Hi all!! I am new here, Just ordered and got today a new CX hunter with the big "treasure hound" coils.
Here is the story and why we just ordered the dectector.....
In the early 1900's a young boy named Cecil lived on his fathers farm. They had a 8-16 Mogul Kerosene tractor to till their land, and it worked good for a while. Something kept repeatedly breaking on the engine and Cecils father eventually had enough and had young Cecil and a hire hand bury the tractor in a sand hill just where it sat when it broke down. Cecil lived on the 120 acres for the rest of his life until he reached the age of 89. My father would go over to his small 10x16 ft house in the late 80's in the woods to check on him and help him with firewood about every couple days. I remember Cecil when I was a young boy as a short-white haired old gentleman, very kind, but scary to me when I was so young. When he passed on, My uncle who bought the 120 acres from Cecil gave the original tractor manual to me and told me the story. My father had also heard old Cecil talk about burying his fathers old tractor in a sand hill.
Right now I have the location of the tractor narrowed down to about 5-8 acres. There are some red pines in the area on rolling sand hills. My question to you all would be, Do you think there would be much left of the tractor after all these years? We think it may have been buried in the 1930's as the tractor was made somewhere between 1915-1919.
I was wondering if anyone had any tips on looking for large metal objects? Any advise would be great for a first time user! Thank you! Don
Here is the story and why we just ordered the dectector.....
In the early 1900's a young boy named Cecil lived on his fathers farm. They had a 8-16 Mogul Kerosene tractor to till their land, and it worked good for a while. Something kept repeatedly breaking on the engine and Cecils father eventually had enough and had young Cecil and a hire hand bury the tractor in a sand hill just where it sat when it broke down. Cecil lived on the 120 acres for the rest of his life until he reached the age of 89. My father would go over to his small 10x16 ft house in the late 80's in the woods to check on him and help him with firewood about every couple days. I remember Cecil when I was a young boy as a short-white haired old gentleman, very kind, but scary to me when I was so young. When he passed on, My uncle who bought the 120 acres from Cecil gave the original tractor manual to me and told me the story. My father had also heard old Cecil talk about burying his fathers old tractor in a sand hill.
Right now I have the location of the tractor narrowed down to about 5-8 acres. There are some red pines in the area on rolling sand hills. My question to you all would be, Do you think there would be much left of the tractor after all these years? We think it may have been buried in the 1930's as the tractor was made somewhere between 1915-1919.
I was wondering if anyone had any tips on looking for large metal objects? Any advise would be great for a first time user! Thank you! Don
