Very odd park

[Dan(NM)]

I started hunting a park about 50 miles from where I live last Monday, I took out 15 wheats and a junk ring. This park is loaded with trash and iron, 4-5 hits per swing and it's everywhere. The park isn't that old(1925), but, heavily used apparently. I hunted for roughly 6 hours and only dug 6 clad coins. I was certain there was silver to be found with that many wheats being found.

Most of the signals were iffy and between 6-8" deep. I went back yesterday and focused on the same general area that I hunted the week before. Again, most of the signal were funky and deep, this time between 7-9". I managed to pull 6 more wheats and 2 mercs from a relatively small area, again only 5 pieces of clad.

The strangest signal was one of the mercs, I was only getting a hit on it every other swing , short tight passes, one way and just a chirp. The VDI never went above 22 or dropped below a 20, normally if the numbers dip into the negatives on this kind hit, it's a piece of iron, so I dug it. just to see what it was.

I was very surprised when I saw silver in the dirt , this was deeper hit, maybe 8" I cut the hunt short because I hit a deer on the way over and really jacked up the grill on my car, my second animal hit in 2 years driving to a hunt lol.

I did meet a guy swinging a machine and came to the conclusion that he's cleaning all the shallower clad out because he swings with his coil 3-4" off the ground and moves very quickly.

My setting were:

Park 1
Recovery 6
Iron Bias 3
Sens 24
Tone break set to 20, cherry picking setting
2 Tones
11" coil

 

[fwcrawford]

If that park dates back to 1925, there should definitely be silver there… think about all the years that trash has been dumped there.
I have a small park like that where I searched some years ago and it was full of clad, but also full of trash… after a few trips there silver coins started showing up pretty regular.
I was using a Sovereign at the time and if worked slowly, it could find good targets in all that trash.
I’m wondering if that Merc was on edge to give such a low reading?
At least some silver is showing now… there’s more there!!!

 

[Ted S]

Interesting...I have found silver dimes just like you described! Usually there was a small piece of iron or a nail in the hole...Was the dime on edge in the hole?

 

[Dan(NM)]

Interesting...I have found silver dimes just like you described! Usually there was a small piece of iron or a nail in the hole...Was the dime on edge in the hole?

I'm not sure, it came out in a handful of dirt. I'm thinking it was deep and on edge.

 

[JimmyCT]

glad you decided to dig !!


If this happens again at this park (or anywhere else for that matter) I’d love for you to adjust three settings: 1) switch to 50 tones 2) drop your iron bias to 0 and 3) lower recovery to 4. Stay right over the top of the signal and give very tiny “sweeps” right over the target ( You are basically wiggling the coil back and forth. ) At the same time increase your coil speed. One of two things is going to happen: you will be able to extract more steady high tones or you will get a partial high tone chirp that keeps “dropping or bleeding out” If it’s the latter it’s always been iron for me. (I have dug massive amounts of iron to prove to myself they were not coins) But if those high tones stay up there but sway back and forth, get ready to dig
If you decide not to try these settings that’s ok too. However. I feel compelled to share settings that have truly blown me away with amazing results.

 

[Dan(NM)]

glad you decided to dig !!


If this happens again at this park (or anywhere else for that matter) I’d love for you to adjust three settings: 1) switch to 50 tones 2) drop your iron bias to 0 and 3) lower recovery to 4. Stay right over the top of the signal and give very tiny “sweeps” right over the target ( You are basically wiggling the coil back and forth. ) At the same time increase your coil speed. One of two things is going to happen: you will be able to extract more steady high tones or you will get a partial high tone chirp that keeps “dropping or bleeding out” If it’s the latter it’s always been iron for me. (I have dug massive amounts of iron to prove to myself they were not coins) But if those high tones stay up there but sway back and forth, get ready to dig
If you decide not to try these settings that’s ok too. However. I feel compelled to share settings that have truly blown me away with amazing results.

I'm going on a 6 day metal detecting road trip back to a place I hunted last year with very good results. Plenty of good deep targets in a similar trashy park. I'll do some experimenting since I'll have plenty of time to hunt. Thanks for the tip.!!

 

[JimmyCT]

I'm going on a 6 day metal detecting road trip back to a place I hunted last year with very good results. Plenty of good deep targets in a similar trashy park. I'll do some experimenting since I'll have plenty of time to hunt. Thanks for the tip.!!

6 day metal detecting road trip?
I want to go
You are welcome and I wish you the best!

 

[laplander]

Nice job Dan cherry piking! As targets get close to the edge of detection the TDI will drop, looks like you like living on the edge.
HH Jeff