greasecarguy
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Its easy to forget the fundamentals of things and MDing is no differnt, clean your coil cover and such. After my last post, samuel_schumaker siad something that I had forgotten. He knew I was running ferrous sounds as I have been ever since I read Charles in NY's post 2 years ago. I liked it, so I never went back. While I realize it is a challenge, it also hobbles progress, so I made a change to conductive sounds.
Yup, it took some gettin used to , but I do like it. The problem with aluminum is gone and the coins really stick out like a sore thumb. I still depend on the depth gauge to hopefully determine coin age, but I'll try some shallower coins to get a grip on the site 1st.
So, I went out with a friend yesterday to 2 very large parks that we have been to before...5 hours later and nothing at all. THe trip is ~ 1 hour from home as well. Today I got out about 4:15 and went to a local school that I've been to as well. After 2 hours and 1 wheat, I left and went to another park.I only had 45 minutes of daylight left, so to work I went. i heard a nice sound, dug down and pulled a nail. Heard another lodged between a clad penny and garbage, down deep, I ran the digger and loosened the dirt in the hole several times. I was beginning to think there was nothing there as the sound had disappeared, however, the last time I heard the tone as I waved a handful of dirt in front of the coil. Out came the 1902 barber dime!.
A few minutes later and a few similar signals since, I heard another..Again near garbage and this signal too would not pinpoint.I was having trouble determining exactly where to dig, however, after about 3 minutes I made the decision. Now it's pretty dark. Again I loosened the soils several times and the signal was gone. Kept going and in my hand I had an unusually sized coin. I thought 2 cents but thought, hey, maybe it's something else. Got back to the car and mad the ID affirmative. 1864 and my 3rd one! Such a pretty coin.
Anyway, I am glad that samuel_schumaker replied to my post.....I can now revisit some old, local sites again!
HH Aaron
Yup, it took some gettin used to , but I do like it. The problem with aluminum is gone and the coins really stick out like a sore thumb. I still depend on the depth gauge to hopefully determine coin age, but I'll try some shallower coins to get a grip on the site 1st.
So, I went out with a friend yesterday to 2 very large parks that we have been to before...5 hours later and nothing at all. THe trip is ~ 1 hour from home as well. Today I got out about 4:15 and went to a local school that I've been to as well. After 2 hours and 1 wheat, I left and went to another park.I only had 45 minutes of daylight left, so to work I went. i heard a nice sound, dug down and pulled a nail. Heard another lodged between a clad penny and garbage, down deep, I ran the digger and loosened the dirt in the hole several times. I was beginning to think there was nothing there as the sound had disappeared, however, the last time I heard the tone as I waved a handful of dirt in front of the coil. Out came the 1902 barber dime!.
A few minutes later and a few similar signals since, I heard another..Again near garbage and this signal too would not pinpoint.I was having trouble determining exactly where to dig, however, after about 3 minutes I made the decision. Now it's pretty dark. Again I loosened the soils several times and the signal was gone. Kept going and in my hand I had an unusually sized coin. I thought 2 cents but thought, hey, maybe it's something else. Got back to the car and mad the ID affirmative. 1864 and my 3rd one! Such a pretty coin.
Anyway, I am glad that samuel_schumaker replied to my post.....I can now revisit some old, local sites again!
HH Aaron
Those 2-centers are almost unheard of out here in WA. GL & HH.