Xterra 70 still finding civil war relics.

[7centsworth]

I have been hunting this sight for several years and it has given up a lot of relics. The problem is it has a electric fence and it has always given me fits. I found a few years ago where there had been a house at during the war and it has a electric fence about 20 yards from it. So I have always had my sensitivity way down. Well he sold his cows and there is now no fence on. It is extremely trashy but it is like hunting a new site I hunted a 150 ft by 150 ft section for almost two hours and dug some late 1800 stuff and some civil war stuff. I found a dropped enfield and about two feet away found the sword scabbard tip. I believe the rest of it is there somewhere. Found a fired three ringer and Bucky ball also. And the picture with two items I have no idea what they are. Any ideas are appreciated.
I found all these with my trusty 70 with 6 inch dd coil. Some of the targets would have 5 and 6 pieces of small iron in with it. I would get a slight high tone and I would dig it.

 

[Bigtom123]

Nice finds,,do you use a hf coil for relic hunting ? I'm gonna try a spot out here in blairsville Pennsylvania that had a battle,it's on Newport road, blairsville.not many around here use metal detectors so I don't think it's been hunted.. congrats on the finds!

 

[7centsworth]

I was using a 6 in high frequency this time. I have 9 coils I think. I use them all relic hunting. But I favor the 9 inch 18khz in my ground for deep bullets. And the small coil for the trash and I jusst got a 10.5 18khz coil I have been trying. I like the 10.5 7.5khz for most other relics. I can't talk about my all around favorite on here though. I like the high frequency the best for deep lead. They will get lead real deep.