Digdoug
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...and man...did it hurt!! 
No, seriously, I did get the detectors out and was very surprised at the results. Although the finds were meager, I learned something today. It is Brian's cousins house so I took him to play with his cousin while I did a little digging. I had to first carry his wheelchair up a small slope, then up several steps and into the house. The I had to carry Brian (80 lbs) the same route. After regaining my breath (I needed oxygen) and downing a bottle of water I drug out the ole Fisher Coinstrike and commenced to swinging with visions of walking Liberties dancing in my head (no doubt due to the lack of oxygen).
With fresh batteries loaded in the Fisher I was getting all kinds of reports most of which turned out to be false readings. The Fisher is very sensitve and the aluminum siding and overhead power lines were playing havoc with it. Running it at a sensitivity setting of 6 it calmed down some and I managed to pull 5 mems and one dime out of the ground. I had a lot of trouble pinpointing and gave up on two signals because of that. I just replaced the plugs and moved on.
The house was built in the forties (brick foundation, a good sign) and sits in the middle of a 15 acre section of the 150 acre farm. Surely there is silver there....right!! After about an hour of digging I got out Brian's Ace 250. I thought I would test it out by going over the same areas I had just searched with the Coinstrike. The first target read as a dime with the Ace and sure 'nuff out popped a Rosie. I ended up finding 9 more pennies and 2 dimes going over the same area I just searched with the Coinstrike. And pinpointing was spot on, I was really amazed. I quickly recovered 2 pennies in the plugs I replaced earlier. The Ace 250 is one amazing little machine. One thing I did notice was that the depth indicator wasn't real accurate. Twice, pennies read 6 inches down but were only a couple of inches deep. The other thing that really impressed me was how quiet the machine is. I didn't have any of the static in my headphones I had with the Coinstrike and the machines first report of a penny about blew my headphones off...man it was loud. Fortunately, I could turn down the volume on the headset.
To be honest, the Coinstrike is a great machine with a steep learning curve but it has been so long since I've used it, it was like starting all over again. As a relic machine in open fields it is awesome, and super deep, and is normally a dime magnet, but today I was having difficulty adjusting to it.
But the turn on and go simplicity, coupled with it's light weight, makes the Ace 250 my detector of choice for coin shooting. The next time I go to the farm I'll try it in the field to see how it is as a relic machine and get a feel for it's depth.
It felt good to get out even though I struck out...no silver...not even a wheaty!! Maybe next trip!!
No, seriously, I did get the detectors out and was very surprised at the results. Although the finds were meager, I learned something today. It is Brian's cousins house so I took him to play with his cousin while I did a little digging. I had to first carry his wheelchair up a small slope, then up several steps and into the house. The I had to carry Brian (80 lbs) the same route. After regaining my breath (I needed oxygen) and downing a bottle of water I drug out the ole Fisher Coinstrike and commenced to swinging with visions of walking Liberties dancing in my head (no doubt due to the lack of oxygen).
With fresh batteries loaded in the Fisher I was getting all kinds of reports most of which turned out to be false readings. The Fisher is very sensitve and the aluminum siding and overhead power lines were playing havoc with it. Running it at a sensitivity setting of 6 it calmed down some and I managed to pull 5 mems and one dime out of the ground. I had a lot of trouble pinpointing and gave up on two signals because of that. I just replaced the plugs and moved on.
The house was built in the forties (brick foundation, a good sign) and sits in the middle of a 15 acre section of the 150 acre farm. Surely there is silver there....right!! After about an hour of digging I got out Brian's Ace 250. I thought I would test it out by going over the same areas I had just searched with the Coinstrike. The first target read as a dime with the Ace and sure 'nuff out popped a Rosie. I ended up finding 9 more pennies and 2 dimes going over the same area I just searched with the Coinstrike. And pinpointing was spot on, I was really amazed. I quickly recovered 2 pennies in the plugs I replaced earlier. The Ace 250 is one amazing little machine. One thing I did notice was that the depth indicator wasn't real accurate. Twice, pennies read 6 inches down but were only a couple of inches deep. The other thing that really impressed me was how quiet the machine is. I didn't have any of the static in my headphones I had with the Coinstrike and the machines first report of a penny about blew my headphones off...man it was loud. Fortunately, I could turn down the volume on the headset.
To be honest, the Coinstrike is a great machine with a steep learning curve but it has been so long since I've used it, it was like starting all over again. As a relic machine in open fields it is awesome, and super deep, and is normally a dime magnet, but today I was having difficulty adjusting to it.
But the turn on and go simplicity, coupled with it's light weight, makes the Ace 250 my detector of choice for coin shooting. The next time I go to the farm I'll try it in the field to see how it is as a relic machine and get a feel for it's depth.
It felt good to get out even though I struck out...no silver...not even a wheaty!! Maybe next trip!!
! I'm sure it was good for Brian to spend time with his cousin and his house! So glad you did find some coins and when you get used to detecting again you will start finding the silver and there has to be some but maybe deeper than the clads! The ACE 250 has my ears perked up and I might just try to get it for Cliff to us while I am detecting with my XLT and then if we decide to go to the club's fall hunt, we may just pay our dues and go.......but depends on how we do with the house!
All those little odds and ends of getting things finished is boring! 
We will keep at it, although slowly, until it is done! 
