About 30 hours in and diggin' it

[Ytcoinshooter]

I spent a few hours Friday (marking 2 weeks with the MR) working the Racer in two different picked over spots and I think the attributes of this detector are making the revisits worth the effort. All I did that day was different than my previous outings, now trying to cherry pick any coin signals. I wasn't concerned about about anything else. In the future when I revisit any colonial site I will dig every non iron signal (as in my first MR outings) that is always the rule. I also have to persist in exploring the variety of pot luck that rings up as 82 / 83. The coins above zinc cents and especially silver are well north of that ...when a visual ID registers. My habit is to cross check "dig signals" in two tone, 3 tone and all metal.
I scored a few clad and a wheat cent at the first stop. The second stop earned me a 1939 dime. This is the 4th silver I found with the Racer, all from this second site.
I just flat out find there is a fun factor using the Makro Racer as I have been. I was a bit careless and nicked her on the cheek, I hate doing that. It was down about 6", the last dig of the day, figures...
The learning curve is easy with patience, persistence and lots digging. I'm looking forward to putting to use the knowledge in Clive's book when it arrives tomorrow. The most most important aspect of this tool is the positive anticipation, call it excitement when I put the Racer's coil to the ground.
HH - Bruce

 

[Cal_Cobra]

I've found that using the 5" OOR coils, in 3-tone, with 1 disc, and 90+ gain yielded great results in "hunted out" sites. Amazingly it'll get deep coins to 7-8" deep and I've found a fair amount of coins that were not deep and shoud've been easy pickin's for the other machines I've used at these spots (Etrac, F75 LTD1 and F75 LTD2, Omega, etc).

 

[squirrel1]

Congrats on your finds. One thing about Racer with small coil attached. If you have a lot of "Once thought" dead sites. You can go in an hunt with Racer and one never knows what could pop out. I enjoy your post---they give the no BS and tell a wonderful very understandable story.

 

[2 Much Trash]

Good post Bruce, if you don't mind me asking, what was the ground reading in these spots. High Mineralization, medium, or low

 

[Ytcoinshooter]

I've found that using the 5" OOR coils, in 3-tone, with 1 disc, and 90+ gain yielded great results in "hunted out" sites. Amazingly it'll get deep coins to 7-8" deep and I've found a fair amount of coins that were not deep and shoud've been easy pickin's for the other machines I've used at these spots (Etrac, F75 LTD1 and F75 LTD2, Omega, etc).

Thanks, I am going to follow your tip and I love this kind of feedback!

 

[Ytcoinshooter]

Congrats on your finds. One thing about Racer with small coil attached. If you have a lot of "Once thought" dead sites. You can go in an hunt with Racer and one never knows what could pop out. I enjoy your post---they give the no BS and tell a wonderful very understandable story.

I try to present my impressions of a detector objectively. Sharing my intent and goals, like say cherry picking helps to add clarity to my time with it.
The Racer is good example where an open knowledge exchange can benefit us all. I'm receiving great tips as I participate here.
Thanks, I'm glad my comments are well received.
HH !

 

[3RINGER]

Congratz on the silver from a worked over spot.

Cal thx for the input, never tried it but will next time out.

 

[Ytcoinshooter]

Good post Bruce, if you don't mind me asking, what was the ground reading in these spots. High Mineralization, medium, or low

The first site Friday was what I'd call mild or less magnetic than the second. I was seeing the GB settle in the 74 - 76 range as I would ground balance periodically it didn't change much.
The second site that contains an abundance of ledge rock, the soil has a higher Fe content and was ground balancing in the mid 80's. Most of the places I detect inland are in this range. I'm watching the Fe reading more now as I detect with the Racer. I'm looking for a way to try and gauge how well it is doing on deeper targets as the content rises. What would be interesting is heading to the northwest corner on my state that has a high iron content, so much that there were foundrys that supplied cannon and shot to the Contenental Army.
HH - Bruce