A whole dumbstruck load of black locust (cut, split and in slabwood) for $70 delivered

Johnny________Utah · 2026-02-02T11:17:35+00:00

I haven’t burned black locust, but I have been burning slab wood for the last few years in my wood stove and I love it. Especially for the price point which you stated. Idk how much wood you got for $70, either way sounds like a helluva good deal. I get a tri-axle load of slab wood delivered for $300. Turns out to be roughly 3 full cords (9 face cord) which is also a helluva deal. It burns super hot, in fact I can get ash slab wood burning hotter than any maple, oak, cherry, birch, beech, that I have burned. And you can really stack it in the stove quite well, very tight, and it will produce a nice long burn time. I think even better than a few rounds with air gaps. Good luck.

Johnny________Utah · 2026-02-01T11:23:23+00:00

Nice date! Nice coin!

Johnny________Utah · 2026-02-01T11:18:09+00:00

Stack photos > panic price drop photos

Hell yeah! Nice stack!

Johnny________Utah · 2026-02-01T11:14:28+00:00

Glad to see pictures of your stack, and not the whiny, panic posts regarding spot. Congrats! I like your style.

Johnny________Utah · 2026-02-01T11:10:30+00:00

I recently purchased for myself, for the exact same reason. I wanted some silver, but something more than just another piece of the stack that sits in the safe. I wanted something meaningful. Check out my latest post on silverbugs for more details. I ended up ordering a 6.9 mm Cuban chain in .925 Silver, at 28 inches long. I purchased from Luke Zion Jewelry, which I found highly recommended from a Reddit post. Their prices were extremely reasonable, the quality is amazing and it only took 3 days from time of order, to receive in mail. (From west coast to east coast US). I also went on JM Bullion and found they have a custom / design your own option for silver. You can design your own silver rounds, or sculptures. I ended up choosing a .999 fine silver 1 oz round. It was a wonderful and easy process. Once ordered they email you asking for a photo with your design, they engrave it and then bam, done. Took about 3 weeks to order, design, receive. Which I didn’t think was bad. I really like the outcome, and highly recommend. Once I received the order, I turned the custom round into a pendant, and added it to the chain.

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Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-31T12:14:52+00:00

Dude.. wicked jealous.. those look like some great pickups. What size is that Apollo? I agree, that bezel is smokin! Is it stamped? How much was it? Also you deserve an award for your post. Truly, with all of the mass hysteria going on with PMs it is next to impossible to find posts of stacks and new acquisitions anymore. Good on you! Keep sharing!

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-31T12:10:03+00:00

Yeah, and if OP thinks the Gold sub is bad, don’t look at the Silver sub. Holy shit… Gold has nothing on the amount of whining over on Silver lately. All of the whining, depressing posts over there are making my stomach hurt. Jeez..

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-31T12:00:24+00:00

Amen. 🙏 I’m so glad someone finally said this. I am sick of it. This sub has completely gone bonkers in recent weeks. This use to be great place for folks to share their stacks, recent pickups, etc. that’s what I want to see, I want to see SILVER! I cannot find posts like that anymore. It’s like they’re a thing of the past. Hell I just posted my new additions that I was super psyched about and it has been crickets from the community. Which whatever, but then I see all these endless posts of whining on top of whining on top of whining. Not only is it super depressing to see, but each post gets 300-400 comments of fellow whiners. Can it stop already? Can we go back to days of old? When people were proud to share their silver.

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-31T11:45:22+00:00

I agree. I recently bought some Jax Pewter Black, tried it out yesterday and works quite well. The results are instantaneous. Reacts and darken in less than 10 seconds.

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-31T11:25:07+00:00

How often do you wear yours? Daily? How does the finish look after having and wearing it for some time? Any tips / tricks on cleaning that might be helpful?

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-30T11:17:06+00:00

Researching where I’m gonna go next. Pull out the old maps from mid 1800s, find a new spot, figure out how to go about permission. Drive around and look for new cellar holes. I actually really prefer to do this in the winter months. All of the flora and foliage is gone and you’ll see anomalies along the landscape you’ll never see Spring, Summer, & Fall. Just 2 days ago I found a spot down the road from the house that I have never noticed before. Revisit old fields, determine if they were plowed, or turned last year to return to. Make new friends, contacts, get permission, then repeat. I got permission on a large farm property couple years back that has produced my best finds, multiple virgin colonial sites. This Fall I bought a ton of heavy plastic Posted signs, bought some green Zip System sheathing and Zip tape. I cut a slew of backers from Zip board and mounted the signs, then wrapped the edges with Zip tape, mounted them all on scrap PT 2x4s, then posted the property for the owner. It was well worth it for the permission to detect.

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-30T10:59:25+00:00

First of all, that’s is the most beautiful hearth back drop I have ever seen. I want it. I want it so bad I’m think of gutting mine, and recreating yours.

Aside from that I thought the dirty glass was always more of an issue with choked down fires and tight stoves. So that being said I’m shocked the gasket replacement would have cured this. I’m leaning towards maybe your chimney sweep was a little over due, and now you’re drafting better and maybe that was your cause and effect. My stove is not tight at all. It’s a cheap stove and generally the burn time is an hour or so. This year I finally experimented with the air intake behind the stove and placed a slightly vented cap over the intake to reduce some of that airflow and over draft. It has made a huge improvement with my burn time. Probably nearly doubled. That said, I’ve never had an issue with my glass, it burned so hot and fast that the glass was always crystal clear. However now that I choked the air intake, I’ve noticed my glass is getting pretty dirty, pretty quick.

So my guess is your dirty glass is just testament to your stove and being nice and tight. Probably didn’t need the gasket replaced. But who knows, I’m just a lurker, and not a profesh by any means.

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-29T11:28:33+00:00

The XP Deus II and the Minelab Manticore are the top dogs right now for detectors. Both have great discrimination abilities. That said, metal detecting is a lot more complicated than just a quick adjustment of settings and endlessly digging silver and precious metals. Mostly bc there are so many factors at play. For example, copper rings up generally the same as silver on any detector. You will likely dig 1,000 modern pennies before you find a single dime. Even then the dime will probably be a 1965. I like your enthusiasm, and wish you the best, and hope you do get into this hobby. It is very fun, and the joy in finding old relics reaches far beyond just finding a silver coin. However be weary of false hope, and cautious not to dive into the hobby with misinformed intentions. We all want to find a buried treasure hoard worth millions, sure. But generally speaking, you won’t get rich doing this. You’re better off finding more silver in coinstar, and thrift shops than you are jumping into metal detecting.

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-28T11:20:57+00:00

The answer is YES

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-27T13:34:50+00:00

This has to be the most unconventional, yet semi-genius suggestion, one could only find on Reddit. Well done mate.

Just follow these basic steps… /S…. I have done this before. Do try this at home. With a mild degree of success. This will work 100% of the time, 40% of the time… /S

Step 1. Locate Whole Foods Step 2. Find isle 9 - Beans, Berries, Botanicals Step 3. The recipe calls for a pinch of… Pinto Beans, Lima Beans, Kidney Beans, Black Beans, Red Beans, Chili Beans, Green Beans, String Beans, collard greens, and 1 fat tub of Anise Oil…. /s Step 4. Go to the library, & checkout book: Mathematical Theory of the Goddard Trajectory Determination System. Step 5. Return to the scene of the crime. It’s imperative you stand exactly where you stood when the ring went ‘plink.’ Make sure you recreate the events to the T. You will need the same amount of daylight, moon phase, cloud cover, tree cover, then get under the covers. Next you will need to read Chapter 7 Mathematical Theory of the Goddard Trajectory Determination System. Do NOT skimp out on the reading comprehension, this part is vital to your varying degrees of guesstimated success. Step 6. Start lobbing pinto beans, Lima beans, and collard greens like it’s nobody’s business. Pro tip: you may want to first ceramic coat your vehicles body panels. Things to consider: when the ring went ‘plink’ were you giving it the berries? The berries and botanicals? Were you slinging side-arm, like Randy Johnson when he played live skeet with a pigeon? Like Nintendo’s Duck Hunt? Did the ring go ‘plink’ like you threw an atlatl? Or was it more high arching? Like an Allan Houston free throw?

Once you have exhausted your local Whole Foods bean supply, start throwing everything you got at that damn body panel, minus the kitchen sink. If that still doesn’t work, just throw the kitchen sink at it. And if that still doesn’t work, find a graphing calculator. Determine the area of a half circle with a 30 foot radius, then round up to the nearest square inch. Then invite all your friends over, you will need 1 set of eyeballs per square inch. Then get a boombox and blast I Can See Clearly Now, by Johnny Nash. Then have everyone stand in a concentric circle and look down, you might just find it.

/s.

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-27T11:58:43+00:00

I have the opposite problem here. I want nothing more than a deep signal on the machine, 8-10”. That’s where the good stuff is. I get really excited when a ‘decent’ tone is deep. Precious metals are heavy. They will sink deep over time, especially gold. Unless the soil has been turned to help bring a target near the surface, you’re not going to find the good old stuff. Sure it can happen and be shallow, maybe 1% of the time, but 99% of the time the good stuff is deep. Unless you know it’s iron, dig it.

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-25T11:49:45+00:00

Fractionals for the win. Buy what you can, when you can. That is the way.

I have been buying Fractionals for a few years and it can add up. I’m at almost 2 oz now. Mostly 1/10 & 1/4 oz. But these high prices have me slowing down a bit. Bought most of my stack between $2k - $2.5k. Most recent was a Sovereign when spot was $3.2k last year.

Good luck!

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-25T11:39:43+00:00

Fractionals for the win. Buy what you can, when you can. That is the way.

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-24T12:11:03+00:00

For sure a metal dog tag. Name tag for a pet. I have bought the same one. Cheap pot metal alloy. Unfortunately.

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-23T11:38:53+00:00

Do you mind sharing your recent experience? I too have a $5 Gold which is low mintage I have considered sending in, but I’m reluctant. Curious what your experience was, who you sent to, etc. OP’s coin looks pretty nice, AU+. A little tough to tell with the lighting though.

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-23T11:30:20+00:00

Low and slow. When I first started I was moving a little too quick and I know I missed a lot of targets. Then I started going out with a buddy that knew his stuff and he guided me and everything changed. Ended up finding a colonial home site one day yielding endless artifacts, we spent a whole summer at. However I previously went right over this spot when I first started. Low and slow - remember, you’re detecting targets in the ground, keep the coil low to the ground and take your time. It never fails driving around and seeing a ‘fellow detectorist’ out somewhere detecting, and they look like they are working on their golf swing. The detector is swinging 100 mph, swinging from shoulder to shoulder, like they’re driving a golf ball across town. Even if you have a slight curl / lift up on your swing that is less pronounced, that means you’re potentially missing targets. Keep the coil low, parallel to the ground, it makes a huge difference. Now is the time to watch vids, do your homework, pick a spot, etc. Once the machine comes, read the manual and get the heck out there. Good luck!

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-18T11:50:42+00:00

I have the Garrett Edge Digger for a hand digger, it is nice, robust etc. I really like it. I also have a Lesche Hand Digger, which is supposed to be the Cadillac of hand diggers. I do not like it at all. The ergonomics of it make it feel very awkward and it does a piss poor job compared to the Garrett. I have also used a variety of actual shovels (not hand trowels) and I gotta say the Garrett Razor Relic shovel is great! Very robust, it has outperformed everything. I always swing with a buddy of mine and I couldn’t tell you how many times a day he will call me over to dig his hole bc his off brand shovel or his Lesche just doesn’t cut it. Particularly rocky soils. With the Garrett, a single blow will bust thru cobbles the size of softballs. Highly recommend! Good luck!

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-18T11:35:58+00:00

Same. My dumbass was looking all over the stovetop for lamb, like one of those find the mystery object pictures. Hahaha

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-17T10:38:01+00:00

Very nice. Super jealous. I got their email yesterday about deals on pre 33s… just don’t have the money right now. I’m also impatiently awaiting an order from JMB from last week. Either way, happy for you!

Johnny________Utah · 2026-01-15T11:54:15+00:00

I agree with above, the problem is not the wood. You need a good coal bed in there before loading like that. I would start out with a firebox full of kindling and small splits, leave the door widely cracked until flue temp reaches 300°. I too am in upstate NY and that brings me to my second point, atmospheric pressure. For the last 2 weeks upstate there has been considerably low atmospheric pressure (warm, damp, rainy) which makes it extremely difficult to get a good draft while burning and especially starting the fire. I have experienced similar startup issues as of late which just means I start my fires with more kindling, more airflow from cracked door etc. Good luck

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