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<STRONG><CENTER><STRONG>Field Test #3 (The <STRONG>Cibola</STRONG> redeemed/ Fantastic machine!!!</STRONG></CENTER> </STRONG>Many people were wondering what was going to happen on this third field test and needless to say- this machine is outstanding! This morning I was able to take the <STRONG><STRONG>Cibola</STRONG></STRONG> with the 5.75 coil out to the site mentioned in field test #2. Heavy iron, and about forty civil war huts of various sizes, nestled into the side of two hills. The ground is mineralized and with the oxidation of the corroded iron nails, very poor soil. Needless to say I also brought a top of the line multifrequency detector. Initially, I dug with the mutifrequency detector and dug many buck balls. I detected unfortunately with this machine the majority of the day and dug about 8 buck balls. Again each buck ball could be a cuff or regular button.
I then switched to the <STRONG>Cibola</STRONG> <span style="background-color:#ffff00;">and literally the first thing I dug was a percussion cap laying right on top of the ground!!!</span> This camp has been pounded by the best relic hunters in this area, with every type of machine on the market and needless to say, when you find a percusson cap on the ground its a good sign! <span style="background-color:#ffff00;">The next signal proved to be an iron nail so the disc was set up a bit higher, the machine sounded off and I dug another percussion cap in the middle of two nails!</span> It was about 4" deep. Again there were dig wholes everywhere around this area and needless to say the signals were in and around the iron.
I dug about 15 buckballs in an area the size of a living room. The camp spreads across about 40 acres on two hills that are adjoined. There were dig wholes everywhere...deep sized, small etc. Broken glass was everywhere as well! Finally I started searching some large huts and got a good signal. <span style="background-color:#ffff00;">I dug down about 8" and pulled out an iron nail. I checked the dirt around the hole and picked up another iron nail. I checked the hole again and got a very <STRONG>STRONG</STRONG> signal and had to dig down about another two inches. The total depth of the hole now was about 10". I took my long intrenching shovel and dug into the whole and pulled out another segment of the hole bottom, then swung the coil over the dirt. The machine signaled and I pulled out another square nail. As I was moving the small coil away from the dirt the machine came alive with a good signal. I grabbed a handful of dirt and could feel the weight of a bullet. I dumped the dirt and in my hands had a carved gardner bullet found at between 8" to 10". </span> With four iron nails, (small) located in the SAME hole! There is no way to tell you how many individuals have gone into this area...with the amount of dig holes everywhere you could picture a bus load of relic hunters getting off of a grey hound bus...having two weeks to dig in this place!!!
So in summary, I regret not having used the <STRONG>Cibola</STRONG> all day as I am sure that I would have found a few buttons as well as more bullets. The take for a three hour period using this machine was about 15 to 20 buckballs, two percussion caps, a carved bullet pulled from a hole with iron nails in the same hole. <span style="background-color:#ffff00;">So bottom line, I am impressed with this machine as truly it was like a light coming on.</span> I can only think of some of the other camps I have been in and how much those same areas are going to open up again. The biggest thing I am impressed with in some of the other hard hit camps I have detected, a good day would be finding a percussion cap and maybe a bullet. This machine was able to do quite well in a short period of time and truly pulling the lid off of a hunted out camp. <STRONG></STRONG>
I then switched to the <STRONG>Cibola</STRONG> <span style="background-color:#ffff00;">and literally the first thing I dug was a percussion cap laying right on top of the ground!!!</span> This camp has been pounded by the best relic hunters in this area, with every type of machine on the market and needless to say, when you find a percusson cap on the ground its a good sign! <span style="background-color:#ffff00;">The next signal proved to be an iron nail so the disc was set up a bit higher, the machine sounded off and I dug another percussion cap in the middle of two nails!</span> It was about 4" deep. Again there were dig wholes everywhere around this area and needless to say the signals were in and around the iron.
I dug about 15 buckballs in an area the size of a living room. The camp spreads across about 40 acres on two hills that are adjoined. There were dig wholes everywhere...deep sized, small etc. Broken glass was everywhere as well! Finally I started searching some large huts and got a good signal. <span style="background-color:#ffff00;">I dug down about 8" and pulled out an iron nail. I checked the dirt around the hole and picked up another iron nail. I checked the hole again and got a very <STRONG>STRONG</STRONG> signal and had to dig down about another two inches. The total depth of the hole now was about 10". I took my long intrenching shovel and dug into the whole and pulled out another segment of the hole bottom, then swung the coil over the dirt. The machine signaled and I pulled out another square nail. As I was moving the small coil away from the dirt the machine came alive with a good signal. I grabbed a handful of dirt and could feel the weight of a bullet. I dumped the dirt and in my hands had a carved gardner bullet found at between 8" to 10". </span> With four iron nails, (small) located in the SAME hole! There is no way to tell you how many individuals have gone into this area...with the amount of dig holes everywhere you could picture a bus load of relic hunters getting off of a grey hound bus...having two weeks to dig in this place!!!
So in summary, I regret not having used the <STRONG>Cibola</STRONG> all day as I am sure that I would have found a few buttons as well as more bullets. The take for a three hour period using this machine was about 15 to 20 buckballs, two percussion caps, a carved bullet pulled from a hole with iron nails in the same hole. <span style="background-color:#ffff00;">So bottom line, I am impressed with this machine as truly it was like a light coming on.</span> I can only think of some of the other camps I have been in and how much those same areas are going to open up again. The biggest thing I am impressed with in some of the other hard hit camps I have detected, a good day would be finding a percussion cap and maybe a bullet. This machine was able to do quite well in a short period of time and truly pulling the lid off of a hunted out camp. <STRONG></STRONG>