Cleaning up world one nail at a time.

[Ennismill]

Pretty frustrating day hunting. Very old site but lots of square nails and junk.
Only managed one wheatie 1939, a possible lead ball, few newer buttons and broke pottery. Everything is 6+ inches deep, a lot of time chasing weak signals.

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Hunting in the iron can be very frustrating, but with patents, correct detector settings and technique you can win the battle! I love hunting these spots since most people do not deal with the iron and leave...

 

[Relicific]

This is what it's all about sometimes.
Keep on swinging that coil

 

[vpnavy]

Anything you pull out of the ground and save are good finds Ennismill!

 

[trapperart]

Patience will pay off good luck

 

[Rustic]

Laughed hard when I read your title, "cleaning up world one nail at a time" because I'm down here in Florida right now cleaning up the world one pull tab at a time. I'd much rather hunt up north and clean up old nails, lol. Old nails=good site to hunt... best of luck.

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Ennismill, like the others have said, you're simply digging the prominent targets that scream under your coil...get those out of the ground and soon you will start hearing those quieter, softer signals that indicate deep, small targets (read;coins)...keep at it, frustration is something we all deal with in this hobby, even the best hunters in the best sites harbor frustration...soon frustration will turn to elation when you pop that old silver or copper! Good luck...Ddf

 

[Rawhide]

Hunted for the golden bobby pin the other day. BUUUUT, find a lot of good targets next to a nail. Nails also throw id off too. Your machine is working fine as its saying look, a coin sized target. I use a garret 1/2 in classifier and scrape off the first few inches of dirt and sift too. To cherry pick iron takes a slow swing and small coil.

 

[Davers]

Hunted for the golden bobby pin the other day. BUUUUT, find a lot of good targets next to a nail. Nails also throw id off too. Your machine is working fine as its saying look, a coin sized target. I use a garret 1/2 in classifier and scrape off the first few inches of dirt and sift too. To cherry pick iron takes a slow swing and small coil.

Yea Man!

 

[Geochem]

I bet a bit challenging with all the iron!

 

[A2coins]

I'm here in Michigan I think it was a hobby to rip the pull tabs off cans I'm cleaning this state one railroad track piece at a time everywhere I go there are railroad spikes or pieces of track even miles way from any tracks. The fun with detecting is you never know what is in the next plug. I'm mostly a coin shooter I avoid iron. On that note I have found some of my best finds in that range I found a 1900s opium pipe with Chinese inscriptions on it drawings YES I SCRAPED IT anyway I go out many times and come back with bottle caps and a penny and sometimes gold and silver but I love it. Welcome to tnet Thanks for the post!!! Tommy

 

[A2coins]

I'm going to start my own Rail Road