Merc streak continues!

[CZconnoisseur]

Got out to a new-to-me area of the fairgrounds last night and hunted for about 3 hours. Recently jimtn has had some success at this part with a few Barber dimes and a 2-cent piece, so naturally I had to give it a go with the Deus. It started off kind of slow, as it usually does here, but after about an hour I was able to find a shallow Wheat cent. Meandered to one section and started getting a few faint high-toned signals, some with VDI and some without - but I will dig them all most of the time!

Mixed in with an "old coin patch" were a few of these small aluminum "punch outs" that had a great tone to them especially with 3-5" of dirt on top! When I found a 6" deep Wheat in the same vicinity as some of these slugs, I decided to slow down and concentrate. I was running a fairly open program as follows:

12 khz
TX = 1
Sens = 88
Reactivity = 2
Silencer = -1
Disc 2.0
Full Tones
Notch 00-35, 98-99
GB = 85 Manual


Got the first Merc in a 5" deep hole, and it sounded pretty much like a regular silver dime. Ten feet away out came a nice 1905 Indian cent at around 4" deep. Lowering Reactivity to 2 helped some of those 6" and deeper targets stable up and were easier to pinpoint - I feel sometimes I miss deeper targets with Reactivity = 3...but for the most part there's not much audio difference between the two settings. With Reactivity at 2, I have to swing slightly slower to light up the deeper targets; and can tone-hunt those deeper targets MUCH easier. Had an adjacent 4 khz program that I switched to for those non-VDI hits, and dug all targets that had a drop in pitch when going to 4 khz from 12 khz. Deepest coin last night was the second Merc at 8" deep dated 1924. It didn't give a VDI but upon checking it with 4 khz the pitch dropped somewhat - to me it sounded like a deep Wheat (no subtle silver smoothness for this one!) Wheats were dated 1937 D, 1941, 1944, (3) 1945, 1951

All of the older coins came from a smallish area and were all 4" or deeper. Trash was manageable and not as thick as some other fairgrounds locations. Have been looking for a new hotspot there for a LONG time, and I'm sure there will be more to come from that spot from myself and others! This section is plenty large enough to keep 4 or 5 serious detectorists busy for weeks, and it's "night-huntable"! Can't wait to get back there!

 

[Okierick]

Nice haul. Fairground hunting is a dream.

 

[BerntOut]

Nice collection of Al punch outs...what are they from? You are a master of the Deus!

 

[Cladiator (OR)]

Good work CZ! Thanks for the pictures and story. Keep them coming.

 

[mudpuppy]

Nice Mercs! I havnt found a milled penny in a while, generally a guy gets a few each year...
Mud

 

[beepsilver]

Wow CZ! Those punch outs reveal some serious dedication in a severely trashy and well-hunted fairgrounds! Love that you were able to sniff out some mercs in that environment--you and the Deus are compatico!

Nice program too~

 

[tabman]

Keep the silver streak going! There's plenty of old silver coins at the ole Memphis Fairgrounds. If it weren't for all the trash you'd have to have a wheelbarrow to roll away all the silver coins finds in a single hunt. That Deus sure is clicking for you. Way to go! I have a fantastic wheat penny and clad coin streak going for the last couple of hunts. LOL At least I know that I'm swinging my coil where silver coins can be found. Finding wheat pennies keeps me spurred on.

tabman

 

[jim tn]

Good job on the Merc's and I H. That's one of those spots where you can dig a Memorial cent at 7" and a Barber dime at 2. I'm sure you stay alert out there at night, but do be careful. Tough area! HH jim tn