angellionel
Elite Member
I had been looking forward to doing some detecting today, so I headed out hoping to hit at least two sites. 
The first site I drove to isn’t big, but it does have some very old trees facing the main road. I had wanted to hit it this past summer, but the weeds and tall grass would have made it impossible to swing the coil. Winter has done a great job of clearing much of it, so I took advantage. I loaded the 15 kHz program, found a good spot to ground balance, and went to work. Almost immediately I started to notice the “growling” of iron, and was also hitting on a few iron targets, but I kept using the program without making adjustments. I did dig up one of the iron signals to see what I was dealing with, and it ended up being a rusty square nail. After about 15 minutes, I decided to switch to the Correlate frequency to try and tame the iron noise. I loaded up the program, increased the AC sensitivity slightly to try and compensate for any depth loss, and began to work. Nice! The iron noise wasn?’t noticeable and the DFX was stable.
As I headed towards one of the old trees facing the road, I received a solid tone, the VDI registering at about 82, and pinpointing at 8 inches. I cut a plug and dug through the somewhat damp soil. A few scoops later I had a coin in my hand. I had a big smile when I saw what it was – a Seated Liberty dime!
I looked at the date after carefully removing some of the caked-in soil – it’s dated 1887-S. A nice find! After that, I detected over that area for the next hour, finding several clad dimes and quarters, an old gauge shell, as well as several pieces of rusted metal. It was now time to head to the second site, “merc city”.
Upon arriving, I decided to work the wooded area next to one of the trails I’ve hit in the past. Here I loaded the 3 kHz program, as I was seeking silver. To my surprise, though, I picked up nickels, two Buffaloes, dated 1923 and 1937, as well as a war time nickel, dated 1945-P. The 3 kHz frequency isn’t very sensitive to nickels. They were deep too, between 8 and 8 ? inches each. The tones weren’t solid, and the VDI’s were erratic, jumping from the mid 20’s to low 60’s, but since the targets had pinpointed deep, I dug them up. You just never know.
I did pick up one silver coin, a 1952 Roosie, also at 8 inches, as well as two wheaties, dated 1945 and 1946. The wind was now picking up, and it was getting dark, so I headed home, but not empty handed.
Angel
The first site I drove to isn’t big, but it does have some very old trees facing the main road. I had wanted to hit it this past summer, but the weeds and tall grass would have made it impossible to swing the coil. Winter has done a great job of clearing much of it, so I took advantage. I loaded the 15 kHz program, found a good spot to ground balance, and went to work. Almost immediately I started to notice the “growling” of iron, and was also hitting on a few iron targets, but I kept using the program without making adjustments. I did dig up one of the iron signals to see what I was dealing with, and it ended up being a rusty square nail. After about 15 minutes, I decided to switch to the Correlate frequency to try and tame the iron noise. I loaded up the program, increased the AC sensitivity slightly to try and compensate for any depth loss, and began to work. Nice! The iron noise wasn?’t noticeable and the DFX was stable.
As I headed towards one of the old trees facing the road, I received a solid tone, the VDI registering at about 82, and pinpointing at 8 inches. I cut a plug and dug through the somewhat damp soil. A few scoops later I had a coin in my hand. I had a big smile when I saw what it was – a Seated Liberty dime!
I looked at the date after carefully removing some of the caked-in soil – it’s dated 1887-S. A nice find! After that, I detected over that area for the next hour, finding several clad dimes and quarters, an old gauge shell, as well as several pieces of rusted metal. It was now time to head to the second site, “merc city”.
Upon arriving, I decided to work the wooded area next to one of the trails I’ve hit in the past. Here I loaded the 3 kHz program, as I was seeking silver. To my surprise, though, I picked up nickels, two Buffaloes, dated 1923 and 1937, as well as a war time nickel, dated 1945-P. The 3 kHz frequency isn’t very sensitive to nickels. They were deep too, between 8 and 8 ? inches each. The tones weren’t solid, and the VDI’s were erratic, jumping from the mid 20’s to low 60’s, but since the targets had pinpointed deep, I dug them up. You just never know.
I did pick up one silver coin, a 1952 Roosie, also at 8 inches, as well as two wheaties, dated 1945 and 1946. The wind was now picking up, and it was getting dark, so I headed home, but not empty handed.
Angel
