Well, I had set aside Thrusday to hunt after work & of course it poured rain. They talked about more storms coming so I didn't even think about hunting Friday after work until I saw the sun shining out the office window & figured, what the heck? I wanted to try the F75 again at the same French revolutionary campsite I got permission back on & found what I hoped was a soldier's brass ring as a DIV warm up. Thanks to Mr. Bill for letting me borrow one of his F75's while my prototype gets the software updates....
Anyhow, I said before I left that someone else who didn't even have permission had beaten me there....left holes open, trash next to 'em, etc.
But, I figured lets see if he was any good or not, & he probably didn't have an F75 or was running disc mode. I know the spots been pounded for 30 years and to find 1 musketball is now considered a good day....all metal is a must. Everything left is 7" plus....
I choose all metal & was able to get the sensitivity up to 90. The ground phase reading was between 64-66. Not bad. There was a little chatter at this high a sensitivity, but you can easily lessen or silence that by turing the seperate threshold down. Cool feature for those who want a more silent search. Well, right where I choose to ground balance the F75, I got a loud signal in the high 50's I believe and out pops a dropped revolutionary musketball (here it is next to the ring found last time).
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Hey, that was too easy!.....was I gonna find a bunch that other guy missed? Probaly not as he left holes eveywhere, so he dug something. But, I figured it was an excellent challenge for the F75 either way...
For the next hour I saw nothing but iron flashes on the screen & a couple shotgun shells. I even climbed into the woods, but saw only iron readings there too. I thought about leaving, but decided to try a spot along the sites edge I didn't get near before, & there were no open holes from the other fool. I got 2 more dropped musketballs that were jumpy 50's ID's but correct @ 8"....I knew I had to dig any "Iffy" ID's....
So, The next jumpy signal in the 20's in the same spot I didn't think much of. It was right inbeween where the 2 musketballs surfaced so I figured maybe a smaller or deeper one...maybe a flat button.
Nope, a shiney penny....OK, now I'm really cursing that guy thinking he buried a new zinc to bust me up!
Well, maybe not...that's not Lincoln....it's a womans head! When I grabbed it & flipped it over & saw the shield I knew I had my very first gold coin!
[attachment 53815 RevGoldBalls.jpg]
It's a British Half Sovereign I guess. But the date of 1876 was 100 years later...so what was it doing in with 2 musketballs? It was holed & was probably someones pendant. They say coins like this pop out when you least expect it & that sure did! Here's the other side....
A couple dings from the plow, but I'll take it
[attachment 53816 RevGold2.jpg]
I put the coin away & decided I had a little hotspot & would work it for a few more min.....Little did I know the next 2 signals were going to be coins too! What the heck is going on here? I came to find maybe a couple musketballs...now the next 2 signals right after the gold coin, 2 copper coins come out! Not that I'm complaining!A 1745 King George II copper lost by a soldier, & an 1822 Large Cent lost by who knows who later
That's 3 nice coins in a row in the span of just 10 min!
[attachment 53817 Rev2coppers.jpg]
I hunted that little hotspot hard, and I was able to eke out a couple more deep dropped musketballs, including a cut-in-half one that shows the knife mark. Often they made game pieces in camp. Also this silvered spoon that looks early.....
[attachment 53818 RevFinds1.jpg]
here's all the finds in my hand. Not bad for a couple hours after work huh!?
[attachment 53819 RevGold1.jpg]
HH,
Bill
Anyhow, I said before I left that someone else who didn't even have permission had beaten me there....left holes open, trash next to 'em, etc.
But, I figured lets see if he was any good or not, & he probably didn't have an F75 or was running disc mode. I know the spots been pounded for 30 years and to find 1 musketball is now considered a good day....all metal is a must. Everything left is 7" plus....I choose all metal & was able to get the sensitivity up to 90. The ground phase reading was between 64-66. Not bad. There was a little chatter at this high a sensitivity, but you can easily lessen or silence that by turing the seperate threshold down. Cool feature for those who want a more silent search. Well, right where I choose to ground balance the F75, I got a loud signal in the high 50's I believe and out pops a dropped revolutionary musketball (here it is next to the ring found last time).
[attachment 53814 RevRingBall.jpg]
Hey, that was too easy!.....was I gonna find a bunch that other guy missed? Probaly not as he left holes eveywhere, so he dug something. But, I figured it was an excellent challenge for the F75 either way...
For the next hour I saw nothing but iron flashes on the screen & a couple shotgun shells. I even climbed into the woods, but saw only iron readings there too. I thought about leaving, but decided to try a spot along the sites edge I didn't get near before, & there were no open holes from the other fool. I got 2 more dropped musketballs that were jumpy 50's ID's but correct @ 8"....I knew I had to dig any "Iffy" ID's....
So, The next jumpy signal in the 20's in the same spot I didn't think much of. It was right inbeween where the 2 musketballs surfaced so I figured maybe a smaller or deeper one...maybe a flat button.
Nope, a shiney penny....OK, now I'm really cursing that guy thinking he buried a new zinc to bust me up!
Well, maybe not...that's not Lincoln....it's a womans head! When I grabbed it & flipped it over & saw the shield I knew I had my very first gold coin!
[attachment 53815 RevGoldBalls.jpg]
It's a British Half Sovereign I guess. But the date of 1876 was 100 years later...so what was it doing in with 2 musketballs? It was holed & was probably someones pendant. They say coins like this pop out when you least expect it & that sure did! Here's the other side....
A couple dings from the plow, but I'll take it
[attachment 53816 RevGold2.jpg]
I put the coin away & decided I had a little hotspot & would work it for a few more min.....Little did I know the next 2 signals were going to be coins too! What the heck is going on here? I came to find maybe a couple musketballs...now the next 2 signals right after the gold coin, 2 copper coins come out! Not that I'm complaining!
A 1745 King George II copper lost by a soldier, & an 1822 Large Cent lost by who knows who later That's 3 nice coins in a row in the span of just 10 min![attachment 53817 Rev2coppers.jpg]
I hunted that little hotspot hard, and I was able to eke out a couple more deep dropped musketballs, including a cut-in-half one that shows the knife mark. Often they made game pieces in camp. Also this silvered spoon that looks early.....
[attachment 53818 RevFinds1.jpg]
here's all the finds in my hand. Not bad for a couple hours after work huh!?
[attachment 53819 RevGold1.jpg]
HH,
Bill
Wife's just don't understand some things 
