D2 reactivity zero and a great rehashing!

[41Digger]

Had this site in my back pocket since last October. Crazy site! Just a small cellar, with zero stone walls, and no well found after being there at least 6 times now. My first finds at this site involved two silver plated shoe buckles. Now that in of itself would give any any cellar hole/cabin site hunter cause for hope! As of today I have liberated 9 large copper coins! I had a small brush pile I wanted cut and remove as it is right off the corner of the lip. So I was thinking if I was lucky maybe a couple of buttons and maybe another copper.... And I was also thinking this would be the perfect site to try reactivity zero. Now reactivity zero is a great tool, but mostly just a great setting to see if I missed anything deep..... and sometimes it will even pull copper out of heavily polluted ground. So I spent yester day killing it on midtones! Check those buttons! I was rewarded with a 1787 left faced horned bust Ct copper, and 1798 draped bust... both took a bath in peroxide for the last 24 hours, and are now soaking in olive oil. Today I scanned away from the cellar and didn't find much, then at the end of the day I moved that pesky pile of brush, and was rewarded! A beat up dandy, and a capped bust large cent... either 1794 or 95. I will post photos upon restoration completion. Other coppers include a 1809 keydate classic head, and 1800 over 1798 draped,

 

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[DizzyDigger]

Outstanding!

 

[pepperj]

That's an outstanding day of hunting.
Congratulations on the coppers.

 

[Jeff H]

Nice bunch of finds! The CT looks to be in decent shape. Yep, I always hit a site with Reactivity of 0 or 0.5. Not only does it help sniff out those deep targets but it also makes those medium deep on edge coppers and small cuff type buttons jump out.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A fantastic bunch of finds - well done !

 

[oldmxrat]

That's an amazing pile of treasure, congrats!

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

Had this site in my back pocket since last October. Crazy site! Just a small cellar, with zero stone walls, and no well found after being there at least 6 times now. My first finds at this site involved two silver plated shoe buckles. Now that in of itself would give any any cellar hole/cabin site hunter cause for hope! As of today I have liberated 9 large copper coins! I had a small brush pile I wanted cut and remove as it is right off the corner of the lip. So I was thinking if I was lucky maybe a couple of buttons and maybe another copper.... And I was also thinking this would be the perfect site to try reactivity zero. Now reactivity zero is a great tool, but mostly just a great setting to see if I missed anything deep..... and sometimes it will even pull copper out of heavily polluted ground. So I spent yester day killing it on midtones! Check those buttons! I was rewarded with a 1787 left faced horned bust Ct copper, and 1798 draped bust... both took a bath in peroxide for the last 24 hours, and are now soaking in olive oil. Today I scanned away from the cellar and didn't find much, then at the end of the day I moved that pesky pile of brush, and was rewarded! A beat up dandy, and a capped bust large cent... either 1794 or 95. I will post photos upon restoration completion. Other coppers include a 1809 keydate classic head, and 1800 over 1798 draped, View attachment 2157049View attachment 2157050

wow, great saves all around

 

[Bucket Lister]

I always hit a site with Reactivity of 0 or 0.5. Not only does it help sniff out those deep targets but it also makes those medium deep on edge coppers and small cuff type buttons jump out.

What about in high iron/mineralized sites?

Recommended settings :

0 to 1	Large masses and coins, in ground not contaminated by ferrous items.
2 to 2.5	General use, ground with little iron contamination.
3 to 5	iron-contaminated and/or mineralized ground.

 

[mjb Mike]

very nicely done

 

[Jeff H]

What about in high iron/mineralized sites?

Hi Bucket Lister. The "Recommended Settings" are generalized safe settings for those new to the Deus or may not understand how to correctly optimize performance for their inteneded targets and site conditions. In very mineralized soil, the higher Reactivity settings is typically the way to approach those sites. In high iron sites, I would say the same is true. You typically want to detect them with higher Reactivity settings. BUT in just about every iron polluted site I have detected, using low Reactivity I have sniffed out good targets that were just too deep for the higher Reactivities to hit on. Even in these iron polluted sites that sound like a machine gun in your earphones, there may be a gap just wide enough between the nails where that Reactivity of 0, 0.5 or 1 can hit a deep or weak good target that a Reactivity of 3 can't hit. In my opinion, if you don't use different Reactivity settings at a site, you are leaving good targets in the ground.

 

[41Digger]

Hi Bucket Lister. The "Recommended Settings" are generalized safe settings for those new to the Deus or may not understand how to correctly optimize performance for their inteneded targets and site conditions. In very mineralized soil, the higher Reactivity settings is typically the way to approach those sites. In high iron sites, I would say the same is true. You typically want to detect them with higher Reactivity settings. BUT in just about every iron polluted site I have detected, using low Reactivity I have sniffed out good targets that were just too deep for the higher Reactivities to hit on. Even in these iron polluted sites that sound like a machine gun in your earphones, there may be a gap just wide enough between the nails where that Reactivity of 0, 0.5 or 1 can hit a deep or weak good target that a Reactivity of 3 can't hit. In my opinion, if you don't use different Reactivity settings at a site, you are leaving good targets in the gri

Hi Bucket Lister. The "Recommended Settings" are generalized safe settings for those new to the Deus or may not understand how to correctly optimize performance for their inteneded targets and site conditions. In very mineralized soil, the higher Reactivity settings is typically the way to approach those sites. In high iron sites, I would say the same is true. You typically want to detect them with higher Reactivity settings. BUT in just about every iron polluted site I have detected, using low Reactivity I have sniffed out good targets that were just too deep for the higher Reactivities to hit on. Even in these iron polluted sites that sound like a machine gun in your earphones, there may be a gap just wide enough between the nails where that Reactivity of 0, 0.5 or 1 can hit a deep or weak good target that a Reactivity of 3 can't hit. In my opinion, if you don't use different Reactivity settings at a site, you are leaving good targets in the ground.

I always use multiple reactivities. I have hit this site in reactivity 5, 4, 1, and 3, as well. Different setting find different relics. I have been to this site at least 6 times now

 

[Bucket Lister]

.... In my opinion, if you don't use different Reactivity settings at a site, you are leaving good targets in the ground.

I always use multiple reactivities. I have hit this site in reactivity 5, 4, 1, and 3, as well. Different setting find different relics. I have been to this site at least 6 times now

Thanks guys. I learn much better & faster by tweaking one setting at a time like this.

The past few weeks I've been playing with notching. Over this past weekend, I played around with the Pinpoint button/function. Now I've got something else new to try on my permission.

 

[41Digger]

Thanks guys. I learn much better & faster by tweaking one setting at a time like this.

The past few weeks I've been playing with notching. Over this past weekend, I played around with the Pinpoint button/function. Now I've got something else new to try on my permission.

If your swinging the D2 notching is awesome in super polluted ground. Pulled a barber dime at a site yesterday. Notched out all the way to 86

 

[Trezurehunter]

Excellent outing ! Those are some nice old coppers.

 

[Bucket Lister]

If your swinging the D2 notching is awesome in super polluted ground. Pulled a barber dime at a site yesterday. Notched out all the way to 86

Yup. Preaching to the choir. 😉 😁

I'm going to try an experiment...

The permission I'm working is a previously undetected 1850 farmhouse. While I'm finding some things, there is so much iron & other trash that I know a lot is being blocked/masked. For example, using prg 6 (DEEP HC), I've found about $1.50 in clad and zincolns, but only one Merc and one V...

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[Silvermonkey]

That's a great bunch of finds! Thanks for sharing your thoughts around reactivity settings. Cheers!

 

[Digger RJ]

Had this site in my back pocket since last October. Crazy site! Just a small cellar, with zero stone walls, and no well found after being there at least 6 times now. My first finds at this site involved two silver plated shoe buckles. Now that in of itself would give any any cellar hole/cabin site hunter cause for hope! As of today I have liberated 9 large copper coins! I had a small brush pile I wanted cut and remove as it is right off the corner of the lip. So I was thinking if I was lucky maybe a couple of buttons and maybe another copper.... And I was also thinking this would be the perfect site to try reactivity zero. Now reactivity zero is a great tool, but mostly just a great setting to see if I missed anything deep..... and sometimes it will even pull copper out of heavily polluted ground. So I spent yester day killing it on midtones! Check those buttons! I was rewarded with a 1787 left faced horned bust Ct copper, and 1798 draped bust... both took a bath in peroxide for the last 24 hours, and are now soaking in olive oil. Today I scanned away from the cellar and didn't find much, then at the end of the day I moved that pesky pile of brush, and was rewarded! A beat up dandy, and a capped bust large cent... either 1794 or 95. I will post photos upon restoration completion. Other coppers include a 1809 keydate classic head, and 1800 over 1798 draped, View attachment 2157049View attachment 2157050

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!