rayoh
Full Member
- Jan 13, 2017
- 165
- 472
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Etrac-Notka Legend
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Several weeks ago I took some back roads home from a doctor's visit when I ran across a school that looked to be built in the 70's. Last week I made the half hour drive to check it out with my F5 equipped with a sharp shooter coil. It was apparent that nobody is detecting this school as I found 40 clad coins in the first couple of hours of detecting. I checked the dates and most all were from the 70'-80's. I was ready to call it a day, but decided to try the far back corner. Glad I did because I found two wheaties from the 50's. When I left, I had a large corner to check out at a later day.
Well this morning was that day. I decided to put the bigger coil on the F5(11 inch Fisher coil) The very first target was that deep "whine of a whisper" that the F5 is famous for. From 7 inches I see a silver dime. 1952 roosie. Now I am convinced that I am on to something. Next deep whisper is a crusty wheat from 8 inches. The next two targets were clad dimes from 6 inches deep. I concentrated my grid on the area where the roosie and wheat came from and the next target confirmed that I made the right choice. I got a signal that was barely audible, but hit from two angles. No numbers, but I knew it was a deep coin and it was. 1946 quarter from 9-10 inches. I ended up with two more wheats and only covered about 1/4 of the corner before the rain started.
I don't know why these coins were here, but is truly pays to do some scouting. There is enough ground at this school to keep me busy for a couple of months, but the emi makes most of it un-huntable. The F5 is equipped for these sites with the separate gain and threshold. Every time I use the F5 I start grinning like a jackass chewing briars. It really is a nice detector.
Well this morning was that day. I decided to put the bigger coil on the F5(11 inch Fisher coil) The very first target was that deep "whine of a whisper" that the F5 is famous for. From 7 inches I see a silver dime. 1952 roosie. Now I am convinced that I am on to something. Next deep whisper is a crusty wheat from 8 inches. The next two targets were clad dimes from 6 inches deep. I concentrated my grid on the area where the roosie and wheat came from and the next target confirmed that I made the right choice. I got a signal that was barely audible, but hit from two angles. No numbers, but I knew it was a deep coin and it was. 1946 quarter from 9-10 inches. I ended up with two more wheats and only covered about 1/4 of the corner before the rain started.
I don't know why these coins were here, but is truly pays to do some scouting. There is enough ground at this school to keep me busy for a couple of months, but the emi makes most of it un-huntable. The F5 is equipped for these sites with the separate gain and threshold. Every time I use the F5 I start grinning like a jackass chewing briars. It really is a nice detector.
