old burnt down house sites help

[pettit]

so what does a guy do on burnt up house sites i hear that detectors act funny where buildings burn down what is the truth in this and what machine would be best for this thanks for your help

 

[grouser]

I dunno abut acting "funny" just because it was burned down,,, I think it's more like acting overloaded by all the metal trash in the area. Nails, melted metal wiring, any other melted metal objects in the house. I'd say your in for a big job but people tend to have a lot of valuables in the house that could be recovered with patience,,, HH

 

[BusDigger]

Depends on the site and how it was treated after the fire. Did the home set in what is now crop field? Was the rubble buried? Was it scraped, hauled-off, and filled?

Smitty

 

[fowlercharles]

If it is a recent burn you will probably do as good by just "eyeballing" the debris and digging through it with a "tater rake".Most all the goodies will be destroyed or suffer some type of heat stain or melting, but you would be surprised at how some things come through a fire with little or even no damage. I found a hand full of WW1 War metals and foreign coins in a new burn site and they were only smoked up and stained. Cleaned up pretty nicely and I gave them back to the Lady of the house.Older sites where the timbers and ashes have settled and even grown over, and all the nails have hunkered down to form a carpet , can best be worked with an old 100khz detector. Also one of the best for this would be a Tesoro Compadre, The Silver you have would be good also, & the Tejon with the 5.75 would be worth a try, but a 100 would beat them all where that many naisl are involved. HH, Charlie

 

[pettit]

thanks for the info this house has been down ans buried for many years

 

[amcjavelin]

work with the smallest coil available you'l have to run disc level pretty high unless you can tolerate alot of trash noise and work it slow and try to dig the signals that really stand out, got to have alot of patience searching these places!

 

[downeaster]

I agree with Fowlercharles concerning the old 100khz machines. I have a Compass Judge that I've used for years at these sites and it does a great job. The 100khz frequency does not see small iron such as nails. This is different than discriminating them out as discriminating can mask nearby targets. The 100khz frequency is fast enough that a signal does not build up on small iron and the detector is unaware of its presence but will still detect a desirable target mixed in with them.This is an oversimplified explanation, but they do work well at old house sites. If you want more info, PM me.

 

[dixiedigger57]

good luck on site! I am trying a historical district site that was a controlled burn house. confederate family house that fell into ruin. a general's uniform come from the last family member before it was razed due to neglect, and occupant forced into asst living. they burned the house and just crushed the remains, bricks and all into the lot. to make it worse, there was a package store next door to help out with the aluminum deposits by winos. screw caps mainly. it is a nightmare. even for small coil amigo. the edges of lot , on the walls, is where the winos deposited the aluminum. going to try again, but its almost useless. the well in the back years ago produced some goodies for a friend, but the lot would need to be scraped deep and hard, and hope something went below trash. still, with a tesoro, there is always hope!