combining free shipping with table rate

I tried searching - sorry if this is a duplicate post...

I have the free shipping module set up for one category of items (necklaces). I also have the table rate module set up where orders under $49.99 cost $7 for shipping and orders above $50 ship for $0.
I have ten other categories of products that do not ship for free. However, if a customer adds a necklace (free shipping) and several other items to the cart totaling above $50, the $0 shipping does not become available until the subtotal excluding the necklace is above $50.
:oops:
Is there a way to combine the shipping modules so that all orders valuing $50+ ship for free even if the cart includes a necklace?

Thanks!

P.S.
I'm on Zen Cart 1.3.8
Patch: 1::
Database Patch Level: 1.3.8
PHP Version 5.2.14
and I'm little scared to upgrade as I added a community module for wish list registry and a community module for stocking by attribute that were written for 1.3.8 - I don't want to lose my add-ons! :cry:

Do free shipping and other shipping modules not combine? :dontgetit

Table Rate table is based on Price or Weight or Item Count ...

In the calculations, it removes the Free Shipping Product from the calculation:

    // shipping adjustment
    switch (MODULE_SHIPPING_TABLE_MODE) {
      case ('price'):
        $order_total = $_SESSION['cart']->show_total() - $_SESSION['cart']->free_shipping_prices() ;
        break;
      case ('weight'):
        $order_total = $shipping_weight;
        break;
      case ('item'):
        $order_total = $total_count - $_SESSION['cart']->free_shipping_items();
        break;
    }

If you do not want the Price to be adjusted by the Free Shipping Product, you can try to use:

        $order_total = $_SESSION['cart']->show_total();

for the Price case and see if that gives you what you are looking for ...

A-ha! Thank you! :hug:
I don't remember where to find all the coding. I know it's not in the admin feature... I'll have to do some digging this weekend.

THANKS!

The shipping modules are all in the:
/includes/modules/shipping

the one you want for Table Rate table is:
/includes/modules/shipping/table.php

I don't remember where my webhost stores the files :blush:
But I'll get to it this weekend and hook y'all up with some paypal love when I get everything sorted out.

Thank you!