The Eagle saga continues. I hit a patch of woods near home today for an hour. This was once a small backwater Army Air Corps base - Jimmy Doolittle and his Japan assault mission flew training missions nearby. This was a bailout/circuit base for B-25's during the War. It then became a small SAC base and finally a prison for minor offenders. Today, it is just a quiet patch of woods where I enjoy taking a bit of air and detecting solo.
I have found IH's there and a few older coins, too, so there was something happening earlier. I suspect a house was there once, but I have yet to learn that for a fact.
Today, there wasn't much to speak of in the way of finds:
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You'll see a whopping total of $.11 in mixed Memorials and a little American flag pin, made in Hong Kong. (before everything went over to mainland China, I guess)
Also are the usual suspects: pull tabs from when it was a picnic area, a MasterLock key, some metal 'whatsis' and a UMC "New Club" No. 12 shotshell base - hinting at some earlier activity. Shotshell bases are a good way to help date a site in lieu of anything else. They are nearly everywhere here, and once you get to know the companies and types of embossing, you can date within a decade or two.
The Eagle continues to impress. It was easier to swing today and I doubt now if I'll ever hipmount it. Give me a week with this thing and I'll have little trouble, I suspect. I did find that I can really get hog stupid with the settings and that for most cases, it is just better to stick to the preset settings. I DO like the VDI SENS adjust though. I also learned that in the quiet woods, where few targets exist, I prefer the Prospecting/Relic mode.
A good time was had by all.... well, by me, anyway.
Thanks for Looking!
I have found IH's there and a few older coins, too, so there was something happening earlier. I suspect a house was there once, but I have yet to learn that for a fact.
Today, there wasn't much to speak of in the way of finds:
[attachment 107509 DSCF0020.JPG]
You'll see a whopping total of $.11 in mixed Memorials and a little American flag pin, made in Hong Kong. (before everything went over to mainland China, I guess)
Also are the usual suspects: pull tabs from when it was a picnic area, a MasterLock key, some metal 'whatsis' and a UMC "New Club" No. 12 shotshell base - hinting at some earlier activity. Shotshell bases are a good way to help date a site in lieu of anything else. They are nearly everywhere here, and once you get to know the companies and types of embossing, you can date within a decade or two.
The Eagle continues to impress. It was easier to swing today and I doubt now if I'll ever hipmount it. Give me a week with this thing and I'll have little trouble, I suspect. I did find that I can really get hog stupid with the settings and that for most cases, it is just better to stick to the preset settings. I DO like the VDI SENS adjust though. I also learned that in the quiet woods, where few targets exist, I prefer the Prospecting/Relic mode.
A good time was had by all.... well, by me, anyway.
Thanks for Looking!
. Then maybe I could convince myself to purchase a newer model, but then I would have to decide which one. O-well I'm going to grab my old Silver Eagle and go do some dirt fishing,
and think about it.