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Treasure Hunter's Gazette August-September 2010

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18th Annual Best O’ North East (BONE)
Treasure Hunter’s Weekend
April 28, 29 & 30, 2011 in Keene NH

All invited

Organized with help from the Professional Treasure Hunter's Historical Society, Yankee Treasure Hunter's Club, North East Metal Detecting Forum, Treasure Hunter's Gazette newspaper, Streeter's Treasure Hunting Supply & some nice Yankee prospectors & treasure hunters.

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Best O' North East Annual Awards Presented

Metal Detector of Year  

North East Metal Detecting Club of Year

Inducted into 2011 Treasure Hunters Hall of Fame

Treasure Hunter's Gazette writer of Year

Best Finds Contest Winners
1st, 2nd & 3rd

Reserve early!!! Some events may sell out

For Treasure Hunter's weekend reservations, telephone George Streeter 1-603/876-4443 or email Gstreeter@ne.rr.com

Friday April 28, 2011,  1/2 day NATURAL hunt $20 to 4/1 & then $25.00 until sold out. meet ring leader at Keene Rec Center, 312 Washington St., Keene, NH at 12:30pm for 1:pm car pooling to hunt site.

April 28, 1:pm to about 4:00pm   Help set up for BONE 18 Hobby Show. Drop off items for & help set up for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital Chinese Auction at Keene Recreation Center, 312 Washington St., Keene, NH.

Friday April 28, 2011,  Get Together All you can eat Roast Pork Supper $10 to 4/1/11 & then $15.00 until sold.

Saturday April 29, 9:00am to 4:00pm Treasure Hunter’s Hobby Show, Keene Rec Center, 312 Washington St., Keene, NH. Also a Chinese Auction, a gold panning contest,  a best finds contest. Hobby show admittance is a $10 donation & under 16 is free. Minelab, Garrett, Teknetics & Whites metal detectors on display & for sale. Hobby related businesses & clubs are offered a free booth if they rent  6’ tables  for $10.00 each.  Also on display & for sale are water & sand scoops, headphones, books, pre-read magazines, hunting accessories, pin-pointer probes, display cases, and books for looking & buying. Plus we’ll take orders for Coil Tec & Sun Ray Probes & coils.  Dennis & Sabrina Deweerdt, Jason Houle & David Walker are manning the prospecting booth & doing the ICMJ Gold Panning contest. Best Finds contest is 10:am and judging is at noon. First Place in Finds contest wins $50 & 2nd & 3rd win $25 each.  Free Workshops in room 22 on 2nd floor in front of elevator and we invited Dan Hughes,  Lance Comfort, Andy Sabisch, George Streeter, Jason Sevene and other knowledgeable treasure Hunters & prospectors. FREE magazines from Western & Eastern Treasures, International California Gold Mining Journal and the Treasure Hunter‘s Gazette. To fill the hall, un rented space is given to Streeter Treasure Hunting Supply.

April  29, 2011, 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm drawing winning Chinese Auction bids

April  29, 2011, 4:00pm clean up, empty trash, sweep floor, fold tables & chairs & put away.

Saturday April 29, 2011, , Awards Banquet $20 each until 4/1/11 & and then $25 until sold out. B.Y.O.B.  Speaker, awards & door prizes.  7:pm social hour & 8:pm meal. Prime Rib at Campy’s Country Kettle Restaurant, Rte 32, Swanzey, NH. Campy’s http://www.insiderpages.com/b/15240789395 . Campy’s is cozy & seating limited to 65. Advance tickets to 4/1/11 are $20 each & then $25 each until sold out.

Sunday April 30, 2011, 10:am to Noon, National Planted Hunt and it will be held rain or shine at a location to be announced.  Huntmaster to be appointed  Metal detector hunt is in memory of PTHHS & BONE supporter and friend, Mark Sutcliffe and other Society members who have passed. Hunt prizes = 10 tokens worth $50 to $500 & free treasure chest drawing for paid hunters at end of hunt.  Bring your own everything.,  $75 each until 4/1/11 & and then $85.00 until sold out.  At a location to be announced. 10 tokens worth $50 to $500,  over 1,000 old coins buried in the ground & & free treasure chest drawing for paid hunters at end of hunt. For info’ telephone Streeters @ 1-603/876-4443 or email Gstreeter@ne.rr.com .  Make checks payable & mail to BONE, 307 Main St., Marlborough, NH 03455. Profits shared w’ St Jude Children's Research Hospital. Prizes based on income, sorry no refunds.

If enough interest (20+ pre-registered hunters) & we will have an all day Natural Hunt on old New England farm land with lots of potential. Plus morning & afternoon door prizes. $25 advance cover charge.

Not responsible for errors or omissions  

Sunday, April 30-, 10:am 18th National BONE Metal Detector Hunt. Huntmaster to be appointed and it will be held rain or shine at a location to be announced.   Bring your own everything. Metal detector hunt is in memory of PTHHS & BONE supporter and friend, Mark Sutcliffe and other Society members who have passed. Hunt prizes = 10 tokens worth prizes to $600 & free treasure chest drawing for paid hunters at end of hunt. $75.00 advance entry fee to 4/1/11 & then a higher fee until sold out. Make all checks payable to & send to PTHHS, 307 Main St., Marlborough, NH 03455. After 4/1/11, entry fee increases to $85.00 each.

BONE 18 FUND RAISER RAFFLE
First Place Your choice of Minelab X Terra metal Detector

2nd place a Garrett ProPointer Probe or $100.00

3rd place a Garrett ProPointer Probe or $100.00

Drawing April 29 @ BONE Banquet in Swanzey, NH

BONE Profits are shared with St Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Since 1994, we have raised & donated over $26,000.00 to the hospital

NOTICE! Send BONE 18 checks for donations, cover charges, etc.

to PTHHS, 307 Main St., Marlborough, NH 03455

If enough interest (20+ pre-registered hunters) & we will have an all day Natural Hunt on old New England farm land with lots of potential. Plus morning & afternoon door prizes. $25 advance cover charge.

Not responsible for errors or omissions

Scooping Curacao

By Chris Valerio

It was the last and seventh day of our treasure hunting vacation and we were detecting the last beach for shiny gold jewelry in the sea. As our last dance, this party was just about over. Most of the guys had already made their grand exits from the sea and were waiting at the car, eager to start packing for home. It’s always tough to turn your detector off for the final time on such Caribbean treasure hunting expeditions. But I still had a few more feet of sand to detect. Just ahead of me lie a wide set of old concrete steps leading into and out of the sea, the same steps I had used earlier to enter the waters of Jan Thiel Beach. This is a resort beach very popular with European tourists and I envisioned the luxury of such stairs leading into the water, similar to what the citizens of Rome or Atlantis might have been accustomed to. As I made my way in towards shore, the water became too shallow for me to remain submerged with mask and snorkel. Standing up knee deep water, I approach to the steps still swinging my detector coil from left to right, in hopes of finding just one more piece of gold. Suddenly at the base of the first step I got a loud hit that sounded like gold! Sinking my scoop into just inches of water and sand, I expected a quick and uneventful target recovery. Much to my surprise my scoop bottomed out on something hard, solid rock. No matter what angle of approach tried, I simply could not scoop this target. I was beat and in quitting mode, and started to believe this last target was now sounding more like an aluminum pull tab, with each pass of the coil. Forget about it, echoed through my mind, it’s just another piece of junk. Like the many other pieces scooped before. Another voice whispered “gold”! That’s all it took! Belly flopping back into the shallows I eagerly started fanning the sand away with my hand and quickly exposed a dark bedrock. Much to my delight and lying in a tight crevice was a fat pinky size gold ring glittering in the Caribbean sun! I savored the moment, then quickly snatched the booty. “Yes” raced through my mind! This ring of gold had some black on it, so had been lost in the sea a long time. It looks old with no markings inside. The setting somewhat like a crown and the jewel that once sat there was missing. It seemed like this ring might have been in the sea for some 50 years or more? That’s nearly older than dirt! Wow, what a mystery and I knew right then that I would never scrap this piece. I can just envision a deep green emerald, red ruby or blue sapphire stone nestled back in this King setting. A real treasure and the only piece I had not scooped in Curacao. It was hand fanned, a very exciting way to uncover treasure!

Curacao is a small Caribbean island under Dutch influence situated near Aruba and Venezuela, South America, and within the Netherlands Antilles, a Constitutional monarchy. Part of the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao), Curacao is the largest and most populated. More than 140,000 call Curacao home. The Capital and largest city is Willemstad and languages spoken there are Dutch, indigenous Papiamento, some English and naturally Spanish. For such a small island that can get rather confusing, but is the result of Curacao’s very colorful past. And Curacao is a colorful land! You can read all about Curacao online at Wikipedia. All 13 pages! In a nutshell Curacao is a wonderful place to detect for lost gold in the sea. The climate is more arid and the blue seas beautiful. Just my kind of island! Oh, Curacao is the home of the famous liqueur, Blue Curacao.

However, I was not there alone this past May 11 thru 18th, 2010. Accompanying me were 6 other eager Gold Bugs. Our fearless leader George Streeter of Streeter Electronics, Don Foster, Roman Hajek, and Martin Miffek all from New Hampshire, Mr. Gold Master of New York, Charlie Anderson of Florida and of course yours truly from way out West in Washington State. That makes for a sizeable group of 7 treasure hunters. The only new guy to me of the bunch was Martin. While as treasure hunters we are all brothers, Martin is obscurely related to Roman and considered his real brother. Fine by me. This was Martin’s first Caribbean treasure hunting vacation, clearly however, Martin knew what he was doing with his detector. Being the new guy, I tended to study Martin the most. He seemed to capture my attention, curiosity and imagination like few before. Picture a stocky younger man about 5- 10 tall with a long dark and full head of hair combed back. Martin is originally from Czechoslovakia and speaks very good English with a slight European style accent. Intimidating at first, Martin would be a natural for a Nordic Viking movie. I can just see him raiding the Sultans Harem like in a Viking film I saw many years ago as a boy! A man of few words and definitely Politically incorrect, I like Martin, a lot! He is funny and often made me laugh with his antics and words. Laughter is good and I need more of that medicine in my life. Good stuff! Because I grew up in Germany for several years I could relate to Martin very well. Why I even started responding to Martin with some German words and accent, not sure if he even noticed? Martin is a good friend of George and as usual, any friend of George is a friend of mine! Martin is a good man to have on your side and when we parted ways at the airport, I realized just how much I would miss my newfound friend. Martin’s last words to me as we shook hands were, “What, that’s it?”.

George put this trip together and this was my second trip to Curacao for gold in some 5 years time. We rented a 12 passenger Toyota Hi Ace van from Avis and I was the official driver. Roman rode shotgun as navigator and did an excellent job pointing us in the right direction. Thanks to Roman we got around! We also rented a gated and spacious villa with swimming pool from Hellen and Edward Chirino. Each man had his own bed and our rooms were air-conditioned. The kitchen and dining areas were huge and Charlie and Roman did the cooking for us hungry treasure hunters. Charlie makes great pancakes and Roman a mean spaghetti sauce with meatballs. By the way, Mr. Gold master cooks up quite a tasty cheese omelet. I even studied his non-burning technique just like when watching a cooking show back home! Our villa also had a big screen TV, internet access (but we forgot to ask for the computer), stereo, 2 large electric fans, landline telephone, a cell phone which we used along with a calling card to phone home several times, a long, long outside wet bar, covered parking, laundry room, areas and hoses to rinse off our gear with fresh water and a big outdoor gathering table. This villa easily accommodates 7. Just down the road is a full size supermarket where we did our food shopping along with 2 restaurants. One an Italian joint is where we celebrated Georges 40th birthday- really! The food, company and atmosphere were wonderful and we had an exciting night polishing off an entire bottle of Baileys Irish Cream after dinner! Although George did have the lions share! Which reminds me, what happens in Curacao, stays in Curacao! So I guess I had better change the subject!

Our villa setting was near perfect and centrally located on the island. The villa owners are very nice and accommodating too. Edward even met us at the airport so we could follow him to the villa and not get lost. The villa is called Rooi Catootje and is listed on VRBO.com. I highly recommend this villa and Hellen can be reached by email at rooicatootjevilla@gmail.com . Tell them that the Streeter party sent you.

Each morning Charlie woke us up around 6 AM and prepared breakfast and hot coffee. He really rattled those pots and pans, so there was little chance of sleeping in! Usually we were in the water detecting for gold before 9 AM. Sometime around 1 PM we would stop for lunch, then hit another beach and detect until 5 PM or so before heading back to our villa. We all stuck together as a group and got along very well. There was some squabbling every now and then, but plenty of laughter too. It can be difficult at times to get 7 guys to agree on anything! Especially since as men we are all somewhat experts and hardly ever wrong, right? Yet we sure were smart about our detectors of choice used to find gold. We exclusively used Minelab Excaliburs. Excaliburs are almost like gold magnets and simply find the most gold in the sea for us, in the shortest amount of time. If there were a better water detector for doing this we would use it. Nothing can touch an Excalibur for consistently finding gold in the sea, nothing! Anyone hoping to join George on one of his treasure hunting vacations will have to buy a detector from him. That’s understandable as George makes his living selling detectors and not operating metal detecting tours. Sharing expenses as a group makes these vacations rather affordable. Besides, George will give you the best deals on treasure hunting equipment, along with good advice worth thousands of dollars! Visit Streeter Electronics online (www.streeter.org) or email George at gstreeter@ne.rr.com to get you Excalibur! Also ask about subscribing to George’s treasure hunting rag, Treasure Hunter’s Gazette. Every treasure hunter worth their salt should subscribe. It’s a wonderful and very interesting treasure read!

I like Curacao. They have a wonderful butterfly farm there and if you are into pink flamingos, they’ve got em too! Even when sober! Along with small lizards, colorful birds and large iguanas! Why I bet they even have snakes there too! Along with many, many beaches to explore with interesting names such as Seaquarium, Caracasbaai, Barbara, Hook’s Hut, Kontiki, Mambo, Cas Abao, Jeremi and more, including my favorite Caribbean beach of all time, Playa Kenapa! I just love that beach! Furthermore the local people seem very friendly. Stop and ask for directions and often they offer to get in the car to show you the way. Even when they are busy! Plus unlike elsewhere in the Caribbean most of the drivers in Curacao are very courteous! They drive sane, do not tailgate, no matter how slow you are driving, and will actually stop to let you merge into traffic or make a turn! I’m very impressed and heard little horn honking! Oh, they have a few casinos too in Curacao. On one night we went to such an establishment and I won $110 in short order! Not much of a gambler, I took my winnings and went home! Then there was the day Roman arranged for a small power boat to take us to Barbara beach by water, because that was the only was to access this privately owned stretch of sand. As with most places in the Caribbean, the waters are fair game to all. So if you can approach even a private beach by water, you can detect that beach, so long as you stay in the water! We had a good time there and the boat ride was enjoyable and refreshing.

So what about the gold? Well, we found some 40 pieces. Not as much as usual, but some gold is better than none! Mr. Gold master found the most, 11 pieces. What did we expect with a name like that? That name alone gives him an advantage from the start! Martin and I each found 7 pieces and everyone else found gold too! We would have liked to have scooped more, but that was not in the cards on this trip. Little did we know that a recent tropical storm had hit the island, pulling most of the sand along with the lost gold out to sea! Gold is where you find it and we spent many man-hours looking. We found some gold and had a very good time doing so! Even as a rich man I would still detect for gold in the sea. But just looking for gold with good friends makes one wealthy! Yes, seeing glittering gold in your scoop on a Caribbean beach is thrilling, as is the monetary value of such finds. But the experience and detecting buddies are the real treasures along with fond memories to last a lifetime! When in the rocker, I’ll be able to think back on those fine days!

Every time I go with George on one of his vacations I’m reminded just how much I enjoy treasure hunting. My problem is I just have way too many hobbies and interests and am spread too thin. There is only so much free time and I have some choices to make. I enjoy big game hunting in exotic places, fishing and camping. I also have a small espresso business to grow. There are finances also related to all of these. The best thing about treasure hunting is one can do it anytime. There is no season on treasure. Just grab your detector and go! In the end I believe treasure hunting will win out with me. I might even like to hunt for treasure full time someday, just like Mr. Gold master does! It’s the history, research, looking for, gold fever, anticipation and the finding that makes this hobby great! Throw in some Caribbean sunshine and one truly is in Paradise! To all, may the gold be with you, Chris. cabochris@msn.com

Confessions of a Professional Treasure Hunter Part: 14

By El Cazador

My Captain had the foresight to get his boat out of the water just before the storm hit the Gulf Coast. It was the largest boat of its type that could still be put on a trailer and we used that advantage every chance we could. My journal states, “My day started at 7:00AM with a call from my Captain (by now I am usually staying over at Lexie’s house for obvious reasons) telling me to come pick him up because we had to move the boat and get it out of the water.” We had to have the “new” engine looked at for its 50 hour checkup. This was the second powerhead on the engine.” We would eventually end up using three. The third Johnson one was a charm I guess.

After the storm, “Some of the shrimp boats were leaning into their docks as we passed by; the lines were tight and were straining against the rising tide.” The “tide” was rising because all of the water from the storm, dropped in the form of rain, was now coming down the rivers including the Carrabelle River.

Also, “The home we were living in was damaged. A large portion of the roof shingles came off and allowed some of the water to come in and drip down one wall in my room. The sea wall in the back of this home disintegrated quite a bit. Lexie’s home being better built and further from the shoreline stood up well and only lost a few shingles in the storm.”

Back to treasure hunting. We “mowed the lawn” for weeks at a time after the storm with the side scan sonar equipment in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. We worked as much as we could off the coast of Florida in the summer of 1994. We would spear fish after work and would trade the fish for spear guns and diving equipment. The people that owned the Tiki Bar also owned the dive shop. We once brought May, the owner of the Tiki Bar, 30lbs of grouper in one day and she did not know what to do with all of that fish. May even asked us to clean the fish too. Right. I said to her that, “You should sell grouper sandwiches at the Tiki Bar.” Several days later May asked us for more fish because she was selling a ton of grouper sandwiches at the bar!

My Captain is driving right now up to New Hampshire to get the side scan sonar equipment repaired. One side of the paper records is not being printed because the machine is not working for some reason. I don’t doubt it with all of the movement, pounding on the water and salt air. I am surprised the thing works at all. The underside of that machine is a complicated set of wires and electrical panels. I would not know where to begin to fix this thing.

I am now acting captain and am doing Mag (magnetometer) work with

“Big Bad Biker Bob”, a member of the search crew from another boat. Bob looks like a large version of Captain Nemo and even though he has more experience on the water than I, dutifully saw me as Captain since I was usually working on this boat. I like Bob for a number of reasons including his gentle character. We went to coordinates provided to me by my Captain and I later realized that these were test coordinates from him to see if I really knew what I was doing. I performed my duties fully, as did Bob, and mugged the area for any metal anomalies. We found one large anomaly which was the sunken barge that my Captain knew we would find if we were anywhere near the area we were sent to by him. We found the barge just fine; he had taught me well.

When my captain returned from New Hampshire with a repaired side scan sonar machine we continued our search of the floor of the Gulf of Mexico. My journal reads, Aug. 6th, 1994, “I found another anchor today.” While diving on an unusually large reef for this area of the Gulf of Mexico I came across another anchor. “The weather was bad in the early part of the day so we searched for a fishing boat that we heard had sunk nearby. We found a wonderful reef and part of the ship but not the main hull. When I was down I saw two nurse sharks and a ray. Half way through my dive I saw something sticking out of the sand no more than two feet and swam over to investigate. There are few straight lines in nature and it looked possibly man made. When I saw the square hole for the stock I realized it was an anchor. It was about six feet tall and light enough that my Captain and I could haul it onto the boat to return to shore.”

This anchor was similar to the one I found a few months before but was smaller. This new anchor was about six feet long and was stuck under a rock and lying on its side. It had the same triangular hole at the top for the former wooden cross- arm stock and it was just as rusty. The anchor was also lost in what appeared to be the early 1800’s but it was hard to tell. Anchor origins and dates are one of the most difficult things to judge in marine artifacts. They all look similar and few have markings. Anchors could also be used for a long time and by a variety of countries. An anchor may have been traded or salvaged so it’s hard to tell the difference between when and where an anchor was made and when it was lost. So far I have found the only two old nautical items on this trip and we had up to five boat/ships and crews during this season of searching. I’m sure it was just my beginner’s luck so far.

The Minelab 705

There are many choices, in many price ranges, for today’s detectorist. The Minelab 705 may fit a niche for a lot of detectorists; those that are new to the hobby, as well as those that are looking for an upgrade from an entry level or older technology machine.

We are faced with many complicated decisions when we purchase a metal detector. The high end detectors, such as the White’s v3 and Minelab’s E-Trac, are superb machines and well worth the price tags in both features and performance. Your budget aside, in order to use these machines to their fullest potential, one has to religiously devote the effort to understand and utilize their great features. Minelab’s E-Trac has an excellent 200+ page book by Andy Sabisch devoted to its optimal operation – not everyone wants to work that hard learning their machine. Although you can “kill it” with these detectors, the learning curve and complicated operations may be frustrating to many users. On the other hand, buying an entry-level detector with few features and poor quality also may be a poor decision for the new or experienced hobbyist. If I had the cash, I would love an E-Trac with a Sunray probe, alas…

Minelab’s 705 may be an excellent compromise in this wide spectrum of price, performance and features. The 705 offers the flexibility of a coin/treasure mode and as well as a prospecting and all metal modes. Given the fact that we are located in New England, I won’t elaborate at all on the prospecting mode here. Although technically, (out of the box), the 705 is a single frequency machine, with optional coils it can be a three frequency machine.

The 705 is equipped with a standard 9” concentric coil and can be upgraded to Minelab’s 10-11” Double-D coils that are available in three frequencies, depending on your needs. As you may know, concentric coils shoot and receive their signals in an inverted cone and coverage width decreases with the depth – a Double-D coil is a great option as it shoots a swath as wide as the coil to its maximum depth. Both factory coils operate similarly as far as signal interpretation and general operations. It is said that a concentric coil pinpoints better than a Double-D. I don’t believe that to be true; the great pinpointing ability of a Double-D can be demonstrated by George, Dave, or any competent user. Given the wide swath of the Double-D, that option is the way to go.

The user interface and controls on the 705 are simple and intuitive. The LCD screen, though far less informative than the E-Trac, provides a completely adequate idea of what you are picking up in the ground.

These pieces of information come to you during your coin and relic search, in both coin and all metal modes, explained below.

Sound The 705 emits 4 detection tones depending on the metal - A 130 Hz tone for most ferrous metals, a 450 Hz tone for the gold and aluminum ranges, a 700 Hz tone for more conductive brass and copper, and the highest 950 Hz tone for silver up to hot rocks. These four tones allow you to visually scan your surroundings instead of staring at a screen. Being able to survey your surroundings while detecting with tones, allows you to possibly see or interpret terrain signals like a swale in the ground that might have the filled in cellar (honey) hole. It can also help prevent the proverbial stick in the eye. J

Numerical and Meter The other two modes work simultaneously with the sounds and provide a visual interpretation of the target. The screen numbers corresponding with the meter. Generally speaking, I have found the following readings with various metals. Ferrous from -8 to 2, nickels at 12, most gold (and pull-tabs) at 18, brass and many similar alloys at 26-28, small common cents from 30-32, dimes 36-38, silver dollars 38-42, and quarters and big copper’s 40-42. All these numbers reflect depend on ground mineralization, haloing, position (sideways or flat), and nearby trash.

Depth Meter The 705 has a simple scale on the right side of the LCD that shows up to 6 arrows, each arrow signifying 2 inches.

False and Silly Signals No detector is perfect. Due to its mass, a large hunk of iron that is at 2 feet may signal at the higher (metal quality) readings and show 2 inches under the surface. Different alloys, old style cans, and many relics can give a false or multiple signals. As an example, if you hit a 42 at 2 inches and the signal goes to -6, 24, 46, etc., it could mean that there is a hunk-o-junk that is very large. Old beer cans have a combination of aluminum and steel and can make you think you have hit the mother lode. Hot rocks, especially those from modern quarries, can be filled with various ores that give zany signals. Usually if you come at the signal from 90 degrees from where you first obtained a signal the true colors of the hunk-o-junk come through. Keep in mind that multiple signals may be that a nice coin is mixed with a field of junk. Digging or not is up to you.

I like to use the all metal mode (no discrimination) with a moderate sensitivity (16-18) and use the screen readings and tones from the detector. When in coin mode or with any discrimination, the 705 nulls out iron and whatever else you choose to discriminate. If you are detecting a trashy area (cellar hole) that has lots of nails, your threshold/discrimination setting may null out the better finds. Using the readings and tones, you can see and hear those high quality signals and then turn on the discrimination if needed. Having the 705 set in all metal has the effect of “connecting” me with what is under the ground.

The 705 has a lot of other features. It has a respectable pinpointing mode, a pinpoint sizing mode, it is highly customizable to your needs and individual scenarios. It is not a v3 or an E-Trac but in my opinion it is a great value. Like any other detector, much of the success is dependent on the user and not the machine.

Happy Hunting

“NH Detector”

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