Got out this evening for two hours in my local park again and what a great hunt it turned out to be. I was using the Andy Sabisch coin program and running in manual sensitivity at 27. I hadn't tried running in manual sensitivity cranked high before in this park and I wanted to see if it would make a difference. It definitely did!
My first signal and very first coin of the evening rang up 14-15 and turned out to be a Liberty Head nickel at about 6 inches. A bit on the slick side but still with a legible date of 1897. Funny thing, I had dug another 1897 V nickel just a few days ago at another location in town. My next signal just a few feet down the row rang up 9-10 to 9-11. It was a nice solid signal both ways and at 90 degrees and was 6 inches deep so I dug it. Turned out to be a nice 1934 Buffalo standing completely on it's side. Just a few minutes later I got another signal similar to the Buffalo. It was ringing 9-10 and 9-11 at about 4 inches deep. This time it was a shiny 1944 D war nickel that was also standing on it's side.
I found a couple Memorials after that and then got an interesting signal. This is the type of signal I have been trying to learn and "weed out" since I got the machine a few months ago. I was swinging slow when it rang up a 26-44 at 6 inches but every once in a while I could see a 12-44 12-45 coming through. I turned it 90 degrees and it still gave a good signal. I dug down and soon saw it out of the hole. 1898 Barber dime. Swept the hole afterwards and it was loaded with rusty iron. Definitely a satisfying find. I ended the night with a 1919 Wheatie. I definitely think running the E-Trac at Manual 27 was the reason I was able get some, if not all, of these coins tonight.
My first signal and very first coin of the evening rang up 14-15 and turned out to be a Liberty Head nickel at about 6 inches. A bit on the slick side but still with a legible date of 1897. Funny thing, I had dug another 1897 V nickel just a few days ago at another location in town. My next signal just a few feet down the row rang up 9-10 to 9-11. It was a nice solid signal both ways and at 90 degrees and was 6 inches deep so I dug it. Turned out to be a nice 1934 Buffalo standing completely on it's side. Just a few minutes later I got another signal similar to the Buffalo. It was ringing 9-10 and 9-11 at about 4 inches deep. This time it was a shiny 1944 D war nickel that was also standing on it's side.
I found a couple Memorials after that and then got an interesting signal. This is the type of signal I have been trying to learn and "weed out" since I got the machine a few months ago. I was swinging slow when it rang up a 26-44 at 6 inches but every once in a while I could see a 12-44 12-45 coming through. I turned it 90 degrees and it still gave a good signal. I dug down and soon saw it out of the hole. 1898 Barber dime. Swept the hole afterwards and it was loaded with rusty iron. Definitely a satisfying find. I ended the night with a 1919 Wheatie. I definitely think running the E-Trac at Manual 27 was the reason I was able get some, if not all, of these coins tonight.
