CZconnoisseur
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Got out last night for a 2-hour hunt - not quite ready for the cold and the wind that will be reality for the next few months! I hit the fairgrounds and went back to an area that gave up a few Wheats and a Spencer round earlier this year. The ground was frosty, but still diggable. It felt good to dig in the warmer dirt - it must have been in the 50s and felt good to my nearly-numb fingers!
The second signal I got was a jumpy 73, 76, 78 reading in 12 khz. I have the notch set at 71 in this program, which misses some relics but will get Indians, old Wheats, and zincolns. I have seen this reading before, and thought it was going to be an old nickel. At 4 inches I saw a black penny-sized coin and first thought it was a zincoln. It read 75 out of the hole in 12 khz, and switching to 4 khz it read 52. I put it in my pocket and hoped for an Indian cent, but didn't want to spend the time cleaning the coin in the field since it was cold and time was limited. Was pleasantly surprised to see an 1886 Indian in the tumber this morning!!!
Walking back to the car, I forgot that I was still in 4 khz and wasn't checking the screen for VDIs, was only digging the tones. The Wheat came in a 57 and was only 2 inches deep - screwcaps have a bad habit of sounding like those old Wheats! I called it a night around 1200am - should have used my gloves!!! Trying to get some private permissions lined up for some more quality finds - but there's always the fairgrounds when things get slow!
GL & HH
The second signal I got was a jumpy 73, 76, 78 reading in 12 khz. I have the notch set at 71 in this program, which misses some relics but will get Indians, old Wheats, and zincolns. I have seen this reading before, and thought it was going to be an old nickel. At 4 inches I saw a black penny-sized coin and first thought it was a zincoln. It read 75 out of the hole in 12 khz, and switching to 4 khz it read 52. I put it in my pocket and hoped for an Indian cent, but didn't want to spend the time cleaning the coin in the field since it was cold and time was limited. Was pleasantly surprised to see an 1886 Indian in the tumber this morning!!!
Walking back to the car, I forgot that I was still in 4 khz and wasn't checking the screen for VDIs, was only digging the tones. The Wheat came in a 57 and was only 2 inches deep - screwcaps have a bad habit of sounding like those old Wheats! I called it a night around 1200am - should have used my gloves!!! Trying to get some private permissions lined up for some more quality finds - but there's always the fairgrounds when things get slow!
GL & HH