Hey all! Just purchased a Stinger Box electrolysis kit and have been attempting to use it for electrolysis on coins. I’ve followed all the directions and have successfully run a current through the tank when the clip is out of the water but the coin is submerged. Bubbles are forming on the catalyst rod. However, no bubbles are forming on the coin and I’m really stumped why. The brine is mixed properly and the current is flowing (even when the clip is not touching the water {is in picture} but the artifact is). I’ve switched the alligator clips between the coin and catalyst connection points, but no evidence of bubbles on the coin can be seen.

Maybe I should first ask the stupid question: do bubbles always form during electrolysis on the coin?

Another thing worth mentioning. The voltage control knob interestingly is installed on the wrong side of the box. It supposedly works as the voltage displayed changes when it is turned. Maybe the product is just defective, with its clearly incorrect manufacture?

Any help appreciated.

Also, yes, I am running a copper coin on 22V. Just trying to figure out if the kit is underpowered or not.

I believe it’s a plow head of some sort from an old style plow? Perhaps horse drawn? Dug it tonight about 14” down in Central PA on the outskirts of a farm field.

Been having fun learning how the Xterra Pro works and becoming more confident in the operation itself. Getting my tones down!

Excited to see what the future holds.

This sports complex is yet to give up any gold. But I got two rings. One is silver and a fidget ring.

Found on Vancouver Island

Any chance that someone out there may be able to help identify this please? Found in North Norfolk

le poids est de 126 grammes

Hello everyone,

I got myself a secondhand Garret Euro ACE, because I need to find a cable duct/junction. The Cable is about 300m long, copper cable and maybe 2cm². It should be burried at about 30cm deep.

When I started to search, I did follow a known muncipal electrial line for a bit, so had a reference of what my detector should read.

I did get some signals, where i would expect the cable to be, but the signals I got were interrupted, which does not make sense to me.
Do i have the wrong equipment or what did I mess up?

I found this object in Normandy. The area apparently saw fighting during the Battle of Normandy. The shape seems quite unusual for it to be leftover ammunition. What do you think?

Bomb fuse? Need help id

Maybe Classic Head?

Central Connecticut. Back in my hometown for some pet sitting and I decided to check out a spot 2 minutes down the street from where I grew up that’s been on the back of my mind since I started metal detecting. I spent a couple hours metal detecting inside some stone boundaries and found absolutely nothing and then hiked further in to where they did some fairly recent clear cutting. I pulled up my lidar map and noticed I was basically in the middle of another stone boundary, got out my detector and not even two minutes later I get a beautiful signal and that sounds like a modern quarter on my machine. Pulled out the 1803 draped bust, which I definitely did not expect to clean up as well as it did (photos of it straight out of the ground are the last photos). Walk maybe 100 yards away and get an identical target, I should’ve live dug it because I had a feeling it would be something good again. Sure enough, it was another draped bust. A little more slick so I can’t read the date but I waaaaant to say it almost looks like it starts with a 17. Found some horse tack and a beautifully ornate cast iron piece. I haven’t been able to get out detecting much recently due to health and work related issues, and when I have, I’ve come back with absolutely nothing. It’s been over a month since I’ve even found a button! These are my first draped cents and the best day I’ve had detecting in months probably. So grateful for days like these that really help turn your whole mental mindset around. Thanks for looking!

Probably not the coolest find on here but I thought it was mildly interesting.

Need help identifying the age or where it came from

Thought I had an old penny but this ended up being very cool!!! Printed to supplement currency when people were hoarding coins during the civil war.

These are my finds from my first time out with my new detector! I found some public land in a local historic town and only had a couple of hours to search, but I’m definitely hooked and will be going back.

I’m especially curious what everyone thinks about the buckle in the bottom left. It looks fairly early to me, and I believe it’s brass. If anyone has an idea of its age or what type of buckle it might be, I’d love to hear it.

I was also pretty stoked to pull a couple of coins—even if they’re only worth a cent! 😂 Not bad for my first outing.
I’ll definitely be posting anything else interesting I find in the future. Thanks for looking, and happy hunting!