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Hi,
Went on my first coin hunt of the year... the snow is still patchy here in Anchorage but more ground than snow now. I went to an old park that has been heavily detected over the years.
I had the little Shooter DD coil on, and was running in relic mode with the disc set at 2, which is just enough to separate out the iron. I kept the trigger in the middle so as to hear the iron. Lots of noise as there is lots of trash at this site, but I wanted to hear what was in the ground.
I worked slow and started pulling up some coins. Got an 80 that pinpointed at 5 inches, so cut a plug. My pinpointer finds a large, very rusted nail in the bottom of the hole. Hmm, seems like the kind of trick my CZ-5 might pull!
So I rolled the plug into the hole and swept again. Still that high reading, but now a bit to one side of the hole. I cut a chunk off the side, and out pops a 1961 Roosevelt, my first silver of the year. Not real old, but nice to see silver on the first hunt.
The good news about it not being very old is I put a pretty good nick in one edge. When I went to pinpoint, the MXT drew into the nail next to the dime. So I was off-center and nicked the coin.
The whole reason I tell the story is that I was very impressed with the MXT pulling in that dime next to that large rusty nail. I have no doubt it was why the dime was still there, as others have most likely passed over it but masking hid the dime. The MXT is very good at revealing good items in close quarters with iron, and the small coil also helped separate the targets, of course.
I hate nicking coins... the nail was not the only thing rusty today. Sure nice to get out detecting again!
Steve Herschbach
Went on my first coin hunt of the year... the snow is still patchy here in Anchorage but more ground than snow now. I went to an old park that has been heavily detected over the years.
I had the little Shooter DD coil on, and was running in relic mode with the disc set at 2, which is just enough to separate out the iron. I kept the trigger in the middle so as to hear the iron. Lots of noise as there is lots of trash at this site, but I wanted to hear what was in the ground.
I worked slow and started pulling up some coins. Got an 80 that pinpointed at 5 inches, so cut a plug. My pinpointer finds a large, very rusted nail in the bottom of the hole. Hmm, seems like the kind of trick my CZ-5 might pull!
So I rolled the plug into the hole and swept again. Still that high reading, but now a bit to one side of the hole. I cut a chunk off the side, and out pops a 1961 Roosevelt, my first silver of the year. Not real old, but nice to see silver on the first hunt.
The good news about it not being very old is I put a pretty good nick in one edge. When I went to pinpoint, the MXT drew into the nail next to the dime. So I was off-center and nicked the coin.
The whole reason I tell the story is that I was very impressed with the MXT pulling in that dime next to that large rusty nail. I have no doubt it was why the dime was still there, as others have most likely passed over it but masking hid the dime. The MXT is very good at revealing good items in close quarters with iron, and the small coil also helped separate the targets, of course.
I hate nicking coins... the nail was not the only thing rusty today. Sure nice to get out detecting again!
Steve Herschbach
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