On my property I have an early 1800s foundation with a possible cache somewhere under the floor (confirmed via old family records).
My grandfather knew of the cache and bought the property to recover it, but due to a previous owner writing fraudulent deeds, heirs of the original family trying to make a claim, poorly marked property lines, etc, ownership was in dispute for ~50 years. During that time, my grandfather poured concrete (no rebar or reinforcement) over the dirt floor to prevent anyone from digging anything up.
Now that the deeds are sorted out (I hope), I borrowed an older Garret detector and found a few spots near the walls reading in the silver range, which can be duplicated when scanning the same section of the foundation wall from the outside. But being an older machine, it has no depth gauge, and metal identification is sub-par (a horseshoe found outside the foundation was originally identified as gold).
So rather than bring in a jackhammer to dig up ~600 SqFt of concrete just to find a couple horseshoes, which detector would you recommend to get a better idea of the size/depth/identification?
My grandfather knew of the cache and bought the property to recover it, but due to a previous owner writing fraudulent deeds, heirs of the original family trying to make a claim, poorly marked property lines, etc, ownership was in dispute for ~50 years. During that time, my grandfather poured concrete (no rebar or reinforcement) over the dirt floor to prevent anyone from digging anything up.
Now that the deeds are sorted out (I hope), I borrowed an older Garret detector and found a few spots near the walls reading in the silver range, which can be duplicated when scanning the same section of the foundation wall from the outside. But being an older machine, it has no depth gauge, and metal identification is sub-par (a horseshoe found outside the foundation was originally identified as gold).
So rather than bring in a jackhammer to dig up ~600 SqFt of concrete just to find a couple horseshoes, which detector would you recommend to get a better idea of the size/depth/identification?
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