CTX at a WW1 dump

[Dan(NM)]

I took the CTX to a WW1 training camp site, the dump area with the 5x10 coil on Monday. I wasn't able to find anything outstanding but I did manage a few relics from the past. The first find was the ring, why it was in the shape it was has me baffled, it rang up as nickle. The buckles and the buttons are the usual stuff we find there, there is an overwhelming amount of iron debris and the Minelabs run in a near constant null. I was able to find a single wheaty, last time the site was hunted it yielded some barbers and a V nickle. I was running combined tones, fast on, deep off with ground coin on. These settings seemed to hit best on nonferrous targets. It took me about an hour or more to dial in the settings and get comfortable with the CTX in all the freaking trash. If someone can suggest other setting that handle iron, I'm all ears.

 

[Champ Ferguson]

I hunted a similar site in the Florida panhandle where they practiced beach landings for D Day. My experience was similar to your except that I didn't find any old coins and I was using a Safari at the time. Lots of small kit attachment pieces and even some radio accessories. Man if they lost that much stuff at practice on a tame beach.....

 

[Dan(NM)]

The main camp is spread out over 2000 acres, up 30,000 guys were here between 1917-1919 There has been a boatload of stuff taken out of here over the years and it's still giving it up.

I hunted a similar site in the Florida panhandle where they practiced beach landings for D Day. My experience was similar to your except that I didn't find any old coins and I was using a Safari at the time. Lots of small kit attachment pieces and even some radio accessories. Man if they lost that much stuff at practice on a tame beach.....

 

[sprchng]

35 combined tones makes all the difference in the world and allows you to run nearly open screen or block some of the iron if you wish.