Advice on old trashy chuch

[Md Epidemic]

Located a boarded up chuch and detected it for about 20 minutes with my 250 and snipper coil. it must be an eary 1900'S
chuch.there must have been about 100 iron targets in one area. How do i get the deeper coins? do i have to remove all the trash or do
i discriminate higher? there must be some silver. I also have the standard and 9 x12 coil.

I also have a Vaquero in my garage which has never even been turned on. Any advice would be appreciated.

Epi

 

[oldranger]

My limited ( 2 yrs this being the 2nd ) would be to
turn down the sensitvity...
The more knowledgeable folks will for sure give
you more info..

Happy Hunts

Ron

Rangers Lead the Way

 

[Uncle Willy]

The Sniper will get a good seven inches in depth and you should be able to wade through the trash with it. Don't expect heaps of old silver as people back then had no money to lose and carried their coins in coin purses as we carry our bills in a wallet. A quarter back then was equal to twenty bucks today so people didn't just lose coins everywhere. They also had a lot of outdoor activities back then, church socials, rummage sales, etc., so there may be some junk scattered about.

Take it very slow with the Sniper so you can isolate the junk from good stuff. Turn your sensitivity down to four bars. Just because the area is old doesn't mean the coins are halfway to China. They should be well within the reach of the Sniper but remember you are covering a very small area with each sweep so you'll have to overlap quite a bit so as not to miss a lot of real estate at depth. At peak depth your signal is only covering an area the size of a quarter. Picture that in your mind with every scan or you will miss a ton of targets as you are not covering 4.5 inches at depth.. Remember, the average coin fits in an area of one - square inch. I would mentally grid off very small areas - four square feet or so and stand still and scan every bit of it then move up to the next four feet. It will be tedious but you'll have better luck than just swinging everywhere.

Also detectors have been around since about 1931 so don't think this place has never been hit. The odds of that are mighty slim. Just take your time and go slow.

Bill

 

[Md Epidemic]

Thanks, Bill & Ron

Just the kind info im looking for.After using the sniper for a while then I'll switch to the standard. Do you think i should clear out
some of those iron signsl? Seem like alot of work but could be masking good targets. now all i need is time.

Epi

 

[dahut]

The Sniper will get a good seven inches in depth and you should be able to wade through the trash with it. Don't expect heaps of old silver as people back then had no money to lose and carried their coins in coin purses as we carry our bills in a wallet. A quarter back then was equal to twenty bucks today so people didn't just lose coins everywhere. They also had a lot of outdoor activities back then, church socials, rummage sales, etc., so there may be some junk scattered about.

Take it very slow with the Sniper so you can isolate the junk from good stuff. Turn your sensitivity down to four bars. Just because the area is old doesn't mean the coins are halfway to China. They should be well within the reach of the Sniper but remember you are covering a very small area with each sweep so you'll have to overlap quite a bit so as not to miss a lot of real estate at depth. At peak depth your signal is only covering an area the size of a quarter. Picture that in your mind with every scan or you will miss a ton of targets as you are not covering 4.5 inches at depth.. Remember, the average coin fits in an area of one - square inch. I would mentally grid off very small areas - four square feet or so and stand still and scan every bit of it then move up to the next four feet. It will be tedious but you'll have better luck than just swinging everywhere.

Also detectors have been around since about 1931 so don't think this place has never been hit. The odds of that are mighty slim. Just take your time and go slow.

Bill

Bill you sound like me!

Something else to keep in mind is that iron masking will have an effect on any hunting at such a site. Even with a sniper coil, the proximity of iron to anything good will skew the way the detector sees the target. Anything that bounces around from the iron to good range will have to be checked out.

 

[Uncle Willy]

You are correct dear boy.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

You could do that, some guys do if they're sure there are some goodies there, but you probably have no way of knowing what might be there. You might grid off a small plot and search it in that manner to see what you come up with. If you come up empty that could be an indication of results for the rest of the place.

Bill