bigfootokie
Jr. Member
- Apr 9, 2010
- 99
- 145
- Detector(s) used
- CTX-3030
XP Deus
E-Trac
F-75 SE
X-Terra 705
Cibola
Ace 250
Sounds too good to be true, but I love it when a plan comes together. I decided to use my CTX with the 17” coil Relic hunting for the first time in an area that we had pretty well cleaned out down to about 9” deep with other machines. Have had good luck lately recovering deep coins in town with the 17” coil so I figured deep or iron masked Relics should be recoverable.
25-30 mph winds all day made swinging a big coil rough in an open field, but thankfully the driving rain stopped after about the first hour, just like Steve (my favorite Meteorologist hunting buddy) said it would. We give him a hard time about the weather sometimes, but I think he knows you gotta take some crap to be one of the gang. Lord knows I have.
Anyway, by our lunch break I only had 4 bullets, but I knew the more productive area for bullets would be there when we came back. Brad and I bailed out and hunted one spot while Dave and Steve drove off to hunt another. In the next four hours, I dug, and dug, and dug, bullet after bullet mostly from 9”-12” deep. Also found a nice Eagle Button with good detail remaining. Can’t see the backmark yet, but maybe after more cleaning. A pair of nice Knapsack Hooks made the day even better.
In the afternoon, my average time between good finds was about 5 minutes apart...that’s a lot of work in 4 hours my friends, but it was amazing to find that much lead so deep in a well hunted area.
Cleaned up.
>>>>>>>>>>>The "Infamous" Tailgate Shot.<<<<<<<<<<<<
I had a GREAT day and enjoyed hunting with my friends. I'm sore all over today, but it was worth it. Hmmmm...wheres that Horse Liniment
25-30 mph winds all day made swinging a big coil rough in an open field, but thankfully the driving rain stopped after about the first hour, just like Steve (my favorite Meteorologist hunting buddy) said it would. We give him a hard time about the weather sometimes, but I think he knows you gotta take some crap to be one of the gang. Lord knows I have.
Anyway, by our lunch break I only had 4 bullets, but I knew the more productive area for bullets would be there when we came back. Brad and I bailed out and hunted one spot while Dave and Steve drove off to hunt another. In the next four hours, I dug, and dug, and dug, bullet after bullet mostly from 9”-12” deep. Also found a nice Eagle Button with good detail remaining. Can’t see the backmark yet, but maybe after more cleaning. A pair of nice Knapsack Hooks made the day even better.
In the afternoon, my average time between good finds was about 5 minutes apart...that’s a lot of work in 4 hours my friends, but it was amazing to find that much lead so deep in a well hunted area.
Cleaned up.
>>>>>>>>>>>The "Infamous" Tailgate Shot.<<<<<<<<<<<<
I had a GREAT day and enjoyed hunting with my friends. I'm sore all over today, but it was worth it. Hmmmm...wheres that Horse Liniment
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That is a lot of good targets. Looks like a battle site.
