbootcompany.com/pro...MI0Pjml-eV3wIV1FmGCh2dOAY5EAYYBCABEgKzufD_BwE
https://www.muckbootcompany.com/pro...MI0Pjml-eV3wIV1FmGCh2dOAY5EAYYBCABEgKzufD_BwE
Skippy SH13
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I thought for sure, someone would have already given this "helpful" tip.
Most of us detect with the coil slightly OVER the surface of the ground, rather than sliding the coil through it.
You might find it's easier that way.
Skippy
Most of us detect with the coil slightly OVER the surface of the ground, rather than sliding the coil through it.
You might find it's easier that way.
Skippy
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