Hi All: This has been a great detecting season in NW Illinois, ground is near perfect for this late due to cool temps and timely rains. I was out the other day with friends to an overworked park. I had sold a used Explorer 2 and was helping hime get accustomed to it. My first target showed dime and I had him come over and run it, I told him to dig it and get used to deeper coins, he yelped and said it was just as I had said ,silver dime. He then went to work on his own and was finding coins at some good depths. I continued and found two more mercs in the trash. Now in a previous post many say that the smaller loops give better seperation. Possibly since I do not use one due to the fact with a slow and I mean Slowwwww swing in the trash,check and recheck I get great seperation on trash and coins in heavy trash sites.
The three mercs put me at 101 silvers and went out to the same spot again yesterday and popped an 1892 barber. I believe that with the E-tracs technique will come to you with the standard equipment. NOW lets not all get huffy and I purchased a 6x8" SEF and it arrived yesterday so off I go to see the difference if there is any just my experience and what I am finding see attached pics, the silver dollar was 6" on edge at homeplate on an old ball diamond that most gave up hunting due to TRASH, there were two mercs,a silver rosie and other coins around the area also. LOW and Slow got em all.There are 40 mercs,38 rosies, lots of barber and seated, one bust half, 1 2 reale 1774 and others these sere all found with the stock 11" loop in lots of trashy spots, get to know what you got and then if the need arises go to the smaller loops. Just my opinion but as a dealer I have to check out things also so off with the smaller loop, I have ran the 5" excelerator on the Explorer 2 and it did well on small items,trash areas and small gold nuggets. Good hunting to you all,Exanimo.
Hardrock P.S. The diamond/emerald ring was in trash too, fits the wife nicely helps getting to go detecting as much as I do. TY Lord!!
The three mercs put me at 101 silvers and went out to the same spot again yesterday and popped an 1892 barber. I believe that with the E-tracs technique will come to you with the standard equipment. NOW lets not all get huffy and I purchased a 6x8" SEF and it arrived yesterday so off I go to see the difference if there is any just my experience and what I am finding see attached pics, the silver dollar was 6" on edge at homeplate on an old ball diamond that most gave up hunting due to TRASH, there were two mercs,a silver rosie and other coins around the area also. LOW and Slow got em all.There are 40 mercs,38 rosies, lots of barber and seated, one bust half, 1 2 reale 1774 and others these sere all found with the stock 11" loop in lots of trashy spots, get to know what you got and then if the need arises go to the smaller loops. Just my opinion but as a dealer I have to check out things also so off with the smaller loop, I have ran the 5" excelerator on the Explorer 2 and it did well on small items,trash areas and small gold nuggets. Good hunting to you all,Exanimo.
Hardrock P.S. The diamond/emerald ring was in trash too, fits the wife nicely helps getting to go detecting as much as I do. TY Lord!!
