Finding what we were looking for

[Ytcoinshooter]

Been having a great week finding good stuff. One site is a 200 year old picnic grove that has given up 13 coppers. I found the coppers using mixed mode stereo, 5 band pass, disc 94 all met 76 gain 8 and running lock track with the 12 x 10" SEF. My friend who lives nearby the site is hammering it with his M6. He has 9 coppers to show for it. My first time there I pulled out the Fugio and Connecticut copper with my V3i. I found an 1813 Classic Head large cent and some nice flat buttons the next day with another detector. Today's trip netted me a musket ball.
My stepson (seems odd for me referring to a 31 year old corrections officer as "son") found the CT Muttonhead variety. He's pretty new to detecting and seems to really enjoy it and has patience. In the surrounding area we dug a variety of stuff not pictured and not as cool. Misc brass items, harness buckles and a few older Boy Scout neckerchief slides.

going to apply some Verdi-Care to his Muttonhead tomorrow, I did my CT copper. These coppers looks like they weren't the usual victims of fertilizer.
We tried digging out some iron today and it is a test of body and patience! I think we did a good job at this site. All the finds we made when viewed together are impressive. I saved a big chunk of thick black glass probably from a rum bottle. I love these kind of places and we were lucky to stumble upon it.
HH-Bruce

 

[burlbark]

Awesome!!!!

What kinda depth where you finding these at? And where they mixed signals (iron infested)?

I hope you find some old gold or silver.

 

[Rob (IL)]

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[Ytcoinshooter]

Awesome!!!!

What kinda depth where you finding these at? And where they mixed signals (iron infested)?

I hope you find some old gold or silver.

Thank you!
The depth was consistently about 6" to 8" on good targets. One copper was nearly vertical in orientation and another was tilted not horizontal. The SEF gives a clear signal on vertical coins, I've found many clad oriented tht way. These all were near iron but easy to distinguish as coin signals. In this instance I cant say mixed mode stereo alone helped distinguish these signals, I believe it was the narrow detection field of the coil. The stock 2D should have been as good. None of mine had iron laying on top, I know iron was next to each, it was everywhere. The MMS was great at alerting me to the presence of all the nearby ferrous stuff. Coverage of the SEF enabled me to locate this area of "old junk" in a huge site that was over 100 acres but the old grove only occupied one small corner way off the areas used for planting. I actually just looked around at the topgraphy and features after 2+ hours of nothing thinking "what would be an place to gather frequently?". I got a hunch pointed to a far away corner and called to my friends on the radio that we should try it. The SEF made short work of determining it was used frequently waaay back. It helps to be finding lots of ocean clam shells on most digs 20 miles inland. Large part of colonists diet here was what could be brought up river from Long Island Sound. We also had luck on our side.
HH-Bruce

 

[cypearl]

Excellent finds, congratulations.

 

[nolanation]

Are you digging the old Diller picnic grove?