Neil in West Jersey
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I have not been back to this site for almost a year. I finally had the chance to "open up" the DFX to see what is is really capable of. The DFX really is sensitive to small deep targets! All of the buttons were deep and had jumpy VDI numbers, in part because I had the VDI Sensitivity up to about 83. I missed all of these deep buttons on prior trips with two other detectors. I was operating in Best Data and I bet the buttons would have rang out better in 15kHz, but I was afraid of missing deep copper and silver coins. Ironically the Half Cent (my first) was only about 2 inches deep!
This site has produced many buttons in the past and today was no exception, with 6. I can only read the back mark on one, IMPERIAL STANDARD, but two have designs on the front. My oldest coins found there prior today's hunt were 1940's.
There is a ghost town nearby that was formed by freed slaves in or around 1812. It was a stop on the underground railroad. All of my buttons, as well as the Half Cent were found on a path from what appears to be a boat landing, leading up into the woods in the direction toward this village. I suspect this path was used by villagers trafficking escaped slaves.
I found the Whatizit on a spot where the path splits in two directions. Unfortunately I broke it while trying to remove it from some tree roots. It looks like a weathervane, but it is flat on one side and appears to have been finished smooth, with a rounded finish on the other. It also is lacking a place for mounting to a post.
This site has produced many buttons in the past and today was no exception, with 6. I can only read the back mark on one, IMPERIAL STANDARD, but two have designs on the front. My oldest coins found there prior today's hunt were 1940's.
There is a ghost town nearby that was formed by freed slaves in or around 1812. It was a stop on the underground railroad. All of my buttons, as well as the Half Cent were found on a path from what appears to be a boat landing, leading up into the woods in the direction toward this village. I suspect this path was used by villagers trafficking escaped slaves.
I found the Whatizit on a spot where the path splits in two directions. Unfortunately I broke it while trying to remove it from some tree roots. It looks like a weathervane, but it is flat on one side and appears to have been finished smooth, with a rounded finish on the other. It also is lacking a place for mounting to a post.
