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Today I invited Dad and my uncle to come hunt the rental house that was so productive a couple nights back - and still managed to pull a decent pile of clad and Wheats from it. Now that I could see what I was doing as opposed to nighttime hunting, I rechecked some areas using Reactivity = 4 and Silencer = 0 and was able to find a LOT of coins that were masked by lower reactivity settings on the first couple of hunts.
Dad brought his CZ-6 and immediately found a 1957 nickel - and he was to brag about that for less than two minutes when I found 3 Wheats in the same hole, followed by a 1943 D Merc. We spent about 3 hours as it got warmer and more humid, but both the back and front yards were shaded pretty well with a nice summery breeze blowing. I stuck to the high-traffic areas in Reactivity = 4 while they stayed in the more open and cleaner areas of the yard.
I will say that the CZ-6 ignores bottlecaps MUCH BETTER than the Deus - I got some really nice sounding mid-and-high 80s VDI targets and asked Dad to scan them with the Fisher...no response whatsoever from that machine. He did, however, dig a couple deep rusty bolts and iron whatsits that the Deus totally ignored - I guess no machine is perfect and they all have their quirks!
Once we got through the backyard we made our way to the front sidewalk and steps, Dad started hunting the area next to the stoop and found a 1940 and 1950 Wheats in the same hole! That CZ-6 is great in the trash, and I came in behind him just as an experiment and was able to pluck a clad quarter and a couple zincolns that the Fisher couldn't quite make out. Most zincolns I've run across register from "55-62" in 4 kHz, and most of the time I dig them since it's entirely possible that an Indian head cent could be lurking somewhere on the property, which dates back to 1950. There were a few Indians still in circulation at that time, much like there are still a few Wheats floating around nowadays, and I don't want to miss the opportunity to bag one of those! Came real close today to doing just that with a beautiful 1911 Wheat...it was only 2" deep and hit at "56".
Forgot to mention the sterling silver "ARIES" brooch the other night - found this on the short hunt the night the guy crashed into the yard. Research shows that from 1928-1970 an Italian designer named Cini made these zodiac brooches, which peaked in popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. It's about 10grams and is wider than a silver dollar. I remember it registering as "86" in 4 kHz but I almost didn't dig it thinking it was a can or something - VDI was a little high for that, however, so it came up anyway. Glad I did!
While hunting today the next door neighbor got curious and I showed her what we were doing - and managed to secure permission to hunt her yard! So the network continues - only have about a month left in this house before we move to a newer (boring from a MDing standpoint, but much safer) section of the city.
Dad brought his CZ-6 and immediately found a 1957 nickel - and he was to brag about that for less than two minutes when I found 3 Wheats in the same hole, followed by a 1943 D Merc. We spent about 3 hours as it got warmer and more humid, but both the back and front yards were shaded pretty well with a nice summery breeze blowing. I stuck to the high-traffic areas in Reactivity = 4 while they stayed in the more open and cleaner areas of the yard.
I will say that the CZ-6 ignores bottlecaps MUCH BETTER than the Deus - I got some really nice sounding mid-and-high 80s VDI targets and asked Dad to scan them with the Fisher...no response whatsoever from that machine. He did, however, dig a couple deep rusty bolts and iron whatsits that the Deus totally ignored - I guess no machine is perfect and they all have their quirks!
Once we got through the backyard we made our way to the front sidewalk and steps, Dad started hunting the area next to the stoop and found a 1940 and 1950 Wheats in the same hole! That CZ-6 is great in the trash, and I came in behind him just as an experiment and was able to pluck a clad quarter and a couple zincolns that the Fisher couldn't quite make out. Most zincolns I've run across register from "55-62" in 4 kHz, and most of the time I dig them since it's entirely possible that an Indian head cent could be lurking somewhere on the property, which dates back to 1950. There were a few Indians still in circulation at that time, much like there are still a few Wheats floating around nowadays, and I don't want to miss the opportunity to bag one of those! Came real close today to doing just that with a beautiful 1911 Wheat...it was only 2" deep and hit at "56".
Forgot to mention the sterling silver "ARIES" brooch the other night - found this on the short hunt the night the guy crashed into the yard. Research shows that from 1928-1970 an Italian designer named Cini made these zodiac brooches, which peaked in popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. It's about 10grams and is wider than a silver dollar. I remember it registering as "86" in 4 kHz but I almost didn't dig it thinking it was a can or something - VDI was a little high for that, however, so it came up anyway. Glad I did!
While hunting today the next door neighbor got curious and I showed her what we were doing - and managed to secure permission to hunt her yard! So the network continues - only have about a month left in this house before we move to a newer (boring from a MDing standpoint, but much safer) section of the city.
