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Seated Dime-Difficult Conditions

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I hunted my local county fairgrounds Monday and I decided to take the ID Excel because of the trash. This place is by far the trashy place that I hunt. Silver is hard to find here because of the trash and cinders that seem to cover the entire area. It seems that where ever you dig, you hit these cinders about four or five inches down. Last year, I had some success with a Coinstrike here, but the 3d and DFX had trouble. What a good test for the ID excel. I run 0 disc, sens at 8 and listen for the tones. The first thing I noticed was the chirping so I turned the sens to 6 and it was somewhat better, but not perfect. I ended up with the sens at 4 and hunting slow. I was at the oldest area of the grounds and was digging loads of clad. These cinders were bad, so bad that my vibra probe was sounding off on everything. It was totally useless. I got a high tone that was surrounded by low tones and I had a good feeling that it was silver. I scannned so slow that I could get a low tone and three or four inches away I could get a high tone and as I continued, I would get another low tone. The target pinpointed at 45 and I started digging through the cinders and limestone. I was a foot off a driveway and I could hardly get through the stone. I started scooping the cinders out by hand and at six or seven inches I found a crusty silver dime. It was black from the cinders and I really couldn't tell if it was a Barber, Mercury, or Seated. I got it home and cleaned it with dishsoap and a soft toothbrush. After soaking it for an hour, the brush got the crust off and it turned out to be a 1890 seated. Last fall, I found a 1900 Barber quarter in the exact same conditions with the Coinstrike. I really do believe that the Excel is a BARGAIN. I am now seeing them for under 300.00 used. I really think that Bill Ladd was right; it will hunt with the big boys! R.L.Johnson
 
Hi RL,

Nice find.. the Excel sure does handle some difficult conditions very well. Gotta get me another one. I'm curious, what was the ID on the dime in those conditions?

Thanks and HH Tom
 
& your exactly right. I see them for $300 or less & think about getting a couple more! I still think it's the best bang for the buck out there. I said a few posts back that I find myself grabbing the Excel more & more because of it's lightweight & trash ability. Also it seemingly deals with round iron & hot rocks better than the C$. Look at the picture of me with Gary Storm...I'm holding ID-Excel #002. I still wonder if the flame decals have mislead some folks into thinking it's more of a beginner or child's unit? :shrug If so, they are surely missing out :unsure
 
Tom, I was paying attention to the high tone more than the numbers, but as I recall, the numbers were 27 to 29 and they stayed there. I am by no means an expert with this detector, but there is one quirk that a person who goes by the vdi numbers should realize. I have found ten or twelve deep( 6 to 8 inches) wheat pennies that would high tone from most directions, but the numbers would read 18 or 19 until I opened the hole up, where they would jump to the low 20,s. What I started doing when I saw this happening was pinpoint the target and see if it was deeper than 5 inches. I hate to admit this, but I will not dig shallow zinc numbers. It seems that the zinc pennies that are down to about 4 inches will read in the 18 range. I don't think this is a good practice because I have dug many Indian Heads that read exactly like a zinc. I guess this is a decision that the site that you are hunting will influence whether to dig or not. R.L.
 
RL,

Thanks, Don't blame you on passing up the zincs. I hunt mostly older sites and dig it all the last couple IH's with the C$ initally hit around 17-18 in ground too. What impressed me with the Excel last fall was its excellent trash handling and ease of use. Its a smooth ride if you will. I am going to have another one on the way shortly.

HH Tom
 
WTG RL, CONGRATUALTIONS on a GREAT FIND, especially in all that trash/cinders!!! I have yet to find my first seated, but in all fairness, I have not been dirt detecting for that long of period!! As for zinc signals, I stopped digging zincs in one old city park, because of all the trash, and the zincs in this park can run an easy 4-6 inches. After (4) hunts in that particular park, I stopped digging zincs also, and don't know anyone of (2) other detectorists, that have found an IH either!! HH
 
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