ssweat 118 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 (edited) Hunted an Arizona WW2 desert training camp Saturday (sorry I missed the nuggetshooter event).always find something interesting down there, and its always riddled with razor blades, nails and other trashy debris. Bought a 30" magnetic sweeper and took it down to try to lessen the headaches seemed to work pretty well. I had my CTX3030 and my buddy Doug A. Hole had his XP Deus. This was my first trip down there with the CTX. I ran it on GoneHunting combine #1 and it did very well pulling the targets out. It was the largest con day for me down there to date. 1 mercury dime, 4 wheat pennies, 1 war nickel, and 1 buffalo nickel. I still dont like the weight of the CTX( I refuse to wear a Minelab bra lol) and had to switch arms on occasion, but it sure does work well. I think Minelab finally caught on and trimmed the weight a bit. looking to get an Equinox 800 on release, but the CTX will stay in the arsenal it has some strengths that are unmatched. Heres a little drone footage a small overview of the camp(need to polish my drone skills) and my finds. Notice how they lined the roads and walkways with rock, amazing how much effort and how straight they all are. Edited November 20, 2017 by ssweat 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cjadair3 73 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Cool man! Looks like a good time. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
homefire 2,581 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Good Stuff for sure. I hit the old Camp Cody just at the edge of town here once in a while. I don't do nearly that good. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Soloman 968 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Sweet silver, a Buff, and Wheats - that is a great day of coinshooting! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fredmason 1,135 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Just be aware the BLM thinks the entire desert is in a protected status....just saying... fred Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomH 2,849 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Way to go on the coins Ive wanted to hunt the old baracks areas around Luke in the past. Now, if you could just find where the Pub was...lots of spilled money there I bet. Tom H. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Relichunter2016 721 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Nice....luv the mercury ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kwah 45 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Like the drone shot. The jerky motion can be eliminated by slowing down gimbal speed in the settings. I am also trying to take smoother drone shots. Good luck. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fredmason 1,135 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 btw; for those that don't know...42-45 nickels are about 50% silver as I recall....check the redbook. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Au Seeker 3,174 Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 1 hour ago, fredmason said: btw; for those that don't know...42-45 nickels are about 50% silver as I recall....check the redbook. Yes you're correct Fred, except the early 1942 nickels (type 1) are not, but they are worth a little bit more then the silver alloy (type 2) 1942 nickels. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swampstomper Al 1,336 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 On 12/1/2017 at 5:49 PM, fredmason said: btw; for those that don't know...42-45 nickels are about 50% silver as I recall....check the redbook. Ayup.. 35% actually, so close enuff for gummit contract bidding.. 56% Copper; remainder manganese.. Swamp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nugget Shooter 4,617 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Nice finds man, keep them coming! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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