dfmike
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I went out again despite the fact that rain was in the forecast. I knew the temps were going to drop the next day.
The Equinox did not disappoint. I found my third ever Rosie, another bluenose silver dime and a very worn silver quarter with an invisible date but it's a King George the fifth so it can't be more recent than 1936. The Roosevelt dime was hidden under 3 inches of fresh wood chips and down at least 3-4 inches in the dirt below. In this area, all the ash trees have been cut down last year because of the Emerald ash borer. It makes it tough to detect because precious depth is lost in several inches of wood chip cover. The Equinox seems to do quite well despite this.
I also found a rusty bottle opener which is ironic because as I've mentioned several times before, this place is loaded with bottle caps everywhere. The 2 keys are standard fare and I don't know what the other object is... a gold gilded cuff link perhaps ? The base metal seems to be brass. Appart from those finds, I dug up a dozen pennies from the 30's on up. After 3 hours there, the rain started pouring and back home I went. The cold has now set in and with night lows of 14 degrees, the ground will be hard as a rock within a few days. Despite being a newbie with this detector, I have enjoyed using it very much and looking forward to get back at it in 2022. HH everyone !
Settings used: Park 1, gain at 23, 5 tones, recovery speed 3. The Equinox ground balanced at 6. The small 6" coil was used again.
The Equinox did not disappoint. I found my third ever Rosie, another bluenose silver dime and a very worn silver quarter with an invisible date but it's a King George the fifth so it can't be more recent than 1936. The Roosevelt dime was hidden under 3 inches of fresh wood chips and down at least 3-4 inches in the dirt below. In this area, all the ash trees have been cut down last year because of the Emerald ash borer. It makes it tough to detect because precious depth is lost in several inches of wood chip cover. The Equinox seems to do quite well despite this.
I also found a rusty bottle opener which is ironic because as I've mentioned several times before, this place is loaded with bottle caps everywhere. The 2 keys are standard fare and I don't know what the other object is... a gold gilded cuff link perhaps ? The base metal seems to be brass. Appart from those finds, I dug up a dozen pennies from the 30's on up. After 3 hours there, the rain started pouring and back home I went. The cold has now set in and with night lows of 14 degrees, the ground will be hard as a rock within a few days. Despite being a newbie with this detector, I have enjoyed using it very much and looking forward to get back at it in 2022. HH everyone !
Settings used: Park 1, gain at 23, 5 tones, recovery speed 3. The Equinox ground balanced at 6. The small 6" coil was used again.
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