First hunt with the Sovereign

[fwcrawford]

I finally got out for a hunt with the Sovereign today and got together with my buddy to an old home site.
This site has been hunted a number of times and has yielded some old coins including an 1810 large cent I found a couple of years ago, so I figured it would be a good spot to play around with the Sovereign figuring if I could come up with a decent find, I would get some confidence in this detector and my ability to learn how to use it.
I didn't hunt too long before I found a 1907 indian head cent.
This is the first one that has been found at this site so far and surprisingly it was only about 2" deep.
I don't know how it was missed in previous hunts... maybe this Sovereign saw what other detectors couldn't .
I also found a 1916 wheat penny about 4" down in a nearby yard we tried later.
I think once I get comfortable with the controls, I am going to make some nice finds and the two coins found today, although they weren't deep, gave me confidence in this machine.
I sure was happy to find a 103 year old coin the first time out with this new detector!!
Thanks for looking,
Felix

 

[dfxone]

Congratulations Felix, I can see you are hooked into a great hobby. The sovereign is a great detector. GH, Don

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Felix,nice start and good luck. HH Ron

 

[Guzz1]

Great job Feix The Sov is a killer machine your gona love it ,,, Guzz

 

[Critterhunter]

Great job. That indian looks in pretty good shape. Did you clean it and how?

I bet there was iron or other trash in the hole or at least very near that indian and the iron mask ON feature (which I think works the best on a Sovereign) unmasked that coin for you. Did you check the spot afterwards to see if anything else was there or if the threshold would null (iron)?

 

[gear box]

Nice way to start Felix. You're going to like the Sovereign.
Good hunting Gary

 

[fwcrawford]

Man,
thanks for the comments... makes me feel welcome on this forum.
I still may have many questions on this beast of a detector
and hope to one day master it.. or at least find a nice deep keeper every now and then.
Thanks again,
Felix