rustedwoodsman
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They aren't anything to brag about, but I've been waiting 2 months for my first silver with the V3i, and it feels pretty good to finally have some. As a newbie to detecting, these are also my first mercs - and both in the same day.
The 1940 was about 2 inches deep in nothing but loose sand on a high spot close to the river. I can't recall the specifics of the 1941, but I knelt down expecting to dig a shallow memorial, and as I knelt down, I could see a coin on edge with its ridges actually above ground. I was pretty amazed to find a merc instead of a clad or memorial. That coin was in a "turn out/parking area" composed of softball sized river rock with a little bit of dirt thrown in. The general area has been an active campground since at least 1912 (the age of the guard station near by), and was probably used for a few years before that. (It's hard for us folks here in the northwest to compete with the really old sites you have on the east coast.)
There are dozens of these "old" camp sites along the rivers around here. I've visited them maybe a half dozen times, and up until now, found nothing but a little clad, but my enthusiasism has been renewed. I'll be heading back to the river again tomorrow, and I hope the luck continues.
Lots of mineralization (25-35% or more, vulcanics plus serpentine): mixed mode, 3 frequency, sensitivity turned down (especially Rx), and all other settings depending on the amount of trash in the area - and my mental attitude. Digging melted aluminum globs out of old campfires can wear you down after a while - they really light up the V like silver.
Two silvers in less than a total of 3 inches! Maybe depth isn't always as important as I make it out to be. Dave
The 1940 was about 2 inches deep in nothing but loose sand on a high spot close to the river. I can't recall the specifics of the 1941, but I knelt down expecting to dig a shallow memorial, and as I knelt down, I could see a coin on edge with its ridges actually above ground. I was pretty amazed to find a merc instead of a clad or memorial. That coin was in a "turn out/parking area" composed of softball sized river rock with a little bit of dirt thrown in. The general area has been an active campground since at least 1912 (the age of the guard station near by), and was probably used for a few years before that. (It's hard for us folks here in the northwest to compete with the really old sites you have on the east coast.)
There are dozens of these "old" camp sites along the rivers around here. I've visited them maybe a half dozen times, and up until now, found nothing but a little clad, but my enthusiasism has been renewed. I'll be heading back to the river again tomorrow, and I hope the luck continues.
Lots of mineralization (25-35% or more, vulcanics plus serpentine): mixed mode, 3 frequency, sensitivity turned down (especially Rx), and all other settings depending on the amount of trash in the area - and my mental attitude. Digging melted aluminum globs out of old campfires can wear you down after a while - they really light up the V like silver.
Two silvers in less than a total of 3 inches! Maybe depth isn't always as important as I make it out to be. Dave