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The Liberty 150's sleek curved configuration makes it easy to use.

to hunt coins. Arriving at my first site to hunt, 1 decided to use my settings rather than the preset markers. 1 found a pulltab in all metal modę and set the level of the trash out control to respond with a clipped or broken sound when the searchcoil was passed over it. 1 was ready for my first good find. Although that first find wasn’t gold or silver, it was inter-esting. How did a 1965 Canadian cent get lost in central Alabama?

The median I hunted was approxi-mately five feet wide, and about 100

“Most of the keepers were modern coins, but a couple of deep Wheat cents and a 1963 Rosey dime about three-four inches deep madę me feel good about the detector's capability.”

feet long. I hunted the complete area with the Controls set as indicated above,and maximum sensitivity (power leve1). The total keeper finds were 31 coins, plus 8 trash items. Most of the keepers were modern coins, but a couple of deep Wheat cents and a 1963 Rosey dime about three-four inches down madę me feel good about the detectofs capability. I hunted the area again, except. this time the trash out control was at the preset marker. I dug only the weaker targets. This method added two clad dimes and a 1943P nickel to my collection, along with a dozen trash targets.

Hunting some other medians and a vacant log or two produced similar results. One trip was to an older school where maintenance of the grounds had included cutting some bushes and smali trees along a fence on one of the property lines. This left an area about 300 feet long, and from 3 to 15 feet wide to hunt. Due to the six inch high stubble left when the bushes and trees were cut, one had to swing with care and watch where they stepped.

After hunting it, I’m very glad that I spent the time and effort it reąuired. With high expectations, I swung carc-fully while trying to cover as much of the area as possible. My very first target was a Timex watch without a band. Yep-when wound, it started ticking—I just had to know! Among a few clad coins, I dug a few Wheat cents, the oldest being 1927. A coin that old fueled my hopes of flnding older silver coins. After an hour or so of swinging and no silver, I had just about lost all hope of a silver coin, when I heard a weak smooth signal. Carefully removing the soil down to about four inches reveałed the edge of a silver coin. This would prove to be the best and oldest coin found with the Liberty 150, an 1855 half-dime.

Conclusions

Before conducting this test, I might have hesitated to give this detector a good recommendation. After using it, not only will I recom-mend it, I will likely use it some myself. The retail price suggested by the factory is reasonable, and in my opinion its ease of operation will make it an ideał first detector. Other uses might include a detector for your spouse or children, a back-up unit, and one to carry on trips where time

The Liberty 150 features controk that are well laid out and u ser fńendly.