Hi everyone!
I've been browsing the forum for a couple of weeks now and thought I would let you know that I am brand new this hobby, as of three days ago, and already love it!
I bought a used 6000 XL PRO with the standard coil as well as a Bullseye 5.3 and a 1500. All appeared to be very slightly used, with the two extra coils being NIB. The first two days was fun but today was GREAT. I got to use headphones for the first time and I also tried the manual ground rejection technique - posted in the back half of the manual. This was awesome! I found coins next to digs from the last two days. Let me back up a little. The first day I used the standard 9.5 coil and learned a lot about different signals. I found several pieces of aluminum and some old nails which metered out as silver coins. Day two I decided to put the 5.3 on and go over the same ground. If you look at the picture with everything in it, you will see a piece metal that is shaped like an arrow head and right next to it is an aluminum Shell Coin Game piece. I found them within 2 inches of each other! That was a learning experience. I also found coins right next to finds from yesterday. Today, day three, as I stated, I used the manual ground rejection technique and found coins almost on top of finds from the past two days. Mostly pennies.
I have been out now three times, today included. I live on a farm that dates back to the 1860's and have high hopes of some great finds. My first dig was a piece of aluminum. Two minutes later I dug a 1963 penny at almost 6 inches. I dug what came up as a quarter and very strong signal. It is the square piece of copper next to the fencing nail. Yesterday I found the little point shaped thingy next to the three Shell Coin Game pieces. It was a very strong signal and is aluminum I think. One of the most interesting finds was the rectangle shaped tag. It reads "Postage guaranteed. finder deposit any mail box, disabled american veterans, Cincinnati Ohio 45214". Another interesting find is the silver? clasp next to the .44 caliber bullet. It rang out as a strong silver signal and was only an inch or so down. Last of all is the BB above the disabled veterans tag. I found that this morning with the new settings. It was less than 2 inches down and rang out just below a penny. No silver coins yet but I will keep on trying. Also, I am ignoring most signals lower than that of a dime/penny while digging those that 'sound' better yet still read lower.
I was wondering about finding gold jewelry. I tested several pieces of gold with greatly varying results. I gold really that tough to pin down?
Total count for three days is: 3 Dimes, 21 Pennies, 4 Shell Coin Game pieces, a white marble (don't know why it gives a signal, but it does), several aluminum lids, 1 pull tab, some pop top tabs, and whatever else you can see in the picture..
Yes I know there are no pop top tabs, I refuse to 'bring them to the table', as it were.
By the way, the ground is really, really rocky here and so dry that I may not go back out till we get some rain. South central Indiana
I've been browsing the forum for a couple of weeks now and thought I would let you know that I am brand new this hobby, as of three days ago, and already love it!
I bought a used 6000 XL PRO with the standard coil as well as a Bullseye 5.3 and a 1500. All appeared to be very slightly used, with the two extra coils being NIB. The first two days was fun but today was GREAT. I got to use headphones for the first time and I also tried the manual ground rejection technique - posted in the back half of the manual. This was awesome! I found coins next to digs from the last two days. Let me back up a little. The first day I used the standard 9.5 coil and learned a lot about different signals. I found several pieces of aluminum and some old nails which metered out as silver coins. Day two I decided to put the 5.3 on and go over the same ground. If you look at the picture with everything in it, you will see a piece metal that is shaped like an arrow head and right next to it is an aluminum Shell Coin Game piece. I found them within 2 inches of each other! That was a learning experience. I also found coins right next to finds from yesterday. Today, day three, as I stated, I used the manual ground rejection technique and found coins almost on top of finds from the past two days. Mostly pennies.
I have been out now three times, today included. I live on a farm that dates back to the 1860's and have high hopes of some great finds. My first dig was a piece of aluminum. Two minutes later I dug a 1963 penny at almost 6 inches. I dug what came up as a quarter and very strong signal. It is the square piece of copper next to the fencing nail. Yesterday I found the little point shaped thingy next to the three Shell Coin Game pieces. It was a very strong signal and is aluminum I think. One of the most interesting finds was the rectangle shaped tag. It reads "Postage guaranteed. finder deposit any mail box, disabled american veterans, Cincinnati Ohio 45214". Another interesting find is the silver? clasp next to the .44 caliber bullet. It rang out as a strong silver signal and was only an inch or so down. Last of all is the BB above the disabled veterans tag. I found that this morning with the new settings. It was less than 2 inches down and rang out just below a penny. No silver coins yet but I will keep on trying. Also, I am ignoring most signals lower than that of a dime/penny while digging those that 'sound' better yet still read lower.
I was wondering about finding gold jewelry. I tested several pieces of gold with greatly varying results. I gold really that tough to pin down?
Total count for three days is: 3 Dimes, 21 Pennies, 4 Shell Coin Game pieces, a white marble (don't know why it gives a signal, but it does), several aluminum lids, 1 pull tab, some pop top tabs, and whatever else you can see in the picture..
Yes I know there are no pop top tabs, I refuse to 'bring them to the table', as it were.
By the way, the ground is really, really rocky here and so dry that I may not go back out till we get some rain. South central Indiana