Finds from the weekend:detecting:

[Bill Ladd]

While some sat home to gossip on the forums, I got out Sat. for the day & actually detected @ a couple old cellar holes. I was taking out a newbie to train him with his new ID-Edge, & it was great to see him excited to dig his first old coin.....an 1800's indian head, 1st Colonial button, & some other relics near this cellar hole (on private property with permission).......
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After working with him till he was more comfortable with the tones, & teaching checking signals from different angles- he set off on his own. I got busy with the F75 around a really old stone-ender foundation down the hill & pulled out a handfull of 1700's buttons from all the nails running high 90's sensitivity & disc 6. He came down the trail & dug his first 1700's button right near where I dug 2 & walked away........maybe I trained him too good?
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Working the one foundation hard for the whole afternoon, I popped out 3 copper coins myself. The middle one has really the only good details....an 1861 Nova Scotia Large cent. The first one on the left is a Georgian Copper, but pretty worn down. The cut coin on the right is poor shape, but an interesting remnant of Colonial change making......this is a cut Large cent to make a "half-cent". I like finding these unique conversation pieces.......
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The next photo shows some details on these 3 Colonial buttons, like a sunburst on the big Colonial coat button that's GW. Inaugural sized & had me goin' for a sec., but no chicken hawk to be found The shiny one on bottom right is a tomback coat button.
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Finally, we followed a trail to look for another foundation & came up empty........but not totally empty as we found a small clearing full of wild Blackberries perfectly ripe for the pickin'! We ended up staying for another 1/2 hour eating, & they were GOOD......perfectly juicy with no seeds! We ate so many our fingers turned purple
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Hey, what's better than a nearby site with 2 cellar holes from the 1700's and 1000's of juicy berries??
HH,
Bill

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

Very good finds I wish we had some of that in Calif.

 

[woodwizard]

great finds as usual that old colonial stuff must be a blast to unearth-knowing your the first to see and touch items in centuries-nothing like that old inTx except arrow heads and petrified wood.also that real good of ya helping the new guy -sometimes that all a person needs to learn is someone there to answer question when it matters-reading isn't always the most informitive way to get answer-one may need answer in different words they can understand

 

[wayne_etc]

n/t

 

[John(Tx)]

That would of made an excellent video but enjoyed the pics as well, nice finds. HH

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Very nice finds Bill

A newbie with an ID Edge, that sounds like a dangerous combination I assume hunting around that cellar hole it's a bed of nails, how did you have the Edge setup to hunt ?

hh,
Brian

 

[Bill Ladd]

But, with so much going on keeping my eye on the new guy, etc...... it never left.
My second disc is already pretty much all filmed. Just have to do the ending to 1 episode. But I may have to go back & add that berry patch to an episode to show viewers a little side benefit to New England treasure hunting.
HH,
Bill

 

[Bill Ladd]

I don't like alotta different sounds unless I'm coinshooting or something. This is more relic hunting & 1 tone seems to suit my ears fine.....
I have begun experimenting with 2+ tones alongside that high sensitivity a bit as many folks claim "good" targets jump right out of the iron groans. But, I'm doing well with 1 tone & sometimes if it ain't broke don't fix it.........
HH,
Bill

 

[Bill Ladd]

One thing I have noticed when I take out a beginner for the first time, is that all the sounds they hear confuse them right away. Like with these newer ID units that are nowhere near "silent search" like I grew up on, the newbie wants to dig every single "blip" they hear. Factor that in with + numbers flashing at them makes it doubly confusing. They read the manual & took in what numbers should be "good" targets, but with these new units you get alot of 1 way positives. Like an initial sweep across a square nail shows a +34 on the Edge and the newbie starts digging......Yet, by checking the target further from another angle he gets it to drop down to a -21 for example & you can leave it be. I noticed this as the number 1 thing I was teaching.......how important it is to sweep over things in several directions before making that choice to dig. Also, seeing the difference between a "blip" of something being discriminated, and a louder tone that repeats from most all angles. Thankfully his indian head came early while I was watching, & it "locked" in from all angles @ +18, +17. He saw the difference clearly. We were using sens. 7 & 0 disc (to keep it simple that negatives were junk).
I do alot of different sweeping, especially in iron. Faster sweeps, watching numbers from each angle...if in the woods kicking away as much leaf litter as possible to get the coil down closer to the target. I rarely dig a nail this way with my number ID units, unless its a bent around one.......
HH,
Bill

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Sounds like he got the advanced Edge course, and it paid off

Round'ish bent nails are a pita on any machine

I'm considering going to Corning, NY in October for an annual convention I usually attend, but staying 4-5 extra days to detect around the area. I read their colonial settlements didn't start until the late 1700's, but compared to California that's old, so it would be fun to see if I can find some of these areas to hunt.

hh,
Brian

 

[Bill Ladd]

Ed Fedory wrote alot about them, as do other Upstate NY hunters.......
I'm spoiled that a few of ours are even 1600's.......but 1700's for the most part. But, we have lots with cut stones that are early 1800's-1820 so those right there will be all you'd need to have good bust coins, Reales, & coppers too.....
HH,
Bill