brianc053
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- Jan 27, 2015
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- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Equinox 800
XP Deus 2
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Hi everyone! This morning before work I visited the local farm again. It’s been raining so the field was very, very muddy. But as I said in my last post: if that’s what it takes to get the good stuff, then that’s what I’ll do! (At least it’s not manure covered!)
I dug about 50 holes today, and 48 of them had nails or (in 3 of them) ox/broken horseshoes. But two holes paid off.
I’m noticing with the Equinox 800, in Field 1 with zero iron bias, that I get repeatable high teens/twenties signals from square nails, and those signals aren’t very different from a coin or button.
What I’m doing as my routine is:
- locate a repeatable signal
- dig a quick hole and move the dirt out of the hole
- re-detect the hole and the moved dirt.
If the signal gets better I use the pintpointer to find the target.
If the signal is mixed I may dig more.
If the signal goes away I move on.
This was the way I found the Large Cent, an 1803 Draped Bust (small date version; can’t tell about the fraction size large/small).
The Large Cent was in a hole that had signals no different than any of the holes with square nails - mixed good/bad signals until I dug the hole. After moving the dirt the signal still in the hole was excellent (a solid 27/28/29 and very strong).
The coin was beautiful out of the hole.
Toward the end of the morning I hit on a very repeatable mid-teens signal and quickly recovered the button. It looks very beat up, but appears to be a cast one-piece from the 1750-1812 timeframe based on that aging guide we all use. This is the first one I’ve found with a design like this (flowers).
Any idea why the edge is so broken and misshapen?
I included a pic of the very wet field and also of my shoes. Feel free to tell me I’m wearing the wrong footwear, but these are my “field shoes” because they’re better than sneakers when it comes to digging.
Finally, I included a pic of the “three sisters”, the three large cents - all of different types - I’ve found in this field.
I dug about 50 holes today, and 48 of them had nails or (in 3 of them) ox/broken horseshoes. But two holes paid off.
I’m noticing with the Equinox 800, in Field 1 with zero iron bias, that I get repeatable high teens/twenties signals from square nails, and those signals aren’t very different from a coin or button.
What I’m doing as my routine is:
- locate a repeatable signal
- dig a quick hole and move the dirt out of the hole
- re-detect the hole and the moved dirt.
If the signal gets better I use the pintpointer to find the target.
If the signal is mixed I may dig more.
If the signal goes away I move on.
This was the way I found the Large Cent, an 1803 Draped Bust (small date version; can’t tell about the fraction size large/small).
The Large Cent was in a hole that had signals no different than any of the holes with square nails - mixed good/bad signals until I dug the hole. After moving the dirt the signal still in the hole was excellent (a solid 27/28/29 and very strong).
The coin was beautiful out of the hole.
Toward the end of the morning I hit on a very repeatable mid-teens signal and quickly recovered the button. It looks very beat up, but appears to be a cast one-piece from the 1750-1812 timeframe based on that aging guide we all use. This is the first one I’ve found with a design like this (flowers).
Any idea why the edge is so broken and misshapen?
I included a pic of the very wet field and also of my shoes. Feel free to tell me I’m wearing the wrong footwear, but these are my “field shoes” because they’re better than sneakers when it comes to digging.
Finally, I included a pic of the “three sisters”, the three large cents - all of different types - I’ve found in this field.
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