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	Famous Trails MD 7012 First Finds « on: March 15, 2011, 09:15:00 pm »

Hi! This is my very first post.
I got a Famous Trails MD 7012 from Craigslist for $15.
The speaker was blown and 2 potentiometers were broken and the shield connection was intermittent.
Once I repaired everything, I was surprised how well it worked.
I've spent three days out in the yard of my very old house and have found all sorts of neat stuff, mostly nails.
A few pennies and quarters but no wheaties, silver or jewelry yet.
Anybody else have one of these detectors?
I'll put everything in a pile and post a pic. Waveing

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	Re: Famous Trails MD 7012 First Finds « Reply #1 on: March 15, 2011, 09:20:35 pm »

Awesome job there Hector !! Congrats on fixing it and finding treasure with it.

yeah i got the Famous Trails MD3005 not a bad little machine got it year s ago when the kids were younger so they could go with me , they still use it to this day.

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	Re: Famous Trails MD 7012 First Finds « Reply #2 on: March 16, 2011, 07:03:34 am »

Seems like you got a good deal for 15 bucks plus your parts and your labor.
Hey if that machine works for you then go man go Great

Your off to a good start.one just never knows what is under foot in your own yard,ya know.... Detecting

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	Re: Famous Trails MD 7012 First Finds « Reply #3 on: March 17, 2011, 04:43:41 pm »

MY FIRST SILVER TODAY!!!!! Cheesy

45 Merc and 45 nickel side by side out in front of my kitchen window!
I was about to quit for the day after cleaning out all the bottle caps, pull tabs and foil, etc.
Started looking deeper now that most of the junk is out of the yard. Detecting

Add the clad quarter and dime and that's about $5 back for 2 1/2 hrs of fun.
This is a big day for me marking my first silver X2!! at once!! Mad

YEEE HAAA!!!! Grin

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	Re: Famous Trails MD 7012 First Finds « Reply #4 on: March 17, 2011, 04:47:59 pm »

Weldone Hector, good to see your out and about and coming up with the goods,WTG

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	Re: Famous Trails MD 7012 First Finds « Reply #5 on: March 17, 2011, 04:53:56 pm »

Those wheatie's... the silver and jewlery....they will come one day. Keep it up!!!

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	Re: Famous Trails MD 7012 First Finds « Reply #6 on: March 17, 2011, 05:32:26 pm »

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in front of my kitchen window!

Congratulations....more for stumbling on a key search tip as for the coins (which are truly impressive). In older houses (i.e. ones where the windows actually open, below the kitchen window is usually a good place to look for lost coins.....as is under the clothesline (if you can figure out where it was) and both sides of the shortest path from the garage to any doors...and the strip of grass between the sidewalk and curb....and within rolling distance of any porch steps.

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	Re: Famous Trails MD 7012 First Finds « Reply #7 on: March 17, 2011, 08:02:21 pm »

Thanks for the tips BA!

Now that I have the hang of going deeper, I want to compare my detector against a Whites CM 5900 that a friend has.
The grass is starting to grow and it's going to get harder as the days pass. Cry

I'm finding very small nails and staples so this thing has got some ability and I'm anxious to get more of a feel for it so I can start cranking up the discriminator dial. Great

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	Re: Famous Trails MD 7012 First Finds « Reply #8 on: March 18, 2011, 02:33:51 am »

Hi hector, good finds for sure. How deep did you have to dig for those silver coins? You say you havent turned up the power yet? You have my interest. TY for the post.

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	Re: Famous Trails MD 7012 First Finds « Reply #9 on: March 18, 2011, 06:42:06 am »

Way to go Hector Great

Dig man dig.....

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