CZconnoisseur
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Since the fairgrounds have slowed down a little from the last couple hunts, I decided to make a busy night of it and set out to find some gold at the old apt complex. Visited a couple of folks I know who still live there, and spent about three hours madly stabbing in search of the yellow metal. 12 khz works very well here since EMI is terrible in 4khz. I eliminated the second notch and tone-hunted the entire time - dug a ton of tabs and trash, but there were a few targets that locked on that didn't quite have the "pulltab" sound. This was the program:
12 khz
TX 2
Sens 85
Reactivity 3
Silencer -1
Disc 2.0
Full Tones
Notch 00-35, 98-99
Manual GB 85
Ground Notch 85-90
This place will keep you busy without the second notch (usually set at 58-78 for aluminum trash). It was still difficult to call nickels from pulltabs, nickels from beavertails, and some foil without switching from 4 - 12 khz which does a pretty good job at differentiating trash from nickels but is by no means infallible. It's also time consuming if you only have a set time to hunt! So, in effect - it ALL got dug tonight if it was non-ferrous! Quarter coin-op laundry has been on-site since the 1960s which owes to the "quarter-heavy" hunt - every time!
And every so often this place yields a silver coin, but is more likely to give up more modern jewelry. Got surprised by the sterling pentagram ring, which was nearly a surface hit at "86" in 12 khz. It sounded like any other copper penny retrieved, but I'm trying to learn the "round sound" of a ring. So far what I have learned is that the VDI will lock on almost all rings and wont budge. The French 10 Centimes coin locked on "55" in 12khz and sounded very nice - just a shade different than a regular nickel.
Will have to get back here a couple more times and pull a ring or two - I know it's there! The amount of nickels pulled from most hunts tells me the place was hammered for its silver in the 1970s and 1980s and the nickels were largely left alone. This is good news for the likelihood of finding gold!
12 khz
TX 2
Sens 85
Reactivity 3
Silencer -1
Disc 2.0
Full Tones
Notch 00-35, 98-99
Manual GB 85
Ground Notch 85-90
This place will keep you busy without the second notch (usually set at 58-78 for aluminum trash). It was still difficult to call nickels from pulltabs, nickels from beavertails, and some foil without switching from 4 - 12 khz which does a pretty good job at differentiating trash from nickels but is by no means infallible. It's also time consuming if you only have a set time to hunt! So, in effect - it ALL got dug tonight if it was non-ferrous! Quarter coin-op laundry has been on-site since the 1960s which owes to the "quarter-heavy" hunt - every time!
And every so often this place yields a silver coin, but is more likely to give up more modern jewelry. Got surprised by the sterling pentagram ring, which was nearly a surface hit at "86" in 12 khz. It sounded like any other copper penny retrieved, but I'm trying to learn the "round sound" of a ring. So far what I have learned is that the VDI will lock on almost all rings and wont budge. The French 10 Centimes coin locked on "55" in 12khz and sounded very nice - just a shade different than a regular nickel.
Will have to get back here a couple more times and pull a ring or two - I know it's there! The amount of nickels pulled from most hunts tells me the place was hammered for its silver in the 1970s and 1980s and the nickels were largely left alone. This is good news for the likelihood of finding gold!
I always wondered if anybody used a Deus for a fast and massive clad grab...? It should be awesome for just that right? Those are 'gold targets' you were digging for sure..