CZconnoisseur
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The ground is getting increasingly more difficult to dig - we haven't had any appreciable rain for the last 4-5 months! :no: Where the soil is sandy, things are easier, but still no picnic - after more than 5 hours of digging yesterday my forearms and wrists were starting to push back!
Went back to one of the local parks yesterday - looking to see if V4 could sniff out any additional goodies in the more "worked out" sections. It was slow going, but first coin showed itself after about an hour, and then two more Wheats closeby would surface as well. After some more trash, deep foil, and random deep nails we decided to see if digging was any easier in a different section of the park - turns out it was about the same :roll:
The last hour of the hunt I came upon a scratchy, one-way signal which ended up being the cut Indian cent from 8" - I was using 4kHz and got a fairly jumpy ID ranging from 70-84. The cross-scan wasn't as clear, and the numbers were even less stable. Was surprised to see an 1882 Indian, damaged, staring back at me from the bottom of the hole!
Dug several more pieces of trash and then finally got so worn out that I proclaimed "I'm digging one more signal, trash or not!" I was looking for a signal that sounded high-toned, and similar on a cross-scan, and happened on one that almost locked on at 88-90 - this signal sounded like a deep, 7-8" penny or dime. Just a little too deep for an accurate VDI but I've noticed deep coins like to ID sometimes in the mid-80s and sometimes the really deep ones hit in the low 90s. Almost everything that IDs above 95 is IRON - and this little bit of info is helping me dig less of it!
Long story short the last signal of the night was the 1904 Barber dime, and two intrepid onlookers glimpsed a rare chance to see a coin being rescued from the dirt!
The very good news is that rain and plenty of it is on the way - looking forward to digging in easier ground next hunt!
Went back to one of the local parks yesterday - looking to see if V4 could sniff out any additional goodies in the more "worked out" sections. It was slow going, but first coin showed itself after about an hour, and then two more Wheats closeby would surface as well. After some more trash, deep foil, and random deep nails we decided to see if digging was any easier in a different section of the park - turns out it was about the same :roll:
The last hour of the hunt I came upon a scratchy, one-way signal which ended up being the cut Indian cent from 8" - I was using 4kHz and got a fairly jumpy ID ranging from 70-84. The cross-scan wasn't as clear, and the numbers were even less stable. Was surprised to see an 1882 Indian, damaged, staring back at me from the bottom of the hole!
Dug several more pieces of trash and then finally got so worn out that I proclaimed "I'm digging one more signal, trash or not!" I was looking for a signal that sounded high-toned, and similar on a cross-scan, and happened on one that almost locked on at 88-90 - this signal sounded like a deep, 7-8" penny or dime. Just a little too deep for an accurate VDI but I've noticed deep coins like to ID sometimes in the mid-80s and sometimes the really deep ones hit in the low 90s. Almost everything that IDs above 95 is IRON - and this little bit of info is helping me dig less of it!
Long story short the last signal of the night was the 1904 Barber dime, and two intrepid onlookers glimpsed a rare chance to see a coin being rescued from the dirt!
The very good news is that rain and plenty of it is on the way - looking forward to digging in easier ground next hunt!
