Finally something other than foil and penny's with the F5

[Mezrein]

Finally found something with the F5 other than foil and penny's and other trash. Was really starting to get discouraged that I wouldnt find much with this detector, guess it shows that I really just need to keep trying. Although, I almost didn't go for this signal because it was bouncing around between foil, tab, dime, and quater. Sounded fairly solid, but the VDI wouldnt lock on a signal number. 925 in the bag, and fairly pretty to boot. Now only if I can find areas where the ground isnt either concrete or mud pie....

 

[Mike Hillis]

Very nice.

Something to remember, round targets are more apt to be stable as far as TID numbers are concerned. The less round the item, the less likely they will be stable. Also, the larger the range of TID numbers that are available, the less likely you will get a single number for an object as site environment starts to act upon them. Pinpoint the item, then sweep it with the sweet spot of the coil and interpret the results.

Great Find!

HH
Mike

 

[osgood]

That is sweet and artistic looking, nice find! Be in the right place at the right time. I have been in parks and at sites where any detector would of found old coins- the better detectors find more of course. So I dont think the F5 was cursed or anything. Dont know how long youve been at it, but give it a year, and not just at tot lots, try (with permission of course) old homes and estates., old churches, cellar holes, old fair grounds etc and you will find old coins and significant artifacts. Good Luck, Good Hunting. CO

 

[Mezrein]

I doubt I'll ever get a chance to try old homes in my area. People around here generally have one thought on their mind when someone wants to do something in their yard.. And thats, "Is this person trying to figure out how to break into my house?" I would like to try some old churches, this find was in a church community center, which is open to the public with twin tot lots, a large soccer field (unhuntable due to ground being hard as rock), twin baseball fields, and a volleyball court with sand, which is where I found the cross. By far my biggest problem is the ground composition. For whatever reason, our soil once dry, becomes extremely hard. Grass still grows in it, but its so tightly packed that digging with anything less than a hydraulic backhoe is near impossible. I've been detecting for about a year, only have about 15 hours on this detector though. I've been tempting myself to create some sort of plug drilling tool, say a 6in diameter cylinder with teeth on it and a handle near the top that I can use to twist around and drill my plugs out, think thats about the only other way I might be able to get targets from this solid ground...

 

[TerraDigger]

Very nice find....as others have said........quite attractive.

 

[osgood]

Im sure someone on the forum knows turf. There are I believe certain species designed for very heavy traffic at parks. I have run into those types that are almost impossible to dig, I actually usually wont dig a place like that, it is too hard on my hands, etc. Good Luck, CO

 

[crusher28]

Here in
Virginia I need a pick axe and a back hoe to get threw the clay.

 

[Mezrein]

That's the sad part, this isn't even clay, its soil, its just soil that has had all its nutrients ripped out of it which has turned it into crap soil. Like osgood said, I think they're using a heavy traffic turf style grass, so they don't need to fertilize or really even maintain the grass..

 

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[Big Boys Hobbies]

That's really nice. My wife would try to take that from me if I found it! Lol