cz70 in an iron laden yard...

[Silverbackbob]

I took my cz70 to an old yard that I've hunted with a bunch of different detectors over the last 10-15 years. Town was founded in 1866 and this house dates to 1890-1900. Hardly any grass, just scruffy ground cover or bare dirt. When you swing your coil, you get multiple iron hits in every swing. Using the 5 inch coil(skunked with the 8 incher) I managed a 1946D Rosie, and a well worn 1913D wheatie in the front and side yard. First silver I've ever gotten here, best finds had been some V nickels and cool whatzits a few years back.
Since digging is easy, should I be digging all the iron signals to see if they are masking stuff underneath?? Or run my shadow x2 at just under nickel disc and dig everything?? I love my cz for most hunting, but need help in using it in this heavy iron. Thanks and HH. Bob.

 

[christopher-ohio]

I always used the 8 incher since the 5 was just too tedious for me to hunt with. I lived in an 1894 house for about 10 years and had a whole block of neighbors with similar houses that I hunted with the CZ-70 that were full of iron...and did very well. I learned to slow down, carefully overlap my sweeps and dig anything above iron plus investigate any high tone targets carefully plus hunt from multiple directions. Hunting when it was drier reduced the iron halo and improved target separation/finds...there's no way I was gonna dig all the low iron signals for hopes of finding something else...better to only dig any that give a repeatable high tone from some directions since it could be a coin like I have found many times...it can be hard for the CZ-70 to resolve a target to a specific tone/icon in that stuff but it can be done since I did it for years. I would also not hunt with a sensitivity over 4 and most importantly not discriminate out anything-hunt wide open and hear it all...happy hunting! Chris

 

[Silverbackbob]

I had the 70 set up. Sensitivity on 4, Volume on 5, all targets detected. It got to be thrilling to hear ANYTHING other than the low tone grunt. Even tab readings got my hopes up. It's a low rent apt house now so there are lots of tabs from people sitting on the porch and throwing them out in the yard. Also, lots of bits of lawnmower chewed aluminum can slaw. Aluminum sounds harsh on a cz so I'm getting better at calling what it is before I dig it.
I can't help but think that all the iron is masking good stuff under it though???? Bob.

 

[cometguy]

Hey Bob, just for fun pick a 4 foot or three foot square on the yard and start to dig everything. Do this when your patience and enthusiasm are both high. I sometimes us golf tees to put my points in so I can see the area. You are probably right that there are goodies hiding underneath that stuff. Maybe pick your best guess area for older stuff to try. If you hit a home run, go wild and start marking and digging them all in other places. Good luck. I love a good CZ 70 story.

Don
HH

 

[christopher-ohio]

n/t

 

[silverfinder]

Here's my first real outing with my new to me CZ70pro. Found a 1917 half on edge and a buffalo nickel and some wheaties to boot then in the bottom of the hole next to an iron ring was this 41 quarter plenty of iron and roots in this old yard. I think the 70 will work once I learn its vocabulary
Ray