sekypaleo
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- Jan 24, 2010
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- Detector(s) used
- Teknetics G2 with 13" Ultimate coil, AKA Sorex Pro, Eurotek Pro, Garrett Pro pointer
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I spent the last 10 days on vacation and aside from spending three days in the Smoky Mtns with the wife and kids. I was able to get in 5 days of relic hunting of about 3 hours each day. Four of the five days were spent re-visiting an early war Union campsite I discovered 10 years ago. Over the years I have pounded this site hard with various detectors, and although the site is fairly large and goes from a pasture to a private yard to woods, I have been lucky to find as much as a single musketball or pistol ball in a single days hunt lately. I figured this would be a good test for my new Teknetics Omega 8000. My settings for those interested:
Sensitivity at 99! Very little noise!
Disc at 16 (for great iron see through)
2 tones
ground balance in the range of of 58-63
Day one hunt...
a 69 cal. minie comes to light (only the second three ringer I have ever found there, everything else is 69 cal. musketballs, Enfields, and pistol bullets) and followed by 4 musketballs and a pistol ball...not bad for my "hunted out site", but surely it cannot produce more?
Day two hunt...
Another musketball, and as I was getting ready to leave a good signal reading under a large flat rock and.... an eagle button, dont want to field clean it, but it looks like I see some gilding and is that an "R"? Dry brushed later and some lemon juice produces my first Rifleman button with a ton of gilt. I think the rock protected it , but how did it get under that rock?
Day three hunt...
6 more musketballs and a musket strap adjuster hook
Day four hunt..
My wife and I decided to hit a different site across the State line in Tennessee to a cavalry camp that everybody and their uncle has hit...results, a Starr and Spencer drop half of a horseshoe, a hand forged iron spike, and two saddle parts.
Day five hunt...
one more musketball and three pistol balls...and did a little creek searching for Indian points and came up with a dinged up but decent point.
I have to say that several of the relics came out of the ground in spots that I know that I have been over several times.. I am VERY impressed with the Omega.
Happy huntin eveybody!
Sensitivity at 99! Very little noise!
Disc at 16 (for great iron see through)
2 tones
ground balance in the range of of 58-63
Day one hunt...
a 69 cal. minie comes to light (only the second three ringer I have ever found there, everything else is 69 cal. musketballs, Enfields, and pistol bullets) and followed by 4 musketballs and a pistol ball...not bad for my "hunted out site", but surely it cannot produce more?
Day two hunt...
Another musketball, and as I was getting ready to leave a good signal reading under a large flat rock and.... an eagle button, dont want to field clean it, but it looks like I see some gilding and is that an "R"? Dry brushed later and some lemon juice produces my first Rifleman button with a ton of gilt. I think the rock protected it , but how did it get under that rock?
Day three hunt...
6 more musketballs and a musket strap adjuster hook
Day four hunt..
My wife and I decided to hit a different site across the State line in Tennessee to a cavalry camp that everybody and their uncle has hit...results, a Starr and Spencer drop half of a horseshoe, a hand forged iron spike, and two saddle parts.
Day five hunt...
one more musketball and three pistol balls...and did a little creek searching for Indian points and came up with a dinged up but decent point.
I have to say that several of the relics came out of the ground in spots that I know that I have been over several times.. I am VERY impressed with the Omega.
Happy huntin eveybody!
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continued success with the new machine.
