Hey guys,
Got permission to hunt one of the original houses built in my town (around 1909). It's been rainy and drizzling here, but I took the DeLeon with 7 inch concentric out for about four hours on Fri. I was hitting tons of modern clad and even a few spills with a few wheat cents. I went back all day Sat and used the 5.75 concentric that Tesoro matched up to my DeLeon. My God I was finding coins everywhere (tons that I missed with the 7. The 5.75 was darn near surgical)! I ended up with 44 pennies (three wheats), nine (9) dimes, five (5) quarters, two (2) nickels, one (1) star and crescent token, and one (1) Puritan Hosiery/ Fitz Overalls token of which I can find little to no information on!
Anyway, I didn't find a single silver! I know they are there! I was finding coins on an average of probably four inches, with some up to seven or eight. I was running on sens at about seven, Discrim on foil, and thresh 3/4. The D runs smooth at these settings, but I know that I must need to go deeper. Besides the obvious turning up the sens and down the Descrim, has anyone that runs the D discovered any little "secrets" for wringing out some more depth? I'm going to try and hit the location for another full day or two and try to find that DEEP silver! I know it's there. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Also, any info on the token would be appreciated as well! Thanks guys!
ohp800max
Got permission to hunt one of the original houses built in my town (around 1909). It's been rainy and drizzling here, but I took the DeLeon with 7 inch concentric out for about four hours on Fri. I was hitting tons of modern clad and even a few spills with a few wheat cents. I went back all day Sat and used the 5.75 concentric that Tesoro matched up to my DeLeon. My God I was finding coins everywhere (tons that I missed with the 7. The 5.75 was darn near surgical)! I ended up with 44 pennies (three wheats), nine (9) dimes, five (5) quarters, two (2) nickels, one (1) star and crescent token, and one (1) Puritan Hosiery/ Fitz Overalls token of which I can find little to no information on!
Anyway, I didn't find a single silver! I know they are there! I was finding coins on an average of probably four inches, with some up to seven or eight. I was running on sens at about seven, Discrim on foil, and thresh 3/4. The D runs smooth at these settings, but I know that I must need to go deeper. Besides the obvious turning up the sens and down the Descrim, has anyone that runs the D discovered any little "secrets" for wringing out some more depth? I'm going to try and hit the location for another full day or two and try to find that DEEP silver! I know it's there. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Also, any info on the token would be appreciated as well! Thanks guys!
ohp800max