Change of :twodetecting:Settings --- More Finds !!!

[Richard@BackwoodsDetectors]

[size=large]I went back again to the house that I had pounded with the high dollar detector and got more coins. This time I used the stock coil with the disc at 1 and the sens. between 50-70 depending on how high the grass was. I slowed the swing speed down and the was able to get the 1889 IH at about 9". With the sens. down, the high tone is softer but seems to be more intrusive on the mid and low tones. With good mid and low tones, I worked "around" the signals and got 3 of the coins. To most of you gentlemen, this don't look like much but here in my neck of the woods, it is a good day. Moonshine was used as currency along with a few Spanish coins.
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[squirrel1]

Nothing wrong with those Richard. The ole saying goes, beggars can't be choosy. The recovery rate and what seems like tight foot print coils, the Racer can eek out the finds. I've been surprised by the detector's ability quite a few times.

 

[JimmyCT]

Congratulations on the IH cent. I would be happy with one IH cent. Finds in my neck of the woods are in a severe drought.

Just curious Richard.... how much time did you dedicate with the "high dollar" detector (s) ?
How long have you hunted this property and with what type of intensity? Is this a property that everyone left for dead? Have you ever done signal comparisons with these high end detectors and the Racer? I would be interested in knowing what you learn if you did complete such comparisons. I am one that obviously hesitated in purchasing. I see there are few dedicated individuals that are sticking with the machine and seem to have done quite well. It seems the consensus is that the little OOR coil is key in discovering severely masked coins otherwise its performance mirrors many others in its class. (Please, anyone can jump in here and correct me if I am wrong)


I ask these questions as I have a few properties I don't even have any desire to hunt as I feel these places are "well done" like the steak I just ate.
One property in particular I can hunt for 3,4,5 hours at a time and be lucky I locate and recover a pulltab in the process. The property dates back to the 1830's and just can't manage to locate anymore goodies. I have spent massive amounts of time, days and whole summers hunting this place. I have several relatives that I hunt with that won't even go to this location anymore as they feel I basically cleaned the place out lol. I feel there could be more there but just can't seem to coax any good signals from mother earth. I have found some wonderful old Barbers, Mercs, Wheaties, Buffs, and one large cent so the place holds potential but I feel it has been near depleted. I also mention this place (of all places) as it was like a second home to me in the amount of time I "lived" there. Of course no property is truly ever "hunted out" but to find keepers is rare like hens teeth.

 

[EtracTom-AdirondacksNY]

Very nice finds Richard. I would take those. I'm happy with just one good find each time out myself so you got a few there a very good day to me. Pleasure doing my Racer Pro pack purchase from you and the D--S too. This detector surprises one especially the small OOR coil like you've shown here.

Earthlyporluck I am now getting 6" small coils for my ET--C and bought this Racer package from Richard and am hitting spots that I and others have pounded out around here and going slow and really overlapping sweeps and listening closely there is still coins to be found due to frost heave, wet soil, different sized coils, different sweep angles or directions, different KHZ frequencies of the detectors etc. so give it a go and you may be surprised what may show up. If you don't someone else may do so. Someone here got a D--S with 11" coil and found 4 silvers at a small park that I've pounded for the last 2+ years with different machines but not really different coil sizes yet and maybe due to a different frequency and coil size and direction sweeping found what I missed with several other detectors even with my D--S and 9" coil so who knows??

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Nice digs Richard

I'm going to try setting the disc to 0 (or 1 if that's the lowest setting) and see if the Racer and 5" coil will light up any new targets at my pounded site.

HH,
Brian

 

[JFlynn]

Nice digs Richard! I'll tell ya guy's. Don't spend any more money on small coils for anything. It doesn't get any better than this small coil. Even the stock is superb but the small is gonna find good stuff behind any detector out there. No if's and's or but's about it. Looks like Richard is getting his mojo going with the machine now....... At the moment nothing is hunted out until something that can do better than the Turkish products comes along seperation wise. It's tough on a person/detectorist when you have 2-3 K tied up in a machine and special coils for it for all applications, and these will spank em in the dirt where it counts. Still a lot of naysayers out there lol. Nice diggin ole man

 

[3RINGER]

WTG, I enjoy pulling up those ID's. Keep it up