ToySoldier
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After a whirlwind few days of socializing I got out this morning. Due to an incoming cold front, the forecast stated the warmest hours of the day would be between 8 am and noon. The wind and that incoming cold front made it feel much colder than the high 40s.
Anyway, I got started with the AT Pro and a big NEL Thunder coil to briskly grid a few areas I've already detected on this property. The strategy was to stay committed to the grid, cover a lot of ground, and just listen for obvious good signals I might have missed. Not speed swinging, but not stopping to tease iffy signals out either. Sure enough, I found a few a few older clad coins, including two quarters. It's a good reminder and motivation to remember the property isn't hunted out.
I switch to the Equinox and set off to dig pull tabs. (Why? See this thread: https://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=278307 )
I dug about 100 beaver tail pull tabs. Along the way I heard a good, deep nickel signal and dug the Buffalo in the photo. The three silver coins in the photo, plus a few wheats, all had signals that only appeared after getting unmasked. One of the Mercury dimes had an absolutely screaming, zippy signal and had been completely silent.
I was so certain that signal was coming from silver that I attempted to video it. The first part turned out OK, but then amateur hour kicked in and I set the phone down on the ground as I pinpointed through the loose dirt and just left it there until I had the dime in hand. Oh well.
Anyway, I got started with the AT Pro and a big NEL Thunder coil to briskly grid a few areas I've already detected on this property. The strategy was to stay committed to the grid, cover a lot of ground, and just listen for obvious good signals I might have missed. Not speed swinging, but not stopping to tease iffy signals out either. Sure enough, I found a few a few older clad coins, including two quarters. It's a good reminder and motivation to remember the property isn't hunted out.
I switch to the Equinox and set off to dig pull tabs. (Why? See this thread: https://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=278307 )
I dug about 100 beaver tail pull tabs. Along the way I heard a good, deep nickel signal and dug the Buffalo in the photo. The three silver coins in the photo, plus a few wheats, all had signals that only appeared after getting unmasked. One of the Mercury dimes had an absolutely screaming, zippy signal and had been completely silent.
I was so certain that signal was coming from silver that I attempted to video it. The first part turned out OK, but then amateur hour kicked in and I set the phone down on the ground as I pinpointed through the loose dirt and just left it there until I had the dime in hand. Oh well.
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