Iron mask un-covers again plus buttons from cellar hole

[JimmyCT]

Went to an old carnival site that has been pounded over the years but last night, the grounds coughed up two wheat cents 1951 & 1948 along with the iron that hid them. The pennies came out of two seperate holes. I know they are not spectacular finds, but they where overlooked by other detectorists. On both coins, I received a nice strong 180 back and forth ( with the wiggle) and on the 90 degree turn broke up and displayed negative numbers (-345 -500 etc) I have trouble pinpointing these multiple signals, but it is heart pounding excitement. I am learning that if I get a good coin signal, and nulls out on the turn, Most likely it is going to be something good. ( hopefully)

Iron mask does its job and does it well. I feel this is a great advancement in metal detectors. The area where I found the 1822 large cent was hit with two other detectors that I know of. (non-minelab) The area is small enough to completely cover in an hour or so and was. obviously neither of the other detectors never even gave a hint or blimp. Do they have their purpose? of course they do. I am confident in saying the minelab detectors with iron mask feature makes old sites "new" again. Of course many coins have been "cherry picked" out of certain areas however, I am finding with the GT that these worked out sites are still coughing up coins. In one park that has been "beaten to death" Three Mercury dimes, 1 rosy, one Indian Head cent and 31 wheat cents thus far have come out of the park this year. This is not including all the clad that has been coughed up throughout all the sites I have visited. Approx 1/3 was with my old detector, the rest was found with the GT. That is a lot of exercise lol.

Yesterday, I found two old buttons from an 1800's cellar / foundation.

All in all - I am becoming well pleased with the Sovereign GT. After all, it comes down to the operator knowing the machine, not the other way around lol

Thanks to many of you here on this forum, I am becoming better with the GT. Like I mentioned in another post, (paraphrasing) Had there not been this forum and all you wonderful folk to help out, I would of quit even before I started lol but true. I use to have the mentality of the turn-on-and-go swing swing swing like a mad man, beep, beep, beep and dig, dig, dig. Now, it has changed to turn-on-and-go, listen listen and listen then turn 90 and listen a little bit more, than dig.

Thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed my finds, information and friendship in a hobby we all love.

 

[bootyhoundpa]

there are places i hunt that my whites 5900 does not like the soil but the gt will sound off sound off on flat buttons like crazy.... these are targets most of which would have been missed if not for the gt.............gt is very very good on flat buttons and large cents.....

 

[fwcrawford]

Hey Jim,
Looks like you are doing well with the Sovereign and starting to get some confidence in it.
That detector as you are finding out now will make your " hunted out " sites come alive again just I have read and learned myself with this detector and some time spent in the field.
I can make out some lettering on the flat button and I believe it spells "ORANGE" and refers to the type of gilting on the button.
It looks like it may have been silver plated at one time by what I can see around the loop.
Nice finds and congradulations,
Felix

 

[JimmyCT]

I provided some closer pics of the back of the button. looks like your right on the name.



I can make out some lettering on the flat button and I believe it spells "ORANGE" and refers to the type of gilting on the button.

 

[GunnarMN]

Good to see you punding out coins,

 

[JimmyCT]

Thanks Gunnar,

I have a feeling you will be doing the same on this farm you are hitting. Good luck and keep us posted.

Good to see you punding out coins,

 

[w6pea]

Amazing...you have a few good finds there congrats!

 

[Critterhunter]

Great finds, and another advocate of iron mask I see.

 

[JimmyCT]

After narrowing it down, and before I purchased my first minelab product ever - Sovereign GT, I was on this board as well as performing searches out on the internet researching the detector. You (Critterhunter) and RickND come mainly to mind as I read many of your posts of how much you were "in love" with the GT and its iron mask. lol just a little joking here. In all seriousness, I couldn't understand this iron mask and understand how a detector could see a valuable object next ot iron. I was thinking to myself, " what a bunch of bunk" I was also thinking, "these guys swear by this technology though, there must be something more to it" However things were not "clicking" yet in my grey matter while I was out in the field. ( I suppose it took this time in the field first, then coming on findmall to read the posts, for me it really helped ) Then fwcrawford makes a post about these two barber dimes he found next to iron

.http://www.findmall.com/read.php?21,1475718,1475910#msg-1475910

Then all of a sudden it "clicked' lol This was the eye opener and at that point I wondered how many coins I didn't dig up with the GT with this type of signal structure.


Then fast forward to me finding the large cent as I was standing over and hearing the super high pitch sound and 180 on my meter, then turning and receiving a null, Felix's article came back to me and I said, to myself, self, " this is what Felix was just talking about in his post" The rest is history and I now have a much better understanding. However, I am still in infant minelab diapers lol What really opened my eyes is the fact that the area (where large cent was found) was thoroughly covered by two other detectors previous to me hitting it with the GT. Then I understood Iron Mask and how it can uncover what conventional detectors sweep over and miss out on.

Yes, I am a strong advocate of the IRON MASK feature on Minelab detectors. If you don't have it, think about what you non-minelab guys are leaving behind for those of us that have it

Happy Hunting

Great finds, and another advocate of iron mask I see.