Found in one hole

[Davethejunky]

Bought a new car this weekend and decided to do a little detecting with the Racer on the way back to town. Went to a park that has been pounded to death over the years but still coughs one up now and then.

The first thing out of the hole was the wire, then the half about 8-9 inches down then the chunk of iron. I was getting a funny sound from the wire (VDI 18 ) with a trailing high tone (VDI 91) sometimes read as --. All that told me was DIG MAN, DIG!
The half (1854-O) was in the side of the hole about an inch above the iron. Really learning this Racer. Borrowing the OOR coil from RickND this weekend to see how that handles the trash. I learned there was an entire city block of houses torn out just north of the park in the 40's. I rememberd what I read in Clive's book on coil control and it looks like it worked. Only other coin found was a 1939 nickel.

I did find a square tab that was a high tone with no VDI. I got my plug out and no response from my Pro Pointer so I went a little further and saw the tab in the side of the hole, I called for my wife to bring my tape measure over and I measured 12 and a half inches. I was using 80 gain and 10 ID filter on all finds in 3 tone and stock coil.

 

[Altamaha]

Great find Dave, congrats!

 

[gmanlight]

WOW great find

 

[Davethejunky]

Thanks, that's the third one I found in 35 years. the other 2 are 1844, and 1875. They look so good with all the dirt on them.

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[Davethejunky]

Thanks.

 

[Ytcoinshooter]

Congrats! Those big seated beauties are tough to find (Uknow!). Nice going and thanks for the detail of how the targets were orientated. My Racer arrived late yesterday, it's going to be an interesting relationship. I got some nasty places to take it.
HH - Bruce

 

[3RINGER]

NICE! WTG

 

[bigtim1973]

Man thanks for sharing. This kind of find gets the juices flowing!! HH Tim!

 

[Davethejunky]

It does. I found an 1857-O Half Dime today about 10 inches, sounded good but no numbers. Will post pic tomorrow with other finds for the weekend.

 

[Ytcoinshooter]

1/2 dime at about @10"....you do know how that sounds? Honestly, I'm not trying to put you on the defensive but what kind of soil or sand do you have? I got only 4 hours time in on the Racer yesterday on some expansive private property, farm fields and an orchard, made a nice find too. I also worked with it a bit over my test plot when it arrived late Friday. I am compiling my observations to post and must get more field time with it.
HH !

It does. I found an 1857-O Half Dime today about 10 inches, sounded good but no numbers. Will post pic tomorrow with other finds for the weekend.

 

[Davethejunky]

1/2 dime at about @10"....you do know how that sounds? Honestly, I'm not trying to put you on the defensive but what kind of soil or sand do you have? I got only 4 hours time in on the Racer yesterday on some expansive private property, farm fields and an orchard, made a nice find too. I also worked with it a bit over my test plot when it arrived late Friday. I am compiling my observations to post and must get more field time with it.
HH !

It does. I found an 1857-O Half Dime today about 10 inches, sounded good but no numbers. Will post pic tomorrow with other finds for the weekend.

We have great, very loamy soil with low readings on the mineral scale. There have been many coins found at greater depths than that. No, I'm not on the defensive at all, I know what I saw and the guy I was detecting with saw it too. Shortly after I got a medal about the size of a half dollar deeper than that.

 

[Ytcoinshooter]

Thanks for the info. In my soil only large coins are found at those depths. I'm looking forward to seeing how the Racer does in my turf and I plan on taking it to the shore. It would be different to have a single frequency detector with any punch in the wet salt.
HH !

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Very nice, you never get tired of digging seateds! I like how the front even has what appears to be a rust stain at 10 o'clock

hh,
Brian

 

[Davethejunky]

Thanks for the info. In my soil only large coins are found at those depths. I'm looking forward to seeing how the Racer does in my turf and I plan on taking it to the shore. It would be different to have a single frequency detector with any punch in the wet salt.
HH !

I was detecting next to an Explorer in a trashy park yesterday. I was using the OOR coil and was able to get faint hits in deep stuss the Explorer was getting. One of those targets was a 1915 Canadian fish scale, don't know how deep it was because I didn't dig it, I think he said it was 6 or 8 inches deep but i'm not positive.

 

[Ytcoinshooter]

Thanks for the info. In my soil only large coins are found at those depths. I'm looking forward to seeing how the Racer does in my turf and I plan on taking it to the shore. It would be different to have a single frequency detector with any punch in the wet salt.
HH !

I was detecting next to an Explorer in a trashy park yesterday. I was using the OOR coil and was able to get faint hits in deep stuss the Explorer was getting. One of those targets was a 1915 Canadian fish scale, don't know how deep it was because I didn't dig it, I think he said it was 6 or 8 inches deep but i'm not positive.

Wow, that is impressive. What part of the country are you in?
I'm headed out to my backyard with the little OOR now to see if it can hit on my 6" quarter and a 4" cent. I'm hoping it at least gets the cent.
Thanks!

 

[Davethejunky]

I live on the border of North Dakota and Minnesota in Moorhead Minnesota. I'm sure you will get both coins with the OOR. I had the stock coil on in this park to start and switched to the smaller one and what a difference. There were so many more signals because the separation is so good. Got one signal at a time and not 3 or 4, it was amazing. One of the guys there was using his new Racer but is still getting used to it, and is digging deeper and deeper targets all the time as he learns the sounds. He said that he is still on the fence between the Racer and his E-trac.

 

[cjc]

Superb find, Dave. It's amazing what this detector will do when you learn to listen to these mixed responses.
cjc
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[Davethejunky]

Superb find, Dave. It's amazing what this detector will do when you learn to listen to these mixed responses.
cjc
clivesgoldpage.com

I totally agree Clive, I'm not saying the Racer is the best detector out there but holds it's own to a $1500 detector.

 

[Ytcoinshooter]

I was able to get both coins easy with the OOR in my test plot. I spent a couple hours in a really trashy picnic grove that saw its peak from 1939 into the late 60's. Some areas had too much leaf - too thick leaf cover to work effectively. There is so much surface trash too in the form of rusting beer cans, litter and bottles to kick aside. I did get into a couple spots that I was able to get the coil closer to scrub the ground. I picked out a few cents, one wheat and no silver there. I've used coils that size before but coupled with the quick response & recovery isolating targets was a snap. Later I moved to another place that was busy around the same time but without having the heavy leaf cover and I lasered a few coins with the little puck. I put the standard coil back on because I know the silver can be deep. As I was having my doubts about the Racer I got a no visual high tone that indicated possible high conductor in TT and All metal. It was a silver dime at 6". I'll tell you not many targets were pinpointing more than 3". Other similar seemingly high conductor signals turned out to be nails, foil and even tabs that all read 85 without any raggedness in the tone. Out of the ground they ID where they should - bunch of foil 55, tabs about 60 and nails way low. I was making notes today, especially about the lack of target resolution of in ground targets and how they read as expected once uncovered. I'm quite familiar with skewed VDI's and what can cause them but this was not a good trend for anyone who coinshoots or cherry picks. There were trash targets that read high that by the ragged edge of the tone I knew were junk when digging. I have a lot more to say but I'm waiting until I get much more time on the Racer. I'm looking to prove my time is productive using it, I'm keeping my objectivity as I must get more time on it. At least I have the luxury of giving it time and effort. I need to clean out my pouch and count up the coins and make some notes.
HH-Bruce