First finds of March!

[CZconnoisseur]

Last night it was in the 60s so I took advantage of this before we get hammered by ice and snow later today and tomorrow...Spent 4 hours total and found loads of trash, but a few keepers surfaced as well. Found the token under a couple inches of concrete - almost didn't go after it after I tinked the concrete with the shovel, however I found an edge and pried it up out of the way without too much effort and was glad I took the time to go after it!!!

After working the aluminum mine for a while, I decided to meander over to the roller coaster area and take my time for the last hour or so. 3 Wheats quickly showed themselves, two were in the hole with a large steel washer each while another was under a 3" long bolt - reactivity of 3 and a slow pace paid off - none of the Wheats were really that deep - maybe 3-4" - but the amount of iron trash made it impossible for other detectors to see those targets. I've found that sometimes coins will ID accurately in one direction, but when you go and sweep perpendicular to the original direction the VDI is different. DIG THOSE TARGETS! Conversely, if a target IDs well in one direction but is silent in another...most times that will be iron. The 4kHz adjacent program won't help too much in this scenario - sometimes I feel like digging even if the VDI isn't dependable - and sometimes it's a keeper

The war nickel IDed at 51 in 8kHz which is usually round pulltab plus beavertail - but it was on the surface so I took the chance on it being gold...but silver for that VDI wasn't too shabby either! This is the second war nickel that did not fall into "nickel" range - another reason why I dig so much trash but don't really mind all that much!

The oddball find last night is apparently a mineral specimen of some type. I've run some tests on it - it's magnetic, scratches glass, has a density of 5.0 - 5.5g/cc and has a dark grey streak on unglazed porcelain. I thought initially it may be slag but it's not rusty. Fool's gold (pyrite) is ruled out because this specimen is magnetic - so the search continues. It's not a native specimen but I believe it may have been a prize or souvenir at the Fair at some point - naturally occurring rocks and minerals are almost non-existent in West Tennessee

 

[DukeOBass]

Nice seeing those finds and thank you for details you give regarding you're experience. I'm a newbie to the Deus and have yet to get out and really hunt with it so I do appreciate the insight.

 

[DukeOBass]

I got out in my yard with the Deus yesterday. I searched a spot I have used an SE, E-trac and CTX over and found a 1946 Wheatie that they all missed. I used your Bad Trash program and played with the reactivity. I have a very old home and the yard is loaded with square nails, strip of iron and other assorted trash. I had no problem hearing the wheat. It gave me a good strong signal.

I was using the 9" coil. I haven't "christened" my 11" yet, although it's charged up / linked with the headphone and machine.

 

[CZconnoisseur]

I seem attracted to the trashiest areas of where I hunt with this program and it continues to light up keepers! Slowing the sweep speed really helps separate targets at Reactivity greater than 2; especially dimes that love to get caught between long nails. This program at least for me doesn't go as deep as others - a dime peters out around 7.5" in good conditions. I've found a few 8-9" deep pennies and dimes under the sidewalk using the "Coinrelic" program. All I did was start with one of Andy's programs and modify it slightly to ground conditions and type of targets sought - the rest is field time. Dig those iffy targets - ones that ID good one direction but in another ID differently. Occasionally coins will sound great in one direction, but be silent in another. When this happens I usually dig the strongest signal first - trash or whatever - then rescan and most of the time if it wasn't iron, the target will be crisper.

Some say that the 11" coil is more refined than the original 9" coil - I started with the large 11 X 13 coil and got used to the way it sounded, then switched to the 11" round coil - The newer coil seems to hit a little deeper than the large one, maybe between 1-2" in ideal conditions (I never hunt in ideal conditions LOL), but the biggest difference I saw between the two was how much more crisp targets sounded in difficult areas. Can't speak to the 9" coil - you'll have to experience it yourself! See if you can "clean out" a section of your yard with the 9" coil and then hit it with the 11" to see if you've missed anything. I did this with the sidewalk strips in front of my house with the larger coil and followed up with the 11" and missed a few, although not many, 7-9" deep coins under the concrete - everything shallower was found!

Glad to see the weather is finally cooperating! I got permission to hunt about 20 rental houses in the neighborhood yesterday so the silver will continue to roll in, almost daily!

 

[Sleepyjim]

CZ are you using "coinrelic" or another program?

Jim

 

[CZconnoisseur]

For the rental houses I've been using coinrelic for the most part but when I get closer to the front and back doors of these houses I will sometimes switch over to the "badtrash" program. Depending on the amount of clipped signals I get dictates the need to change programs.

 

[jspeedy]

It's good to see that someone is getting some detecting done on this Deus zone. The etrac guys are way ahead of us...