markinswpa
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Ok, I have been shamed by fellow Pa. detectorist who brave the cold and bring home the goods. And then I see a post on end of year wrap-ups. I'm not ready to throw the towel in yet, I pray for milder weather and hope the silver gods haven't left town yet. That said I went to the local park. The last trip I managed a Merc and a nice wheatie. and couple bucks in clad. Not like you megacladders--JAK- BUBBABARON- STIFFWRISTS just to name a few. If I dig 80-90 coins in a day plus the trash I'm using Iceyhot on my legs for night cramps and Advil for my back. S o off I go, text the guy I hunt with on occassion, he says sure I'll see you there. He lasted a couple of hours, did get a slick SLQ and a wheatie. A couple bucks in clad. I started out wi th a pair of earrings in the same hole 23-24 on the Eq.-800. I thought maybe sterling but just bling. I got 4 wheaties, and best find was 2 war nickels 8in. apart from each other. This very close to the spot where I pulled a bunch of nickels a couple of weeks ago. I remember the signal and passed on it because it seemed too broad for a coin. But this time I had the 15in. coil on with my reactivity down to 3 and it was able to tell me I had 2 targets, not one larger target. It also picked another nickel out from under a root that I and my buddy both missed on more than one occassion. I have missed on the pinpoint several times on deep targets with the 15in. but my overall opinion its very capable, course I think with an Equinox it wouldn't matter what coil you have on, it will tell you--HEY I'M DOWN HERE--DIG. The war nickels were no more than 4-5 in. deep. After a 3-4 hours n I wound up with a little more than a buck in clad, 4 wheats and 2 war nickels and some bling. Just happy I got out and hope to a few more times be fore years end. Thanks for looking in. HH Mark