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ewtaylor
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My leg is still giving me a little trouble so about an hour and a half is the most I can stand detecting. I’ve been trying to add a little depth to my AT Pro and decided on the Nel Thunder. Well, they seem to be out of stock everywhere I tried, so I settled for a CORS Cannon.
I took the set out to a spot I haven’t been to in about 15 years. It’s an old roadbed close to 100 yards long. One side is bordered by rusty fencing, a mix of barb wire and then big, square, chicken wire. The other side is woods. The roadbed is dirt to about 5 inches then solid clay. I wasn’t expecting to find anything deep.
The last trip was with a partner and my Nautilus detector. There is a lot of trash in the form of iron fencing pieces, squashed cans, shotgun shells, foil, and pulltabs. I managed a 1924d penny with the Nauty and a few clad coins.
This time I went alone. Fired up the At Pro and started swinging. I really like the coverage you get with the Cannon, it’s 10.5” by 14.5”. I came across all the trash listed above, and the Cannon really seemed to handle the target separation well. Even among the iron fencing I managed to pull out a heavily corroded penny (was hoping for an IH but turned out to be 1940 wheatie) and a 1923 cent.
Did find some modern clad and some junk. One of the shotgun shells I dug had a head stamp that dates 1911 – 1934. I also included a pic of a pull tab. At first it rang up with a good tone but then immediately gave the iron grunt. I checked it several different ways and was convinced it was a pulltab, but I dug it anyway. I don’t remember ever seeing one with such a small pull circle.
Cutting the grass today, but tomorrow I’ll be checking the back yard. Found some interesting things there with the At Pro and stock coil. Let’s see if the Cannon can come up with something great!
Wayne
I took the set out to a spot I haven’t been to in about 15 years. It’s an old roadbed close to 100 yards long. One side is bordered by rusty fencing, a mix of barb wire and then big, square, chicken wire. The other side is woods. The roadbed is dirt to about 5 inches then solid clay. I wasn’t expecting to find anything deep.
The last trip was with a partner and my Nautilus detector. There is a lot of trash in the form of iron fencing pieces, squashed cans, shotgun shells, foil, and pulltabs. I managed a 1924d penny with the Nauty and a few clad coins.
This time I went alone. Fired up the At Pro and started swinging. I really like the coverage you get with the Cannon, it’s 10.5” by 14.5”. I came across all the trash listed above, and the Cannon really seemed to handle the target separation well. Even among the iron fencing I managed to pull out a heavily corroded penny (was hoping for an IH but turned out to be 1940 wheatie) and a 1923 cent.
Did find some modern clad and some junk. One of the shotgun shells I dug had a head stamp that dates 1911 – 1934. I also included a pic of a pull tab. At first it rang up with a good tone but then immediately gave the iron grunt. I checked it several different ways and was convinced it was a pulltab, but I dug it anyway. I don’t remember ever seeing one with such a small pull circle.
Cutting the grass today, but tomorrow I’ll be checking the back yard. Found some interesting things there with the At Pro and stock coil. Let’s see if the Cannon can come up with something great!
Wayne
