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Coin & Treasure Mode vs Prospecting Mode

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TomB

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Last Christmas I received the X-Terra-70 as a gift. During the past year I have used the X-70 almost exclusively in the Coin & Treasure Mode and have been quite successful. I have read several post where other owners use the X-70 in the Prospecting Mode while relic hunting. Today I decided to give it a try. The Cloyd Mountain Battle field is located not from from my residence and I have recovered 70 bullets from that area over the past year, all in the Coin & Treasure mode. Today I used the X-70 with the 10.5 DD 7.5KHz coil, Auto Noise Cancel and Auto Ground Balance and sensitivity set at 30. The Target ID stability was turned on and the Tracking feature on. I then placed the X-70 in the prospecting mode. I was hunting a 50' area that I felt that I had recovered all the bullets. I received a number of beeps indicating metal When this happened I reverted to the Coin & Treasure mode, set at all metal. The reading that I got was quite faint. As I crisscrossed the TID I noticed that the Target ID numbers changed. The highest number being a 32. I dug the TID and recovered a .58 cal bullet at about 10". This same process occurred three more times and I recovered three additional bullets. All bullets were in the 10" to 11" range. I'm convinced, after this experiment, that the prospect mode does penetrate deeper than the coin and treasure mode.

TomB
 
Nice work Tom, thank you for a very informative post.:thumbup:

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BarnacleBill
 
Wow you found a good spot!! Yes it IS deeper, you are right! You did not mention using Iron Mask in the Prospecting Mode to control(weed out) trash in that area??

All 4 bullets were in the 10" to 11" range with the Prospecting Mode BUT you did not say at what depth the 70 bullets were found in the Coin & Treasure Mode previously?? Thank you.

P.S. I am far from any Civil War area but I have seen others find them as well and I am curious, what does one of those black powder bullets $ell for on the market?? (Yes I know the true treasure of finding treasure is not monetary. Collecting, an outing, hobby, excercise, fellowship, etc.)
 
David...I didn't think about Iron Mask...not real sure how to use it anyway lol.

Most all of the bullets I have found in the Coin and Treasure mode where in the 6" to 9" range.

Depending on the bullet type. The .58 cal three ringer can bring around $5.00 buck. The Confederate two ringers bring about $12.00 bucks.
Tom
 
The Prospecting mode is deeper then an Coin/ Treasure modes or patterns. If hunting sandy soil or avg. soil You might wish hunt in All/Metal mode, with same settings. The only thing bad about hunting in Prospecting mode you most hunt slow, if just hunting around to finds relics or locate good area, it takes long time. One you find area that producing relic you can switch Prospecting mode. If your in camp load with iron it noisy. Personal hunting my area which is good soil with 10.5DD 7.5 coil. I can easily finds relics over 12+ deep on bullets, other relics. Try go back with same setting in All/ Metal mode you will be surprised at the depth is very close or equal to Prospevtion mode Chuck
 
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