On Sat. I was babysitting the 9 yr. old boy who was in the SunRay coil pics.
His attention span is a little short for detecting, although we did try some dirt piles with his Bounty 3300 he got from "buttonDigger" Tex, The original Button daddy
Nearby was a place where we have found some plant fossils & the little guy wanted to check that out. Again, attention span didn't last more than a 1/2 hour, but enough time to split open a big rock to find a it loaded with ferns & other plants!
We were both excited...
[attachment 38489 Fossils2.jpg]
Then Sunday afternoon it was my day to swing the coil.
I used he T2 again as I'm working on 2 things...all metal mode, & another disc setting I got from NASA Tom.
I skipped around one of my sites & found pretty much nothing but 20-30's tones (iron). Then finally an 88 locked in. I hoped coin, & sure enough a beat up copper came out. Cool.
I decided to try the disc setting for thick iron, & ventured along the square nail loaded house foundation. Even with the big coil I began to get solid signals sneak in around the chatter...
a mid rang signal I figured to be a button was alot better....
A 1799 Silver Spanish 1/2 reale!
[attachment 38490 TeaH-Reale1.jpg]
I can't recall one since the Edge field testing....glad to see it for sure. Also nice, as some folks doubt higher frequency units can't find silver. Well, I hit this & a tiny 3 center with the T2 so far, & Scott-Me hit 2 of these Reales recently as well on his pounded field. The sensitivity of the T2 seems to compensate well to all tiny items.
Here's the 2 coins right out of the soil...
[attachment 38498 TeaHcoins1.jpg]
As I admired the Reale, my cell phone rang & it was Bill Henderson. I told him what I was holding, & then I asked if he wanted to join me. I wanted to try another field where I'd just got a new permission on. He said, Yes, & I drove aways to meet him & his twin "cover boys"....
We hunted the spot for awhile, & saw black glass...great sign. We began to get a Colonial musketball here & there....
Then Bill stuck something solid & called me over.....
As soon as I saw this...I knew what he had.
[attachment 38491 BillHcannon1.jpg]
He was digging around his first cannonball! His turn to be pumped
Even though we only hunted for a few hours total we had a weekend we'll all never forget for various reasons.
We were glad we were able to capture much of it with pictures.
Here's the rest of the finds.
[attachment 38494 BillHbattleFinds.jpg]
Musketballs, iron strap buckle, shoe buckle pins....Colonial goodies & a great weekend all around
Thanks for looking,
Bill
His attention span is a little short for detecting, although we did try some dirt piles with his Bounty 3300 he got from "buttonDigger" Tex, The original Button daddy
Nearby was a place where we have found some plant fossils & the little guy wanted to check that out. Again, attention span didn't last more than a 1/2 hour, but enough time to split open a big rock to find a it loaded with ferns & other plants!
We were both excited...[attachment 38489 Fossils2.jpg]
Then Sunday afternoon it was my day to swing the coil.
I used he T2 again as I'm working on 2 things...all metal mode, & another disc setting I got from NASA Tom.
I skipped around one of my sites & found pretty much nothing but 20-30's tones (iron). Then finally an 88 locked in. I hoped coin, & sure enough a beat up copper came out. Cool.
I decided to try the disc setting for thick iron, & ventured along the square nail loaded house foundation. Even with the big coil I began to get solid signals sneak in around the chatter...
a mid rang signal I figured to be a button was alot better....
A 1799 Silver Spanish 1/2 reale!
[attachment 38490 TeaH-Reale1.jpg]
I can't recall one since the Edge field testing....glad to see it for sure. Also nice, as some folks doubt higher frequency units can't find silver. Well, I hit this & a tiny 3 center with the T2 so far, & Scott-Me hit 2 of these Reales recently as well on his pounded field. The sensitivity of the T2 seems to compensate well to all tiny items.
Here's the 2 coins right out of the soil...
[attachment 38498 TeaHcoins1.jpg]
As I admired the Reale, my cell phone rang & it was Bill Henderson. I told him what I was holding, & then I asked if he wanted to join me. I wanted to try another field where I'd just got a new permission on. He said, Yes, & I drove aways to meet him & his twin "cover boys"....
We hunted the spot for awhile, & saw black glass...great sign. We began to get a Colonial musketball here & there....
Then Bill stuck something solid & called me over.....
As soon as I saw this...I knew what he had.
[attachment 38491 BillHcannon1.jpg]
He was digging around his first cannonball! His turn to be pumped
Even though we only hunted for a few hours total we had a weekend we'll all never forget for various reasons.
We were glad we were able to capture much of it with pictures.
Here's the rest of the finds.
[attachment 38494 BillHbattleFinds.jpg]
Musketballs, iron strap buckle, shoe buckle pins....Colonial goodies & a great weekend all around
Thanks for looking,
Bill
Congratulations to you all! 
