silver, wheats, clad, fishing lure etc @ iron park

[JimmyCT]

Today I ventured out to "iron" null out park. I first hit right near the parking lot and found many clad pennies. No shortage of these things that is for sure lol I then walked up the hill to "iron" field and proceeded to make my way across as the other day I found three wheat cents from the 50's near the tree border. About 15 feet from the border I hit a nice sweet high tone / 180. I dug down around 5 inches to find a nice silver 1963 Roosevelt dime. (dimeman strikes again) lol Then about 3 feet away I found a wheat cent. So I just "huddled" along this border near the woods and pulled out several more wheat cents
1929, (2) 1940,1957, and 1939.

Going real turtle slow (and even though I was in a solid null) these coins came right through the whole mess. I would like to say a sentence or two about hunting in dense iron like this....At least this is what I have learned: I had to stay "very tight" with the coil once finding them or they seem to drop off the edge of the world. They kind of "barked" a little too ( in audio) like it was a different item then what they were. BUT with repeat small sweeps brought them up and their "true colors" were shown. The dime however, came right on through like a "mack truck" and I clearly identified it right off the bat.

***It is cool that as I dug this afternoon for each item and placed the dirt on my cloth I would scan over the dirt pile to locate the coin ( for all the pennies and even the dime) and the piles of dirt would null right out (obviously the coin was still in the hole) BUT I knew there was a coin in each one of the holes where I identified them by audio / meter reading. I would even scan over the hole and still hear the coin loud and clear even though the iron was all through the dirt. Now that is cool technology!

Thanks for looking - Jim aka dimeman aka EPL

 

[BeachBat]

Going real turtle slow (and even though I was in a solid null) these coins came right through the whole mess. I would like to say a sentence or two about hunting in dense iron like this....At least this is what I have learned: I had to stay "very tight" with the coil once finding them or they seem to drop off the edge of the world. They kind of "barked" a little too ( in audio) like it was a different item then what they were. BUT with repeat small sweeps brought them up and their "true colors" were shown. The dime however, came right on through like a "mack truck" and I clearly identified it right off the bat.

Jim, Earthlypotluck The {{Dimeman}}

Good description of Iron Mask versus Recovery Speed - I often feel that the slow recovery speed is overplayed against an astounding iron mask system. I love those situations where I pull a coin out which is preceded by rusty bottle caps and all sorts.......

Nice finds - and a silver quarter surely can't be far away...... time to get that Monkey of your back.....

Happy Hunting

 

[fwcrawford]

Nice hunt Jim... aka dimeman LOL!!!
I have heard that the Sovereign can still detect good targets while in a null, but was just not comfortable
searching under this condition.
I may have to do some experimenting once it cools off enough to get back into the old park nearby.
Thanks for the insights and keep up the great finds and posts.
Felix

 

[JimmyCT]

Hi Beachbat,

LOL yep that monkey needs to go. A silver quarter would really be a nice addition to the collection! Maybe finding one quarter will not only break the dimeman cycle, it may trigger better silver finds! lol. I look at it this way, the Sovereign may be a slow(er) recovery machine and I may not cover as much ground like I have done with previous detectors, but it (iron mask) is "going beyond" in the same areas that others have been through (including myself with other detectors) and is pulling the goodies right out through the iron - Dimeman

Going real turtle slow (and even though I was in a solid null) these coins came right through the whole mess. I would like to say a sentence or two about hunting in dense iron like this....At least this is what I have learned: I had to stay "very tight" with the coil once finding them or they seem to drop off the edge of the world. They kind of "barked" a little too ( in audio) like it was a different item then what they were. BUT with repeat small sweeps brought them up and their "true colors" were shown. The dime however, came right on through like a "mack truck" and I clearly identified it right off the bat.

Jim, Earthlypotluck The {{Dimeman}}

Good description of Iron Mask versus Recovery Speed - I often feel that the slow recovery speed is overplayed against an astounding iron mask system. I love those situations where I pull a coin out which is preceded by rusty bottle caps and all sorts.......

Nice finds - and a silver quarter surely can't be far away...... time to get that Monkey of your back.....

Happy Hunting

 

[JimmyCT]

Hi Felix,


I am up around 25 silver dimes. I think this is the most silver dimes I ever found in 4 months = dimeman lol. I can tell you this Felix, hunting in iron dirt / iron chunks made me feel very uncomfortable as well. I was thinking that I wouldn't find anything as I am in a complete null and that the detector is so busy nulling all this iron out, how in the world could it pluck out coins at the very same time? I am not sure HOW this minelab technology works, all that I do know is that it DOES work. Some don't believe in this iron mask feature and some may not give it the credit for the finds and others think it is a pile of "bunk" but FOR ME it works. I have witnessed it with my own ears and eyes that is how I know it is real.

I figure the only way I am going to learn how this machine works (especially in dense iron) is to find the iron and put this machine to the test. At first I really thought I was wasting my time in this one area of the park but I found a merc and a 63' roosevelt and a bunch of wheats in a solid null environment! This is very encouraging to me that this machine is multi-talented to null out the bad and allow the good to come through.
I know I am not pulling out massive amounts of silver coins (and just about everyones dream to find such a place - me included ) out of this iron laden spot but it is showing me coins in the iron. So with patients, going very slow with coil speed ( Thank you Felix for all your guidance and support) and listening to those barking iffy signals and clearly the high tones in the iron, I am confident that more will come out of this area. Stay tuned....

- Jim aka dimeman

Nice hunt Jim... aka dimeman LOL!!!
I have heard that the Sovereign can still detect good targets while in a null, but was just not comfortable
searching under this condition.
I may have to do some experimenting once it cools off enough to get back into the old park nearby.
Thanks for the insights and keep up the great finds and posts.
Felix

 

[GunnarMN]

Jim I am lerning from you , I dont get into sites that trashy very often , and you are getting pretty good at figuring out whats happening in those sites.

 

[JimmyCT]

It is lots of patients Gunnar. Something the Sovereign GT is teaching me I need in order to find goodies. Going with a turtle slow sweep speed DOES bring up signals through iron. I feel the machine needs the extra time to analyze the whole matrix. But if we can give it to the detector to do so, good targets will appear. HH hope to see a new video production from Dr. Gunnar in "dissecting Tabors field" - Jim

Jim I am lerning from you , I dont get into sites that trashy very often , and you are getting pretty good at figuring out whats happening in those sites.