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1st hunt of '09...Cabin fever GO AWAY...SILVER COME HERE
Thank goodness...the head/chest cold that has lingered for weeks now has started to go away. I figured I might as well do away with the cabin fever as well....before it got any worse.
My work schedule is really going to cut into my hunt time this year...but I will get out when I can..and will do my best to keep up with everyone's posts here on the forum.
I decided to go to a site that has produced well over the years...but has been pounded to death as well. I don't believe I've ever found anything too old here...but always seem to pop out some silver hidin' deep. It's an old ball diamond...but they put about 5" of fill dirt over it about 5 years ago. The fill covers the ground all the way to the edge of the outfield...so all the silver is in excess of 7" deep. In fact most of the coins I've found here in the last 3 years have been in the 8" to 10" range.
Today was no exception. The ground was nice and moist...and was also fairly clean of trash.
I decided to do the UNTHINKABLE....to take off the 10 x 12 SEF for a short time...and give another coil a shot for the first time in many months.
Since it was a sweet open area...devoid of trash...and the targets were at extreme depths...I opted for the 10 x 14 Excelerator Coil. It's the only coil I know of that comes close to the performance and depth of my 10 x 12 SEF coil...but it's one heavy sucker.
Over the next 4 hours I popped out 3 Mercs and 11 Wheaties...all at depths of at least 8". One of the wheaties was at 10" and nearly straight on edge...and it made me remember why I liked the 10 x 14 coil
...but a sore arm reminded me as to why I use it mostly for short periods of time. 
I then met up with a buddy at a park we have hit a zillion times in the last 2 years. I decided to put the 10 x 12 SEF coil back on because I realized we hadn't pounded this site with anything other than the 1050 coil.
Over the next 3 hours I popped out a roosey....a washington quarter...an injun'...a HUGE sterling silver ring...7 more wheaties...and two foreign coins.
What a letdown the big one was...as I thought I had dug a large cent...only to find out it was a 1918 British? penny. 8)
My roosey....the washington quarter...the injun'...and 4 of the 7 wheaties were all found while the SE was in a dead null while over iron.
In fact...the 1899 injun' was right at 9" deep in the hole with iron...and screamed through the silence. This startled me...as I was ready to nod off after nearly a 10 second null....before the injun came through.
I've always been told...as have many others...that the SE won't find coins while nulling. If that's the case...I guess I need to throw around 50 to 60 of the silver coins back to the ground...that I found in '08...and about half the coins I found in today's hunt. My SE wasn't resetting...or recovering...it was in a complete dead null when those coins were found. I do not have a sceintific explanation...nor a reason as to why it works...when it "ISN'T" supposed to....but it DOES. It WILL find and hit deep silver while nulling if your iron mask and other settings are right for you.
Thanks for viewing...and thank goodness I can start getting some hunts in. I won't be able to hunt near as often...but I will hunt when I can.
Thank goodness...the head/chest cold that has lingered for weeks now has started to go away. I figured I might as well do away with the cabin fever as well....before it got any worse.
My work schedule is really going to cut into my hunt time this year...but I will get out when I can..and will do my best to keep up with everyone's posts here on the forum.
I decided to go to a site that has produced well over the years...but has been pounded to death as well. I don't believe I've ever found anything too old here...but always seem to pop out some silver hidin' deep. It's an old ball diamond...but they put about 5" of fill dirt over it about 5 years ago. The fill covers the ground all the way to the edge of the outfield...so all the silver is in excess of 7" deep. In fact most of the coins I've found here in the last 3 years have been in the 8" to 10" range.
Today was no exception. The ground was nice and moist...and was also fairly clean of trash.
I decided to do the UNTHINKABLE....to take off the 10 x 12 SEF for a short time...and give another coil a shot for the first time in many months.
Since it was a sweet open area...devoid of trash...and the targets were at extreme depths...I opted for the 10 x 14 Excelerator Coil. It's the only coil I know of that comes close to the performance and depth of my 10 x 12 SEF coil...but it's one heavy sucker.
Over the next 4 hours I popped out 3 Mercs and 11 Wheaties...all at depths of at least 8". One of the wheaties was at 10" and nearly straight on edge...and it made me remember why I liked the 10 x 14 coil
...but a sore arm reminded me as to why I use it mostly for short periods of time. I then met up with a buddy at a park we have hit a zillion times in the last 2 years. I decided to put the 10 x 12 SEF coil back on because I realized we hadn't pounded this site with anything other than the 1050 coil.
Over the next 3 hours I popped out a roosey....a washington quarter...an injun'...a HUGE sterling silver ring...7 more wheaties...and two foreign coins.
What a letdown the big one was...as I thought I had dug a large cent...only to find out it was a 1918 British? penny. 8)
My roosey....the washington quarter...the injun'...and 4 of the 7 wheaties were all found while the SE was in a dead null while over iron.
In fact...the 1899 injun' was right at 9" deep in the hole with iron...and screamed through the silence. This startled me...as I was ready to nod off after nearly a 10 second null....before the injun came through.
I've always been told...as have many others...that the SE won't find coins while nulling. If that's the case...I guess I need to throw around 50 to 60 of the silver coins back to the ground...that I found in '08...and about half the coins I found in today's hunt.
My SE wasn't resetting...or recovering...it was in a complete dead null when those coins were found. I do not have a sceintific explanation...nor a reason as to why it works...when it "ISN'T" supposed to....but it DOES. It WILL find and hit deep silver while nulling if your iron mask and other settings are right for you. Thanks for viewing...and thank goodness I can start getting some hunts in. I won't be able to hunt near as often...but I will hunt when I can.
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