CZconnoisseur
Full Member
- Jun 29, 2015
- 209
- 327
- Detector(s) used
- XP Deus All Three Coils (9" currently), Tesoro Vaquero 8x9 and 5.75" DD coil, Fisher F70, White's Spectrum XLT, White's IDX, Garrett AT Pro, Fisher 1265-X, Fisher CZ5, Fisher CZ6, White's TM808, White
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Weather was just about perfect today after work to go look for deep coins - I spent about 2 hours there today using the 4kHz program and dug everything that sounded fairly consistent.
The ground is starting to get difficult lately - we need some rain to soften things up so I probably won't get back there until next week. First coin today was a surface dime still visible just under the grass - but I was looking for those faint, smooth audio tones that many times are 100-year-old and older coins! I wandered over to one of the edges of my search area and picked a small section of ground to "scour". Finally got a good candidate signal - it seemed a little long but the audio was smooth and crisp, not crackly like a surface target.
At the bottom of the hole I got a hit with the pinpointer, and saw the shade of green that means paydirt! First old coin today was a nice 1919 D Wheat with a razor-sharp reverse - this coin was likely dropped in the early 1920s given its condition. The pinpointer was still singing at the bottom of the hole, and soon afterwards I had a small .25 caliber bullet - both targets were from the 9" deep level. After the bullet came out, I was STILL getting action at the bottom; and after a little digging I saw a small silver rim...this was to be a 1920 S Merc!!! These three targets were only 1-2" apart and located at about the same depth. No wonder the signal sounded "long"!
Went on to get a confident signal, this time with a 87-89 VDI reading. At 7" down I saw that same shade of green that I've come to love - something different this time with the 1941 Canadian penny! Dug a few deep ringtabs, square pulltabs, and I remember a couple of 10-12" deep pieces of iron coming to light today that sounded *JUST* like a deep coin. Had some trouble today with small pieces of foil mimicking deep coins, I haven't found a way yet to distinguish between the two so I simply dig it up....Next trip I may delve into some of the non-motion modes to see if this helps - I remember having some success hunting deeper coins while using the non-motion audio disc...
Last coin of the day was found close to the 8" mark - a non-VDI hit that had shallow foil on both sides. Cleared out the foil first, and the signal became clearer - and I was very pleased to bring a 1913 D Wheat back to the land of the living!!! It's too bad these coins aren't a little better preserved, however the level of remaining detail is excellent! This is what keeps me coming back - the mintmarked 1910-1920 era coins!
I've only detected a very small portion of this place, but what I've found so far is astonishing! If there's a gold coin here, I will eventually come across it!
The ground is starting to get difficult lately - we need some rain to soften things up so I probably won't get back there until next week. First coin today was a surface dime still visible just under the grass - but I was looking for those faint, smooth audio tones that many times are 100-year-old and older coins! I wandered over to one of the edges of my search area and picked a small section of ground to "scour". Finally got a good candidate signal - it seemed a little long but the audio was smooth and crisp, not crackly like a surface target.
At the bottom of the hole I got a hit with the pinpointer, and saw the shade of green that means paydirt! First old coin today was a nice 1919 D Wheat with a razor-sharp reverse - this coin was likely dropped in the early 1920s given its condition. The pinpointer was still singing at the bottom of the hole, and soon afterwards I had a small .25 caliber bullet - both targets were from the 9" deep level. After the bullet came out, I was STILL getting action at the bottom; and after a little digging I saw a small silver rim...this was to be a 1920 S Merc!!! These three targets were only 1-2" apart and located at about the same depth. No wonder the signal sounded "long"!
Went on to get a confident signal, this time with a 87-89 VDI reading. At 7" down I saw that same shade of green that I've come to love - something different this time with the 1941 Canadian penny! Dug a few deep ringtabs, square pulltabs, and I remember a couple of 10-12" deep pieces of iron coming to light today that sounded *JUST* like a deep coin. Had some trouble today with small pieces of foil mimicking deep coins, I haven't found a way yet to distinguish between the two so I simply dig it up....Next trip I may delve into some of the non-motion modes to see if this helps - I remember having some success hunting deeper coins while using the non-motion audio disc...
Last coin of the day was found close to the 8" mark - a non-VDI hit that had shallow foil on both sides. Cleared out the foil first, and the signal became clearer - and I was very pleased to bring a 1913 D Wheat back to the land of the living!!! It's too bad these coins aren't a little better preserved, however the level of remaining detail is excellent! This is what keeps me coming back - the mintmarked 1910-1920 era coins!
I've only detected a very small portion of this place, but what I've found so far is astonishing! If there's a gold coin here, I will eventually come across it!
