Too Many Lead Bullets !

[Lenmcgold]

With my AT Pro, in last week on 2 sites, finding huge quantities of lead bullets and their casings. Not old like Civil War, but way out West. I set disc. @ 40 and notch disc. to 60 - still digging these. Set on Pro Mode and checking Iron Audio before digging. Any suggestions?
Thanks Len

 

[Reno Chris]

One of the patches I found a few years back had once been used as a target practice location by someone with a 22. I was getting gold, so I just dug all the 22 shells and bullets that had been left behind by the shooter. I just kept digging them every time I visited the site. Eventually there were none left.

 

[steve herschbach]

Well, let me think of options:

1. I assume you are looking for gold nuggets? Dig all the non-ferrous to get the gold, including all the bullets and shell casings.

2. Discriminate out even more readings until you dig almost no bullets and shell casings, almost completely eliminating your chances of finding gold. But you will not dig bullets or shells casings.

3. Go somewhere where there are not so many bullets and shell casings.

You pretty much have to dig bullets. Lead and gold read the same and bullets get all tore up and so vary a lot. I do not mind noting the VLF of a particular troublesome shell casing if the are hundreds or more and ignoring that particular reading as that still leaves lots of potential nugget signals. But at the end the person that then digs them will find the nugget you missed.

Steve Herschbach

 

[fredm]

I once found a little patch near yuma, where I was digging bullets then nuggets then bullets...everywhere I have ever detected nuggets I had to dig bullets...except Western Australia...where 99% of all signals were gold...I think those days are gone...

fred

 

[Lenmcgold]

Thanks for the input, I really appreciate it! Steve, I especially like your #3 advice !! Len