ironman200081
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High cumulus clouds were rolling through the area on Tuesday afternoon providing a little break from the 94-degree sun. I grabbed the CTX to feed some detecting addiction and headed to the site of an old school that had burned in the early 20th century. The site is wide open -- no shade, and I would have passed until cooler weather if not for the clouds. When the school burned, they basically let the ruins sit and rot for nearly half a century. Therefore, the ground is littered with nails, rusted iron, and melted metals, not to mention brick and charred wood in the holes. I had previously visited the site with my E-Trac and three different coils, and thought it pretty hunted out.
I chose two hunt modes - Combine and 50 tone CO with a minimal discrimination pattern. My first find was a completely eaten up Indian cent. It was a real bummer too because the date on it is 1871. The soil conditions reduced the coin to little more than a thin brass disc with only the faintest details present.
Next I found three coins in the same area. First was a smooth 1911 Barber dime that was covered in tarnish and stain. I followed it up with a similarly-stained 1924 Mercury dime. Then, two paces away, I hit a no-date Buffalo nickel that had been pitted by the soil conditions. Sigh, I can only guess that the burned wood from the building raised the alkaline content of the soil to the point where it eats/stains coins.
I also recovered part of a harmonica reed, a complete harmonica reed, and several lead seals. All in all, a good hunt and further proof of the ability of the CTX to find what other machines have left behind.
I chose two hunt modes - Combine and 50 tone CO with a minimal discrimination pattern. My first find was a completely eaten up Indian cent. It was a real bummer too because the date on it is 1871. The soil conditions reduced the coin to little more than a thin brass disc with only the faintest details present.
Next I found three coins in the same area. First was a smooth 1911 Barber dime that was covered in tarnish and stain. I followed it up with a similarly-stained 1924 Mercury dime. Then, two paces away, I hit a no-date Buffalo nickel that had been pitted by the soil conditions. Sigh, I can only guess that the burned wood from the building raised the alkaline content of the soil to the point where it eats/stains coins.
I also recovered part of a harmonica reed, a complete harmonica reed, and several lead seals. All in all, a good hunt and further proof of the ability of the CTX to find what other machines have left behind.
