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Got out early this morning to an older rental property that I called about last week, but never heard a a response. I called her again this morning and got started around 7:45. It was already a sticky day - but fortunately the lot I was to hunt first was completely shaded by a couple of large trees at the front corners of the property. Stayed in the shade for the first couple of hours, and then there was no escaping the dreaded sun...
EMI on this side of the street was MUCH better - so I proceeded with 4 khz and the third signal was a deep shade of green 1916 S Wheat ringing in around 60-63 from 6-7" down. Next signal was a whammer, "84-85" with a little sweet tinge - from 4" deep came a nice 1942 D quarter. Then came a Wheat, a Buffalo nickel, and about ten more Wheats concentrated inside a 4' X 8' area - maybe where previous residents held yard sales? I got another quarter signal, but not quite as confident at "82-83"...turned out to be another silver Washington dated 1946. 4 khz was running smoothly and once I made passes through the entire front yard, I switched to 12 khz and rescanned the entire area again - to pick up a deep Jefferson nickel dated 1955 along with a few more Wheats. There were signals that sounded like absolute audio crap but if it repeated in both directions, and on a cross scan, it got dug. Maybe 4-5 Wheats sounded like nickels or pulltabs - and there was a good bit of deep iron present.
One signal in particular that I remember being "off" was on the edge of a large, buried iron-something - and in 4 khz I got a rocksteady "48-49" which was two Wheats in one hole dated 1930, 1941. Rescanning that hole I only got iron - and lots of it...many times this machine will give you enough audio signal stability so the operators can make the dig/pass decision themselves.
Broke for lunch around 1130 and was completely satisfied with a 12khz rescan of that yard producing a few more keepers. I even tried 18khz for a couple of targets and was able to pluck a button and two small brass whatsits that were missed in the other frequencies.
I met Dad at lunch and he was able to hunt with me for about an hour - by this time the sun was a little too intense, and I decided to give it another hour before quitting. Back from lunch we hunted an adjacent property to where we hunted last Monday...this time the grass was cut!!! Got a 1935 Wheat right off the bat next to the sidewalk around 4-5" deep. The EMI was worse than this morning but not as bad as last week - so I used 4khz for this segment...found a soft 72-74 and soon after was looking at a thin 1916 Mercury dime. I turned it over - but no "D"
however the next signal was to be the clincher for the day.
Not far away another "76-77" came through - sounded just like a silver dime...at only 3" down I saw the glint of gold...it seemed a little more yellow than most jewelry and it definitely weighed in hand. Still not quite sure what the markings mean but at 7.4grams she's quite hefty - "76-77" seems a little high for a gold ring in 4 khz
While digging this ring I nicked it pretty rough on one side - and it's nothing but gold luster no different than the undamaged surfaces! Could the "20" mean 20K gold? I guess it's possible but time will tell I guess...Last signal for the day was another odd one, a "50" in 4khz that was fairly solid. At about 4" down out came a fairly well preserved 1900 V nickel - a great end to a hot and sticky, but productive hunt!
GL & HH
EMI on this side of the street was MUCH better - so I proceeded with 4 khz and the third signal was a deep shade of green 1916 S Wheat ringing in around 60-63 from 6-7" down. Next signal was a whammer, "84-85" with a little sweet tinge - from 4" deep came a nice 1942 D quarter. Then came a Wheat, a Buffalo nickel, and about ten more Wheats concentrated inside a 4' X 8' area - maybe where previous residents held yard sales? I got another quarter signal, but not quite as confident at "82-83"...turned out to be another silver Washington dated 1946. 4 khz was running smoothly and once I made passes through the entire front yard, I switched to 12 khz and rescanned the entire area again - to pick up a deep Jefferson nickel dated 1955 along with a few more Wheats. There were signals that sounded like absolute audio crap but if it repeated in both directions, and on a cross scan, it got dug. Maybe 4-5 Wheats sounded like nickels or pulltabs - and there was a good bit of deep iron present.
One signal in particular that I remember being "off" was on the edge of a large, buried iron-something - and in 4 khz I got a rocksteady "48-49" which was two Wheats in one hole dated 1930, 1941. Rescanning that hole I only got iron - and lots of it...many times this machine will give you enough audio signal stability so the operators can make the dig/pass decision themselves.
Broke for lunch around 1130 and was completely satisfied with a 12khz rescan of that yard producing a few more keepers. I even tried 18khz for a couple of targets and was able to pluck a button and two small brass whatsits that were missed in the other frequencies.
I met Dad at lunch and he was able to hunt with me for about an hour - by this time the sun was a little too intense, and I decided to give it another hour before quitting. Back from lunch we hunted an adjacent property to where we hunted last Monday...this time the grass was cut!!! Got a 1935 Wheat right off the bat next to the sidewalk around 4-5" deep. The EMI was worse than this morning but not as bad as last week - so I used 4khz for this segment...found a soft 72-74 and soon after was looking at a thin 1916 Mercury dime. I turned it over - but no "D"
however the next signal was to be the clincher for the day. Not far away another "76-77" came through - sounded just like a silver dime...at only 3" down I saw the glint of gold...it seemed a little more yellow than most jewelry and it definitely weighed in hand. Still not quite sure what the markings mean but at 7.4grams she's quite hefty - "76-77" seems a little high for a gold ring in 4 khz
While digging this ring I nicked it pretty rough on one side - and it's nothing but gold luster no different than the undamaged surfaces! Could the "20" mean 20K gold? I guess it's possible but time will tell I guess...Last signal for the day was another odd one, a "50" in 4khz that was fairly solid. At about 4" down out came a fairly well preserved 1900 V nickel - a great end to a hot and sticky, but productive hunt!
GL & HH
