First off, thank you all very much for those who helped me out with questions about the SEF 10X12...., especially Mike at Woodland Detectors where I bought my etrac. Just didn't have a good relationship with the 10X12 for whatever reason (felt bulky and heavy), sent it back and bought a used SEF 8X6 from RayMo and absolutely love it. Between that coil, the stock, and the Excellerator 6" I feel I am all set. I enjoy the scalpel-like prowess of the smaller coils and just have more fun with them.
Anyway, researched and found a very small park (1 acre) that has been around for 150 yrs or so in a little town... certainly looked promising. To make a long story short, in a couple hours I found one wheat cent ('25), and 7 nickels, 3 of which were Buffalos (1915,20,38D). The wheat was at the usual depth and next to a piece of iron junk. The Buffalos, however, were in a slightly diffrenent area of the park, and were all quite close to the surface, maybe 2 inches down. First Buffs I have found where you could read the dates.
This was a strange hunt, with all the nickels and only one other coin. I thought that perhaps others have worked this area with a detector that was not good at distinguishing nickels from tabs/foil etc., but there was a complete absence of any pulltabs. Its the kind of park that was probably more popular 100 yrs ago then it is now, but it was very unusual for me to find so many nickels and nothing else. There was quite a bit of iron in some spots and nulling was an issue, so while I am not a TTF master by any stretch I am going to give it a shot.
Thanks for my rambling, just wondered if anyone else has experienced this scenario.
Joe
Anyway, researched and found a very small park (1 acre) that has been around for 150 yrs or so in a little town... certainly looked promising. To make a long story short, in a couple hours I found one wheat cent ('25), and 7 nickels, 3 of which were Buffalos (1915,20,38D). The wheat was at the usual depth and next to a piece of iron junk. The Buffalos, however, were in a slightly diffrenent area of the park, and were all quite close to the surface, maybe 2 inches down. First Buffs I have found where you could read the dates.
This was a strange hunt, with all the nickels and only one other coin. I thought that perhaps others have worked this area with a detector that was not good at distinguishing nickels from tabs/foil etc., but there was a complete absence of any pulltabs. Its the kind of park that was probably more popular 100 yrs ago then it is now, but it was very unusual for me to find so many nickels and nothing else. There was quite a bit of iron in some spots and nulling was an issue, so while I am not a TTF master by any stretch I am going to give it a shot.
Thanks for my rambling, just wondered if anyone else has experienced this scenario.
Joe
