SEF back in place...Scores a King!

[Neil in West Jersey]

After about a month of using the D2, I decided I still like my SEF 12"x10" much more. It is much quieter at high gains and easier to GB. I guess it is possible that my D2 is just faulty, but I have had it for two years so there is not much I can do at this point.

Anyway, I finally got back to the overgrown field I hit over the summer. At that time I could only detect the pathways because of the thick vegetation. It is still overgrown, so I bushwhacked swinging the coil between high wild grasses and young trees. It was not easy! In the past I dug a bunch of buttons and a few older coins (a Barber dime, a Large Cent). I have been saying to my buddies that there had to be Spanish Silver there and I was correct! I got a good signal at 6 inches that was just a bit low for a Wheatie with a VDI of 60. I was still thinking it was going to be a penny until I saw the silvery edge in the dirt pile. What an awesome surprise! It's my best coin find in quite some time!

 

[Aurium]

thats an awesome find !!

 

[nw1886]

Ya Baby! I wish that that stuff would show up around here................. Good for you and may that area yield more.

 

[Willie3960]

Nice find neil.today is my first hunt with v3i going to a old field hope to have good results.

 

[earthmansurfer]

Nice to see those finds of yours Neil. Nice old silver. You keep my hope up as lately the finds have been few for me (2 coins in 2 trips!).

Quick question for you - Do you find the detector balances better with the D2 or the SEF? (Basically which is lighter as the D2 seems heavy for it's size.)

Keep up the good hunts,
Albert

 

[Larry (IL)]

He is a beauty Neil, congratulations. If your D2 is bad I would think White's will still take care of it. Worth the call anyway.

 

[TIM CLARK]

Good find

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

Nice to see those finds of yours Neil. Nice old silver. You keep my hope up as lately the finds have been few for me (2 coins in 2 trips!).

Quick question for you - Do you find the detector balances better with the D2 or the SEF? (Basically which is lighter as the D2 seems heavy for it's size.)

Keep up the good hunts,
Albert

I think they are both about equal. I also have an Excalibur, which is much heavier even with the modified shaft, so the V3i is a pleasure to swing.

He is a beauty Neil, congratulations. If your D2 is bad I would think White's will still take care of it. Worth the call anyway.

Thanks for the advice, Larry! I will give them a call next week.

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

Next trip is gonna require the shooter!

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

He is a beauty Neil, congratulations. If your D2 is bad I would think White's will still take care of it. Worth the call anyway.

You were right Larry! A new D2 is on the way!

 

[Larry (IL)]

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

I used a polish cloth on the coin, being a common coin. It worked out nicely!

 

[nw1886]

Next trip is gonna require the shooter!

If you have the 5.3, see how that works too. It does help me and keeps me from having to re-position my whole upper torso (for a 90% cross check) on hills and in the rough. Another good thing to have set up is a shorty rod with the shooter. I lobbed off 3" (from the standard rod) and have it attached to my Classic III Plus arm-cup shaft assembly. (This works awesome for tight and convoluted project areas like overgrown embankment walls, upended tree root balls etc.) I haven't had to use it since last winter.....brush is dying back here now and a lot of places are opening up.....dang blackberry bushes keep you "out" in the summer. Congats on the D2!