Empty Hole

[tcp]

I am not much of a writer but I enjoy most of the stories about detecting. I decided to share something that happened to me in the hope that it might encourage others to tell about unusual detecting experiences.
I only had my 3030 for six months and was still having trouble finding the target after digging the hole. I had dug a few deep holes only to fill them in when I could not find the target with either the detector or the pinpointer. I am very neat when detecting in local parks and always put the plug and dirt on a place mat. One cold day in late fall the detector was jumping around 12-43 between seven and eight so I dug as usual putting all the soil on the mat. I eventually lost the signal so I filled the hole back in. Detecting the same park about a week later I was detecting over the same spot, I saw a Merc lying on top of a small clump of dirt about two feet from the original hole. I have no idea how that happened since I am so careful with the dirt. I am sure others have better stories so please share, besides it is winter and there is not much going on in north.

 

[Jason in Enid]

I have had that happen. Once lost a target while digging. Days later hunted the spot again and found a merc in a small clump of dirt that had obviously been stuck to my digger and then fell off.

 

[rsarge1]

yeah that happens a lot usually it's when the coin sticks to the shovel or diggers and falls off outside the hole LOL been there done that

 

[ironsight]

Yeah, happened to me a few times.
The two i can remember, the coin was embeded in the sticky muddy soil on the shovel and the other was a weird one explained in this old thread:

http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,2026076,2026616

 

[trojdor]

I've had a couple now where the mud/coin got stuck to my rubber coated glove while scooping out the hole, and seemed to disappear completely until I either saw it, or it fell off the glove.


mike

 

[Dighistory]

Kinda close... I dug a Liberty dime (Merc) one day and during my hunt found two more on top of the ground in the same area. That is until I discovered the hole in my pouch. Too funny but hey that dime got me excited three different times

 

[glenn3-88]

It happens to all of us. The 3030 don't lie. I had one the last time I was out that I thought was
a dud. Filled it in, scanned on around the hole telling myself the detector lied when I got a high
strong hit, same numbers at "0" depth. Under the coil was a wet, mud covered dime.

 

[Agseeker]

Good story tcp. I don't know if anyone else has had this happen: I was hunting a park and had two other detectorists come up to me to see how I was doing. In the process of talking with them they told me that one of the neighbors told them that he had found a mercury dime laying on top of the ground next to a tree which they pointed out to me. They didn't say if they went and detected around the tree or not, but I suspect they didn't. After they left I went and detected around the tree and found a mercury and silver Roosevelt dimes. I guess they thought the neighbor was just pulling their leg.

 

[trojdor]

Good story tcp. I don't know if anyone else has had this happen: I was hunting a park and had two other detectorists come up to me to see how I was doing. In the process of talking with them they told me that one of the neighbors told them that he had found a mercury dime laying on top of the ground next to a tree which they pointed out to me. They didn't say if they went and detected around the tree or not, but I suspect they didn't. After they left I went and detected around the tree and found a mercury and silver Roosevelt dimes. I guess they thought the neighbor was just pulling their leg.

No, I haven't! The closest I can get to that story is when hunting an old county horse-race track, I'd stopped to eat a PBJ whilst sitting on the fence railing.
Right next to me was the old wooden post, and I could swear I saw a circular pattern in the considerable dust. Just for grins, I ran the detector across it, and beep!
Perfect condition merc sitting under a quarter inch of dust and debris. All those years forgotten and ignored...sitting right on top of the fence post.


mike

 

[PMonday]

Several times while recovering a deep target I've rescanned with my ctx only to get no signal. Pulled out my pipointer and behold the target is right there. Not sure why this has happened but only guess that it's similar to air test. CtTX doesn't do well with air compared with actual buried target?? I've learned to trust the initial signal, if it indicates a target its there. This is my real world experience.


Your results may vary


TN