GKMan
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Like last year this winter has so far been pretty mild in the Mid Hudson Valley. I hear we have some cold coming in next week, but until that happens I am going to take advantage of this nice weather. Today I went out to "Ye old Mill' site down the road from me and was awarded with bottle caps, some mischievous aluminum cans that were buried amazingly deep and so they gave off a beautiful signal that disappeared when you lifted the coil off of the ground so it was hard to walk away from in case it was actually a coin.
Even though the area is littered with small pieces of metallic junk of all sorts I decided to go all out and bump my sensitivity to the Max (since I had detected that area before).Right after I did that I heard a questionable signal but in the midst of the junky tones and ID's there was a hint of 12-40's ID and audio pulling through. I dug down and hit two roots close to each other and said forget it, not worth it. I covered the hole and then scanned it again, The signal was still sounding through with that dash of 12-40s coming through. So, I reopen the whole, dig around the roots and hit a rock.. Tried pinpointing with my Uniprobe and OF COURSE what ever this thing is it is right UNDER THE ROCK. I get the Lesche tool under an edge of aforementioned rock and I am able to pry it up a bit into the little area I had to work with between the roots. I get my trusty "Ice Scream scoop" pull out some dirt and catch a glimpse of a coins rounded edge next thing you know out pops the 1812 Large cent, yay ! Shortly thereafter I found a 1957 Silver Roosevelt and a Wheat Cent. The 1812 really is in good shape. The picture does not do it justice.
I love detecting here since there is so much history in that area. The owner is a real gentlemen and I am sure to always thank him for letting me on to his property to detect. The "Ye Old Mill" is of course next to a stream and I spent a lot of hours this past summer detecting with the the CTX in the stream. I am sure there was alot of people driving over the bridge nearby saying "Hey honey! look at that idiot in the stream what is he doing out there?" This past summer was really hot and it was a great way to get in hours and hours of detecting and not break a sweat. I really look forward to summer again.
Even though the area is littered with small pieces of metallic junk of all sorts I decided to go all out and bump my sensitivity to the Max (since I had detected that area before).Right after I did that I heard a questionable signal but in the midst of the junky tones and ID's there was a hint of 12-40's ID and audio pulling through. I dug down and hit two roots close to each other and said forget it, not worth it. I covered the hole and then scanned it again, The signal was still sounding through with that dash of 12-40s coming through. So, I reopen the whole, dig around the roots and hit a rock.. Tried pinpointing with my Uniprobe and OF COURSE what ever this thing is it is right UNDER THE ROCK. I get the Lesche tool under an edge of aforementioned rock and I am able to pry it up a bit into the little area I had to work with between the roots. I get my trusty "Ice Scream scoop" pull out some dirt and catch a glimpse of a coins rounded edge next thing you know out pops the 1812 Large cent, yay ! Shortly thereafter I found a 1957 Silver Roosevelt and a Wheat Cent. The 1812 really is in good shape. The picture does not do it justice.
I love detecting here since there is so much history in that area. The owner is a real gentlemen and I am sure to always thank him for letting me on to his property to detect. The "Ye Old Mill" is of course next to a stream and I spent a lot of hours this past summer detecting with the the CTX in the stream. I am sure there was alot of people driving over the bridge nearby saying "Hey honey! look at that idiot in the stream what is he doing out there?" This past summer was really hot and it was a great way to get in hours and hours of detecting and not break a sweat. I really look forward to summer again.
That is very impressive.