Neil in West Jersey
New member
It seems like this is part III of a series. Part I was a bunch of colonial buttons found in a soccer field Friday night, and Part II was going back yesterday and digging some old coppers and silver in that field and some adjacent fields.
Part III is that I was not going to do any detecting today, but had an hour to kill late this afternoon. An hour is not enough time to hit any of my spots, so I figured I would go to my kids former elementary school and kill some time. I decided to do something that I had never done before with my V3i or with my DFX before that. I used the Coin & Jewelry program!
At first I found it a little frustrating. I was not used to simple tones. I also did not like VCO Off, an easy fix! I turned up the sensitivity just a few notches, but I did not crank it up because I was using a hand trowel and did not feel like digging 10 inch plugs with it! I also changed the Analyze screen to Polar Plot, but I did not even look at it. I think the Sizing screen may be a bit more useful in the C&J program.
I think in a way it was good to use a basic program. It helped me focus on all targets without getting focused on the different tones. I was not expecting any surprises this time, but one of the first targets I dug was a 44 Merc. I have hit this site occasionally over 10 years with only a handful of Wheaties and a few pieces of jewelry, but never old silver before!
The nice ring is 10K gold filled and sterling...an odd combination! The rest is junk, but its still nice to dig some keepers near home!
Part III is that I was not going to do any detecting today, but had an hour to kill late this afternoon. An hour is not enough time to hit any of my spots, so I figured I would go to my kids former elementary school and kill some time. I decided to do something that I had never done before with my V3i or with my DFX before that. I used the Coin & Jewelry program!
At first I found it a little frustrating. I was not used to simple tones. I also did not like VCO Off, an easy fix! I turned up the sensitivity just a few notches, but I did not crank it up because I was using a hand trowel and did not feel like digging 10 inch plugs with it! I also changed the Analyze screen to Polar Plot, but I did not even look at it. I think the Sizing screen may be a bit more useful in the C&J program.
I think in a way it was good to use a basic program. It helped me focus on all targets without getting focused on the different tones. I was not expecting any surprises this time, but one of the first targets I dug was a 44 Merc. I have hit this site occasionally over 10 years with only a handful of Wheaties and a few pieces of jewelry, but never old silver before!
The nice ring is 10K gold filled and sterling...an odd combination! The rest is junk, but its still nice to dig some keepers near home!
