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Had the day off today and wanted to get out and make the most of it since it's business as usual tomorrow in the retail world. Got up at 530 and was on-site by 630...had until noon to hunt today. I researched the old maps of the area and started in an area that three structures stood about 150 years ago next to a dirt road. I dug loads of trash and eventually wandered to a remote part of the park looking for off-the-beaten-path areas that were relatively trash free. Today's hunt was in and out of the woods - it was cold but not unbearable, and the sun never quite fully showed itself
Seems like I couldn't escape the bullets today! In 12 khz Reactivity 1 Silencer 0 those small bullets really sang out - there was no mistake once you passed the coil over one, even with a fresh layer of dropped leaves. I found an area of the park that hasn't been hunted, however there's not much in the way of targets there, either. I think it was 2 hours before I found the first coin of the day, which was a surface nickel in plain sight. Not too far away I found a beautiful green 1936 Wheat, the only old coin of the day, at only an inch deep.
Was able to get some good videos today but many of them I had the camera orientation wrong, so those got deleted. There's nothing more frustrating than trying to see what comes out of the hole when it's JUST offscreen! I will post a video link here when it finishes processing.
Near the end of the hunt I strolled over to high ground which 150 years ago had a great vista to the Mississippi River. I've been told that numerous Civil War relics have come from this hilltop, but also that it's been worked so hard that targets are few and far between anymore. To me, that is a gauntlet hitting the floor! Dug plenty of trash today, and in the last hour while still in 12 khz I notched it all from 00-70 looking for coins, tokens, and whatever else may fall into that range. This takes care of much of the aluminum, but screwcaps and cast aluminum bits still come through. Got to the hilltop and noticed a lot of sputtering and blippy one-way hits while the mega-notch was being applied. I KNEW I was walking over masked items, and at one point found a repeatable hit both ways and cross-ways that wouldn't show a VDI. Something told me to dig this one...at 5" I scored my first Civil War era button - specifically a federal Scoville cuff button as far as I can tell! It will be a nice addition to the Civil War display case and is a long time coming.
Out of the hole this button VDIed 60-61 in 12 khz, but I still got an audio hit while 00-70 was notched. Nickels will sometimes behave in a similar manner - I think it has something to do with these being round targets, which helps overall conductivity. At the bottom of the hole the pinpointer was still indicating metal, and an inch below the button was a square nail. Maybe why it wasn't found before...who knows! I know where to go for relics now...
Seems like I couldn't escape the bullets today! In 12 khz Reactivity 1 Silencer 0 those small bullets really sang out - there was no mistake once you passed the coil over one, even with a fresh layer of dropped leaves. I found an area of the park that hasn't been hunted, however there's not much in the way of targets there, either. I think it was 2 hours before I found the first coin of the day, which was a surface nickel in plain sight. Not too far away I found a beautiful green 1936 Wheat, the only old coin of the day, at only an inch deep.
Was able to get some good videos today but many of them I had the camera orientation wrong, so those got deleted. There's nothing more frustrating than trying to see what comes out of the hole when it's JUST offscreen! I will post a video link here when it finishes processing.
Near the end of the hunt I strolled over to high ground which 150 years ago had a great vista to the Mississippi River. I've been told that numerous Civil War relics have come from this hilltop, but also that it's been worked so hard that targets are few and far between anymore. To me, that is a gauntlet hitting the floor! Dug plenty of trash today, and in the last hour while still in 12 khz I notched it all from 00-70 looking for coins, tokens, and whatever else may fall into that range. This takes care of much of the aluminum, but screwcaps and cast aluminum bits still come through. Got to the hilltop and noticed a lot of sputtering and blippy one-way hits while the mega-notch was being applied. I KNEW I was walking over masked items, and at one point found a repeatable hit both ways and cross-ways that wouldn't show a VDI. Something told me to dig this one...at 5" I scored my first Civil War era button - specifically a federal Scoville cuff button as far as I can tell! It will be a nice addition to the Civil War display case and is a long time coming.
Out of the hole this button VDIed 60-61 in 12 khz, but I still got an audio hit while 00-70 was notched. Nickels will sometimes behave in a similar manner - I think it has something to do with these being round targets, which helps overall conductivity. At the bottom of the hole the pinpointer was still indicating metal, and an inch below the button was a square nail. Maybe why it wasn't found before...who knows! I know where to go for relics now...
HH jim tn
