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Made it into the city tonight for a couple of hours at the "demoed" homesite that was built on in 1912 and recently razed. Unfortunately we weren't the first people who had hunted this place, as the lack of targets made that clear almost from the start. There were the usual large iron suspects present here so I turned on in 4khz...noticing EMI was not a problem! Set Reactivity to 3 and put away the control box - and went on to tone hunt this place listening for those tight targets. Notch was set at 00-30 and 92-99 for 4 khz, which allowed for a lot of junk to come through - par for the course for me though!
Started finding a few bits of clad - a dime here, a zinc penny there - but good targets weren't the majority here...got a few squirrelly hits to find some mangled aluminum but was listening for the "round sound" which to me is more important that the VDI reading. Cornered a couple Wheats that sounded pretty solid - nothing tonight was deep - nothing beyond 3" or so due to the recent activity.
Got over a fairly solid "nickel tone" and pulled out the box to see a "52-54" reading still in 4 khz. I'm used to digging nickels in 12 khz which read 52-54...so this target was closer to a zinc penny. I saw the blue stone first and thought this was some kind of aluminum cheap stuff but the more I handled it, the more attractive it became! Out of the hole it read a solid "53" which still sounds a little low for sterling silver. At home under a microscope there is indeed a "sterling" stamp - this must be the smallest ring I've ever found - the brass Krugerrand ring from last week was small but this one fits entirely inside a US dime!
I'm guessing the 4-year old will lay claim to this one - she better enjoy it while she can since they don't stay 4 years old for long...
Started finding a few bits of clad - a dime here, a zinc penny there - but good targets weren't the majority here...got a few squirrelly hits to find some mangled aluminum but was listening for the "round sound" which to me is more important that the VDI reading. Cornered a couple Wheats that sounded pretty solid - nothing tonight was deep - nothing beyond 3" or so due to the recent activity.
Got over a fairly solid "nickel tone" and pulled out the box to see a "52-54" reading still in 4 khz. I'm used to digging nickels in 12 khz which read 52-54...so this target was closer to a zinc penny. I saw the blue stone first and thought this was some kind of aluminum cheap stuff but the more I handled it, the more attractive it became! Out of the hole it read a solid "53" which still sounds a little low for sterling silver. At home under a microscope there is indeed a "sterling" stamp - this must be the smallest ring I've ever found - the brass Krugerrand ring from last week was small but this one fits entirely inside a US dime!
I'm guessing the 4-year old will lay claim to this one - she better enjoy it while she can since they don't stay 4 years old for long...
