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Number8 on the prowl... - number8wire

c4bb0ose		Posted : Sunday, 12 October 2014 8:42:18 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 7/09/2014(UTC) Posts: 97 Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 32 time(s) in 29 post(s)		Hey mate nice finds! does the t2 SE use a DD coil?

number8wire		Posted : Sunday, 12 October 2014 10:10:03 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		Originally Posted by: c4bb0ose Hey mate nice finds! does the t2 SE use a DD coil? Cheers man, always happy to share my finds with those interested. Yes, the T2se runs a DD coil. Teknetics is owned by the same company that owns the Fisher range of detectors (First Texas) and the T2 seems similar to the F75......only better! ;) Thanks for taking the time to view my page, and for your comments.
		TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER 2016 Silver coins- 233 Other silver- 13 Gold- 1 Sovereigns-0 Spendies -$119.00

Erickd		Posted : Monday, 13 October 2014 1:27:13 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/06/2014(UTC) Posts: 628 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 473 times Was thanked: 695 time(s) in 297 post(s)		Wow some nice finds there, do you discriminate or all metal mode ?
		2016 Silver coins -400 Silver Jewellery/items - 22 Gold Jewellery/items - 7 Spendie $132.90 Fisher F75 & X-pointer

number8wire		Posted : Monday, 13 October 2014 9:52:55 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Erickd Wow some nice finds there, do you discriminate or all metal mode ? Yeah, discriminate mode on the T2 set at 55, with sensitivity at 70 and 2+ tones. I do occasionally mix it up a bit and try different settings but invariably I come back to the tried and true. How about you? You seem to be picking up on a lot of pretty good finds around the place, so you must be working the F4 to it's optimum.
		TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER 2016 Silver coins- 233 Other silver- 13 Gold- 1 Sovereigns-0 Spendies -$119.00

Erickd		Posted : Monday, 13 October 2014 10:11:29 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/06/2014(UTC) Posts: 628 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 473 times Was thanked: 695 time(s) in 297 post(s)		Originally Posted by: number8wire Originally Posted by: Erickd Wow some nice finds there, do you discriminate or all metal mode ? Yeah, discriminate mode on the T2 set at 55, with sensitivity at 70 and 2+ tones. I do occasionally mix it up a bit and try different settings but invariably I come back to the tried and true. How about you? You seem to be picking up on a lot of pretty good finds around the place, so you must be working the F4 to it's optimum. Always take the iron out, and most of the time foil,and at max sensitivity if its a park I know floods regularly in winter , if its a trashy area I will notch out further to pick up the mid to high tones and button off on the sensitivity I guess at the end of the day its just luck on where and what you stumble across and willing to dig, and also research. Like ive mentioned before, only been doing this for 4 months and already wanting to upgrade my machine lol
		2016 Silver coins -400 Silver Jewellery/items - 22 Gold Jewellery/items - 7 Spendie $132.90 Fisher F75 & X-pointer

number8wire		Posted : Sunday, 19 October 2014 9:20:46 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		Hi all, just posting today's finds here too, so that I keep the timeline intact. October 19th 2014 is a date I will not be forgetting any time soon....and........ The mighty T2 strikes again!!! File Attachment(s): 20141019_134954.jpg number8wire attached the following image(s):
		TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER 2016 Silver coins- 233 Other silver- 13 Gold- 1 Sovereigns-0 Spendies -$119.00

Chrispy		Posted : Monday, 20 October 2014 3:41:07 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 31/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 314 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 82 times Was thanked: 230 time(s) in 102 post(s)		Holy crap mate your a gold legend!!! Were they from one hole or scattered. Wish I was there to see that gold dance and wohoo moment. Well done mate and well deserved.

number8wire		Posted : Monday, 20 October 2014 10:04:41 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Chrispy Holy crap mate your a gold legend!!! Were they from one hole or scattered. Wish I was there to see that gold dance and wohoo moment. Well done mate and well deserved. Cheers mate. Yeah, I was so happy that I had someone with me to share the moment. I don't think anyone would have believed what had happened otherwise...lol. The weird thing was that during the time I was getting my sov's, Jason scored a very sweet ( and very rare)1935 NZ threepence only a few metres away from me! It's almost as if the moon and stars were in perfect alignment and the universe was in complete harmony for that short period of time. Just an epic day all round.
		TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER 2016 Silver coins- 233 Other silver- 13 Gold- 1 Sovereigns-0 Spendies -$119.00

rgmcbrid		Posted : Monday, 20 October 2014 10:18:50 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 3/06/2010(UTC) Posts: 583 Location: Southland Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 180 time(s) in 140 post(s)		Quote: Yeah, discriminate mode on the T2 set at 55, with sensitivity at 70 and 2+ tones. Really? I think of the T2 as being similar (and almost as good) as the F75 which I always set on the unlimited tone setting. The reason being that the readout and the audio are two separate process. So targets can have the same number on the readout, but sound different. You can hear differences in similar targets -unless you use the fixed tones. Does the T2 not work like that?
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number8wire		Posted : Friday, 24 October 2014 10:28:16 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		Had a short hunt tonight with foiled again. Not much jumping to the coil, but did net this awesome wee pendant badge. Willl need to research it a bit but the blue enamel wording at the bottom says "British Fleet 1924". Love finding stuff like this to research. GL & HH all. number8wire attached the following image(s):
		TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER 2016 Silver coins- 233 Other silver- 13 Gold- 1 Sovereigns-0 Spendies -$119.00

Foiled again		Posted : Friday, 24 October 2014 10:32:38 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/04/2012(UTC) Posts: 861 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 459 times Was thanked: 251 time(s) in 192 post(s)		Awesome! Sounds interesting
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roy1954		Posted : Saturday, 25 October 2014 8:25:00 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 628 Location: christchurch Thanks: 442 times Was thanked: 372 time(s) in 242 post(s)		hi andrew,cant think of anything special in 1924 maybe antartica has a role to play.
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number8wire		Posted : Sunday, 26 October 2014 12:54:04 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		Originally Posted by: roy1954 hi andrew,cant think of anything special in 1924 maybe antartica has a role to play. Thanks Roy. No, can't find any special significance for that date either. The only other thought I had here was that it was kind of a "nah nah-nah nah-nah nah...we got here before you" kind of thing done by Britain, before the Australasian American Fleet visit in 1925....a bit harsh I guess but back then we were still firmly and proudly a strong British colony, and I guess Mother England wanted to keep it that way.
		TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER 2016 Silver coins- 233 Other silver- 13 Gold- 1 Sovereigns-0 Spendies -$119.00

roy1954		Posted : Sunday, 26 October 2014 5:42:48 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 628 Location: christchurch Thanks: 442 times Was thanked: 372 time(s) in 242 post(s)		hi andrew. several crusers and indeed the famous battleship hms hood did a commonwealth tour in 1924 visiting lyttleton you may have got a crew members medalian great score my son.
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number8wire		Posted : Sunday, 26 October 2014 6:39:55 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		Cheers for that great bit of research Roy, awesome to think that 90 years ago a sailor, possibly from the HMS Hood, may have had and lost that wee medallion from his possession all those years ago. Just to follow on with the nautical theme, today (in a completely different place outside of Christchurch) I dug this silver badge commemorating the HMS NEW ZEALAND's involvement in the WW1 battle of Jutland. Although quite thin, it is most definitely silver would have to rate up there as one of my best historically significant finds. Now to research it! Edited by user Sunday, 26 October 2014 6:45:22 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified number8wire attached the following image(s):
		TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER 2016 Silver coins- 233 Other silver- 13 Gold- 1 Sovereigns-0 Spendies -$119.00

creamer		Posted : Sunday, 26 October 2014 7:14:54 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,022 Location: Bay of Islands Thanks: 2289 times Was thanked: 525 time(s) in 391 post(s)		Choice one Number8, looks like someone has hand scribed the back of it. .
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number8wire		Posted : Sunday, 26 October 2014 7:33:11 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		Originally Posted by: creamer Choice one Number8, looks like someone has hand scribed the back of it. . Cheers Shane, I think what you see on the back is actually the reverse of the imprinted strike from the front of the badge. Found this interesting link to Papers Past that gives a bit of detail on the sale of these badges at the time. http://paperspast.natlib...d&d=DOM19160703.2.19 I see that the silver ones sold for a half crown!
		TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER 2016 Silver coins- 233 Other silver- 13 Gold- 1 Sovereigns-0 Spendies -$119.00

creamer		Posted : Sunday, 26 October 2014 7:40:18 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,022 Location: Bay of Islands Thanks: 2289 times Was thanked: 525 time(s) in 391 post(s)		Yip, i see now, me eyesite's gettin worse. HH .
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number8wire		Posted : Sunday, 26 October 2014 11:36:38 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		Originally Posted by: creamer Yip, i see now, me eyesite's gettin worse. HH . Lol....I don't feel so bad now. I had to use the magnifying glass to work that out for meself too!
		TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER 2016 Silver coins- 233 Other silver- 13 Gold- 1 Sovereigns-0 Spendies -$119.00

Guardian		Posted : Monday, 27 October 2014 8:21:25 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 30/10/2011(UTC) Posts: 716 Location: Dunedin Thanks: 42 times Was thanked: 222 time(s) in 185 post(s)		Yeah #8 but the reason your eye sight is getting worse is from the gleaming of all that gold. Well done especially from a park I have some fond memories of - nuff said *8^)

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