A question about the MXT

[Old Katz]

This may sound like a silly question but when you get a reading in the - zone like Iron, while your in C/J mode how often do you
check/dig it just to see what it is? What do you usually find when you dig signals that sounds of iron, besides nails that is? Just curious.
Katz

 

[ohio fred]

IN Ohio not to many civil war relics.I do dig those once in a while old pocket knife old farm tool pieces of tractor or some mechanical part hot rocks, melted i don't know what.But in other state were they hunt relics i don't think they pass them up.Let see if some people in southern states answer.More civil war relics.

 

[Hillbilly Bob]

I would dig it because you never really know. Allot of good antique Items are iron, most every thing was made of iron back in the old days. But I dig every thing anyway.

 

[Nancy-IL]

I'm like Ohio Fred. I don't dig much at all with a negative VDI. When I have, it's always a piece of old iron, etc. JUNK in other words. So, I say to myself, "TRUST YOUR MACHINE". I think I've said that many times over. And that statement is usually right! Good luck and HH to all, Nancy

 

[Canewrap]

I'm in Alabama and hunt Tennessee as well. To answer your question, it depends on depth and location. If if I'm in a field and it registers as iron that's 6 inches or deeper I usually dig it because the numbers on deep targets in our ground can shift into the iron range and most Civil War artifacts show up at about 7 or 8 inches. If I'm in the woods I dig everything at first to determine if there's a layer of modern trash. Once I've determined at what level the modern trash is I start cherry picking, looking for relics. Once I start finding a few relics (field or woods) I go back to digging everything. With so few potential virgin sites left its important for the modern relic hunter to use a methodical approach.

 

[Old Katz]

Canewrap:
Thats sounds like very sage advice to me.
Katz
Take time to smell the flowers