- Mar 30, 2020
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Interesting old farm site. Completely overgrown in sections, difficult to be diligent with detecting coverage. I can keep the ticks at bay with rubber boots hosed with pyrethrum, but the minute I wade into brush they are waiting on branch tips. The dry weather of the northeast has kept the biting insect populations low.
A thin 1700's layer at the bottom, with strong antebellum scatter, then abandonment. It's given me six old coins thus far, three of them 1700's. Around 20 old buttons total. I will keep picking at this one for awhile. Probably hit it tomorrow. 45 minute walk in. I've figured out where the small farmhouse must have stood. A big dead tree landed on top of it then brambles sealed it in. When near-freezing temps return I will hit it hard.
Happy with the Nox 900. Way out in the woods I run the sensitivity full out at 28 with complete stability. It picks up small objects 6" plus deep. I hunt by tone alone. Since the targets are sparse I dig nearly all of them. Rusty iron always gives me the broken signals. Pre-1960's shotgun shells sound like great targets. I can almost always guess iron and brass shells correctly before digging. If they lost it, I'm going to find it.
This morning while passing a freshwater kettle hole I ran into a snapping turtle and slider turtle laying eggs not far apart. Surprised a nice red fox up close. Worth it just for the nature hiking.
A thin 1700's layer at the bottom, with strong antebellum scatter, then abandonment. It's given me six old coins thus far, three of them 1700's. Around 20 old buttons total. I will keep picking at this one for awhile. Probably hit it tomorrow. 45 minute walk in. I've figured out where the small farmhouse must have stood. A big dead tree landed on top of it then brambles sealed it in. When near-freezing temps return I will hit it hard.
Happy with the Nox 900. Way out in the woods I run the sensitivity full out at 28 with complete stability. It picks up small objects 6" plus deep. I hunt by tone alone. Since the targets are sparse I dig nearly all of them. Rusty iron always gives me the broken signals. Pre-1960's shotgun shells sound like great targets. I can almost always guess iron and brass shells correctly before digging. If they lost it, I'm going to find it.
This morning while passing a freshwater kettle hole I ran into a snapping turtle and slider turtle laying eggs not far apart. Surprised a nice red fox up close. Worth it just for the nature hiking.
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