The Bus Stopped Here...and another Rental House!

[CZconnoisseur]

Made it out today to beat the Monday blues - it was almost a perfect day for detecting; it rained most of the night last night and the ground was easy to work with. Yesterday I was in Knoxville and decided to hunt for a couple of hours but the ground there was dry and rocky, ended up finding a sterling earring with a huge CZ and some clad...and decided to just come on home and rest up for today's hunt...

Gerald and I hit the spot that he pulled three Mercs from yesterday... http://www.findmall.com/read.php?37,2202887

This place is very noisy and the EMI even in 12khz was bothersome, seemed like at one point 4 khz worked a little better. I tried setting TX = 1 while in 12 khz and was able to pull some deep targets, the deepest being a Memphis Streetcar token from about 7-8" deep! I couldn't hear much difference with EMI mitigation while using TX = 1, and after a while I removed the headphones - they are in need of cushion replacements and aren't as comfortable as they used to be! Went on to pull some more clad from that site and managed 3 Wheats which were 5" or deeper. After a bit of a slump, we decided to move onto a less-trashy site, a site we would get rained out after only 10 minutes of hunting!

I noticed a corner-lot rental house available very close to where we were, and forgot my phone today; and Gerald was kind enough to lend me his phone to seek permission to hunt this rental. Very quickly got permission, and the rain stopped - so off we went to a 1920's era house. First target was two coins inches apart - first one was a 1936 Merc followed by a Wheat. By this time the glasses were dead and water was still dripping out of the trees, so filming wasn't an option for this rental. In the span of thirty minutes I found several more Wheats, including a 1937 Buffalo nickel in the same hole with 3 Wheats dated 1937, 1941, and 1936.

Whenever one finds mutliple coins in one spot it increases the chances of determining a "drop date" - for this coin spill I would venture a guess in the early to mid 1940s. There wasn't much trash at this house, a welcome relief from the first part of the day! Being a corner lot, we expected a LOT more targets than a regular house site, and this place had no shortage of signals - we only hit the front yard, but next week we may get to hunt the backyard if the house is not rented - or else Gerald can hoover EVERYTHING from the site with one of his Tesoros! Either way, we had a lot of fun and hope to be able to get a few more good hunts in before summer sets in for good...meaning tougher conditions, dryer dirt, and earlier start times!

Got some decent video today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLheVRuokFw&edit=vd

 

[BerntOut]

You and Gerald are having to much fun!

 

[tabman]

Another Great Video! Taylor you were on fire yesterday. Your videos clearly show that the best discriminator is your eyes. We both jump on iffy targets like a duck on a June Bug that just hit the water. I could have kicked myself in the rear end for not having one of my Tesoro detectors in the car with me to use at that rental house. Most rentals are not that clean. We both have similar hunting styes when it comes to digging iffy targets. I pity anyone who comes behind us after we give a small yard the once over. I'll stay out of that backyard until we can go together again, unless we find out it's going to be rented and occupied before then. Don't forget to send that guy the pictures of those mercury dimes and buffalo nickel that you found in the front yard.

tabman

 

[beepsilver]

One thing about TX-1 and a modest level of Sens is that it's supposed to provide good depth and better clarity of signal than if the two settings are not in harmony. Your TX-2 and Sens 80-83 sounds like a good blend. When using TX-1 were you able to bump up Sens from your norm at this site even with the EMI? If not, I'd be curious to know if you can tell a difference when you're not experiencing significant EMI--whether or not clarity of signal worsens, stays the same or improves.

It was cool to see Tabman's interaction in the video...that tiny coil probably does the trick in those trashy areas.

You must have a rubber blade on that Lesche! How you manage to dig such narrow and deep holes on a target without scratching coins is expert digging in my book. Your holes are at an angle and you do quite a bit of prying; I wish I could do that without nicking coins, but I can't so I've taken to digging holes twice as wide just to compensate for my clumsiness...takes me more time and energy, but I've finally cut back on the number of coins I ruin. Day after day finding all those targets, including the pile on this hunt and the mercs without damaging any of them is a testament to your skill! I also like how you "X" pinpoint before digging....does that guarantee that you don't dig larger, on-angle targets off center? I use the built in pinpointer most of the time and occasionally use the wiggle-back method if I can't get a good pinpoint due to multiple targets under the coil...even in non trashy areas, I'm often still way off on a coin target that's not laying flat--will X pinpointing resolve that problem?

Thanks for the video and narration--look forward to an update on that rental property if you get a chance to go back!

 

[CZconnoisseur]

One thing about TX-1 and a modest level of Sens is that it's supposed to provide good depth and better clarity of signal than if the two settings are not in harmony. Your TX-2 and Sens 80-83 sounds like a good blend. When using TX-1 were you able to bump up Sens from your norm at this site even with the EMI? If not, I'd be curious to know if you can tell a difference when you're not experiencing significant EMI--whether or not clarity of signal worsens, stays the same or improves.

It was cool to see Tabman's interaction in the video...that tiny coil probably does the trick in those trashy areas.

You must have a rubber blade on that Lesche! How you manage to dig such narrow and deep holes on a target without scratching coins is expert digging in my book. Your holes are at an angle and you do quite a bit of prying; I wish I could do that without nicking coins, but I can't so I've taken to digging holes twice as wide just to compensate for my clumsiness...takes me more time and energy, but I've finally cut back on the number of coins I ruin. Day after day finding all those targets, including the pile on this hunt and the mercs without damaging any of them is a testament to your skill! I also like how you "X" pinpoint before digging....does that guarantee that you don't dig larger, on-angle targets off center? I use the built in pinpointer most of the time and occasionally use the wiggle-back method if I can't get a good pinpoint due to multiple targets under the coil...even in non trashy areas, I'm often still way off on a coin target that's not laying flat--will X pinpointing resolve that problem?

Thanks for the video and narration--look forward to an update on that rental property if you get a chance to go back!

Beep,
I've always been a fan of "Xing" a target for several reasons - but the main goal is to reduce recovery time and to dig less of a hole. I tend to dig a little "behind" the target especially if it's a silver hit so I can come at the target diagonally to not scratch it. I did however slightly nick the second Merc yesterday but it was up against the sidewalk - sometimes it's just inevitable!

I've also modified my Lesche in order to get it to slip through roots and soil a little easier. 15 minutes and a bench or angle grinder can get you a superbly sharp Lesche that will have less of a profile when moving through the ground - it's all about spending LESS time recovering the target and MORE time looking for targets. Once you get a good edge on the Lesche the soil and rocks will dull the cutting edge, so I touch up the edges about once every two months or so. Don't want to grind away too much or else you compromise it's strength when prying against roots.

If you"ve ever seen Tabman's T-handled digging tool it is ultra-low profile and about as thick as 3-4 sheets of copy paper - it's a little too bulky for me but it works extremely well in this area and in no time he can get to a 9" target with it...

Next hunt in cleaner ground I will experiment with TX and Sens settings, and may get some video to show if there's any improvement with different settings...yesterday the first site was too noisy and EMI was too strong to get a valid comparison.

 

[beepsilver]

I'll put the X pinpointing to practice and see if it saves me time and provides more accuracy for "on edge" targets...hoping it does! I like the idea of sharpening the blade too--lots of good tips CZ, thank you!

 

[mudpuppy]

Thats another fine hunt and great tips too...a guy has to develop a super fast retrieval method to get those kind of numbers of finds, a sharp fast tool is important!...this is a big Planet, and time is short.
Mud

 

[tabman]

Taylor I went to hunt the large open area across the street from the corner rental house we hunted together yesterday. Good new is there was a crew cutting the grass, so the next time we detect there it will be easier to swing our coils. Not wanting to get in their way, I decided to go back over the small front yard of the rental house we hunted together yesterday with one of my favorite detectors. I set the discrimination just high enough to discriminate out nails and dug all repeatable audio signals. I didn't find any silver, but I did unmask 7 wheat pennies. Most of them where found after I removed a screw cap or a zinc penny. One wheat penny was found in the hole with a nail. After I removed the nail, I ran the coil back over the hole and got another signal and found the wheat penny. This is one of the cleaner rental houses that we have detected. I figured as much trash as we removed yesterday that there would be little left for me to find today. I didn't touch the backyard, I'm waiting on you. Big Ben or a gold ring will most likely come out of the back yard near the ole clothesline.

tabman

 

[CZconnoisseur]

Excellent hunt! I think we hit that one about perfectly - right after some heavy rain the previous day...can't wait to see what the backyard holds - I'm hoping for a class ring - hope it lasts until next Monday!

 

[beepsilver]

Bravo Tabman!