We had a Nor'easter snowstorm headed in last night so I went out late for a last run at soft ground--it's been warm for a week. Went to the tiny spot near me that's produced a few nice things so far and I save for short, night hunts (when I should really be going to bed). After a bit of junk and a very tiny, iron toy hammer, I hit a spot where I was getting all kinds of signals but had a hard time pinpointing them, either in disc or AM. Finally turned down the sensitivity more yet--I already have to run it low here at about 2 or 3 due to the power lines on each side of a skinny triangle--and managed to start getting some separation. First out was a '43 Merc in Fine condition. (For whatever reason, my peak non-clad coin range seems to strongly be in the '40s.) Not far away pulled out a Ryan Family Enterprises(?) token. Then pulled out my first SLQ. 
Even if it's a no-date, somewhere from '17-'24, I was quite happy. Although I have found a 17x7 silver half reale, this is my next oldest silver to date and the only silver quarter I've found before was a '44 Washington. (Although I'm still learning, I think I'm mostly hitting well-pounded sites, etc.)
I was all excited about this tiny area but then my excitement was interrupted and turned to another kind with the arrival of the police. I'd just determined via the Sun Ray probe that an iffy signal was iron when I hear a few vehicles pass behind me. I think I must have heard them slow down because I turned to look to see a police SUV and car slowing down to a stop a little ways past me. Since I wasn't doing anything wrong and I've not had much issue with the police in town before (beyond an occasional "What are you doing?" out their window or a slow down to see) I just went back to what I was doing. I put the dirt back in and was dropping the plug down when I heard a voice or voices behind me. Figuring it must be the police, I started to turn around to talk to them when I heard two voices yelling "HANDS IN THE AIR". I quickly put my hands in the air. (Duh!) Can't recall exactly the order of what happened after that but I must have taken my headphones off and, when one told me to come down to the edge of the wall where they were I started to pick up my shaft (since it's attached to the control box on my chest) I got another "HANDS IN THE AIR". Fun, fun. It all worked out okay but was a pain in the posterior. Turns out some neighbors--who I'd seen come home 5-10 minutes earlier--called in and said, according to the most vocal (young more-aggressive) officer that I was "burying something in the snow". (There was no snow but it was due to start snowing soon.) I'll have to talk to a Capt. down at the station I sort of know and get his take on it. Seemed like quite a bit of overreaciton to me for no visible threat. (And this is a pretty mellow town.)
Anyhow, on both the Merc and the SLQ, it seemed like I was having nulling issues of some sort like I did w/ another silver dime a few months back. It was hard to get a repeatable tone at all in the same location and seemed to be nulling all around it. Yet, when I had removed the targets in all three cases (that I can recall), I couldn't find anything, iron or other, anywhere in the normal object interference distance I encounter (usually 1/2 to a full coils width away depending on the mass and composition of the interfering object). Anyone else encountered silver nulling at all? Thoughts?
_Rich_
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Even if it's a no-date, somewhere from '17-'24, I was quite happy. Although I have found a 17x7 silver half reale, this is my next oldest silver to date and the only silver quarter I've found before was a '44 Washington. (Although I'm still learning, I think I'm mostly hitting well-pounded sites, etc.)I was all excited about this tiny area but then my excitement was interrupted and turned to another kind with the arrival of the police. I'd just determined via the Sun Ray probe that an iffy signal was iron when I hear a few vehicles pass behind me. I think I must have heard them slow down because I turned to look to see a police SUV and car slowing down to a stop a little ways past me. Since I wasn't doing anything wrong and I've not had much issue with the police in town before (beyond an occasional "What are you doing?" out their window or a slow down to see) I just went back to what I was doing. I put the dirt back in and was dropping the plug down when I heard a voice or voices behind me. Figuring it must be the police, I started to turn around to talk to them when I heard two voices yelling "HANDS IN THE AIR". I quickly put my hands in the air. (Duh!) Can't recall exactly the order of what happened after that but I must have taken my headphones off and, when one told me to come down to the edge of the wall where they were I started to pick up my shaft (since it's attached to the control box on my chest) I got another "HANDS IN THE AIR". Fun, fun. It all worked out okay but was a pain in the posterior. Turns out some neighbors--who I'd seen come home 5-10 minutes earlier--called in and said, according to the most vocal (young more-aggressive) officer that I was "burying something in the snow". (There was no snow but it was due to start snowing soon.) I'll have to talk to a Capt. down at the station I sort of know and get his take on it. Seemed like quite a bit of overreaciton to me for no visible threat. (And this is a pretty mellow town.)
Anyhow, on both the Merc and the SLQ, it seemed like I was having nulling issues of some sort like I did w/ another silver dime a few months back. It was hard to get a repeatable tone at all in the same location and seemed to be nulling all around it. Yet, when I had removed the targets in all three cases (that I can recall), I couldn't find anything, iron or other, anywhere in the normal object interference distance I encounter (usually 1/2 to a full coils width away depending on the mass and composition of the interfering object). Anyone else encountered silver nulling at all? Thoughts?
_Rich_
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