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Old 01-09-2008, 07:29 PM
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Default Learned about +52 - +57 Screw Caps- Bottle tops

Stubborn as I am -I have hardly dug any bottle tops and screwtops +52 - +57 . I learned today that two coins together can make this reading. Coins on there side also makes these reading.
heh, guess I get to go back and check old spots Ive done. i know i have walked over these numbers.
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Thats about the reading I got on my Fisher F-2, and it was a smashed screw cap in packed dirt then lime rock then sandy loam about 5" down but hoping for a quarter.
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What JC Said. To Did or Not to Dig, I Hate that Question.
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What JC Said. To Did or Not to Dig, I Hate that Question.
...alas - but that IS the question!
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Old 01-10-2008, 06:37 PM
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The screwcap can sound sweet can't it? I know I have dug my share, Beale.
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Screw caps, bottle caps, pull tabs.....they're all treasure in the ground until you dig them up, and then sometimes they still are!
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Dig it all, You never know! You may have missed some great stuff be ignoring signals. Happy hunting.
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I would still dig it all, That's just me....Buster.....
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