Scully...Second Outing with Tejon

[Wesley]

This is my second posting with my New Tejon. Like my last post a few days ago, I am a Civil War Relic Hunter from Southeast Virginia and I use a Minelab,White's and now the Tejon.

I tried to use your input today Scully, but I do not think I succeeded to well. All the noises sounded the same. I used the foil and tab modes on disc and alt disc and set the VCO at three o'clock.

I hunted a cotton field across from two churchs that date back to the Rev War and has documented troop encampments all along the feilds that I hunted...Rev War, War of 1812 and Civil War. I am very very close to the James River. These fields have produced some VERY nice finds over the years for me and our little relic hunting crew.

I found only one nice find and that was a flat button with "Rich and Orange" markings, too bad but I expected more. I dug more trash than I have dug in years. Not having my display screens and every sound sounding the same, unless it was right on top of ground, just kills me. I just can not get used to the sound, I miss the Tone ID I guess?

The good news is the MXT, my friend, only found two indian head pennies and a badly shaped eagle button today. This was only a hour and half hunt before sunset. Still the silver lining is the weight! It felt great swinging the Tejon, but I will take a bum shoulder and my other machines to find some real goodies like days past.

My grade for today is a C- as I am learning and did dig some deep trash, 7"-9". It is a sound issue for me right now. Scully, anymore advice will be welcomed with open arms!

Happy Hunting everyone!

 

[Mike(NC)]

Are you positive that your Tejon is being beat in depth by your buddies machines? Have you guys compared signals before digging targets? I'm not a Tejon user, but used to be hooked by meters and multiple tones many years ago. Try some comparisons between signals before digging the targets. Maybe your coil just has not gone over a deep target yet. Good luck diggin'

 

[Tony from Tidewater]

Wesley: Please check you PM

 

[Scully]

If you are ground balancing slightly positive, and running your Sensitivity as high as you can without it chirping, they you are running it correctly. Tone at the 3:00 o'clock position will allow you to hear a sharpness or s "snap" on larger iron targets, but you must have good quality headphones to the subtle audio differences.

It sounds like your buddy in this case, was not beating you so it may be that the targets just were not there. Give it some more time. You will be able to tell the difference between good targets and iron, if you have good phones. And yes, it would be good if you compare target signals with your buddies. There will come a time when you will hear things that they dont. Give it more time and get a few more sites under your belt.
Scully

 

[Robby41]

Ditto. Wes, I must agree with Mike/NC, since you're finding trash
pretty deep, ya' gotta know that your Tejon is performing well. So
that means simply that your search area is devoid of good targets.
Return to the research room and seek out those more productive sites!
The Tejon is an incredible unit and will serve you well, but ya'
gotta go where the good stuff is hiding. When you find that right
place, the Tejon will do the rest!
Good Luck & HH!
..Robby