I Can't Make Up My Freaking Mind

[tabman]

I've been using my new Deus HF search coil and I've been amazed at how well it works, then today I switched back to the LF search coil and it worked great also. I'm not keeping both, so the testing continues.

It's starting to get hot here so I look for sites that have trees so I can stay out of the direct sunlight. The first site that I went to produced silver on my previous hunt, but not today. Nothing but a bunch of clad and another British coin, my 3rd for the year.

My second site looked promising and I thought I was on to something really good because right out the gate I found 1926 Mercury dime. I worked the site for nearly 2 hours finding a wheat penny here and there to keep me motivated. Finally I got a sweet high audio tone and popped a 1940 Mercury dime.

It was the 3rd time that a car with deep tinted window slowly drove by looking me over, so I figured it was time to get the hell out there, before something happens. I wasn't in a good part of town.

tabman


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[Brendan75]

Hi, wow great finds love the silver coins. Congrats. That South African Half penny has traveled far. I have never found a holed half penny but have found a couple of holed 1D pennies.

 

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[Phishfarmer]

Nice finds! Keep both coils. You'll regret it if you sell one.

 

[tabman]

the LF coil does suck the ground pretty good but the HF seems to find deeper and smaller stuff that I seemed to have missed with the LF. Then you look at how much better the HF coil does on small gold, like small chains than the LF. My wife is using my LF coil, oh excuse me, her LF coil and I am very happy with my HF coil.

It's going to take me awhile to figure out how each search coil does for my particular type of detecting.

You are absolutely correct, the HF coil goes deeper and gets smaller stuff. It also likes big Confederate belt buckles too!

I bet it really does well on small buttons.

I can't comment on the XP because i have never been around one. But, the coins are great and you may have been pretty wise to move on after the car kept coming by. I detect some pretty shady areas as well.

Thanks! When I get that uneasy feeling I get the hell out of Dodge.

Heh, heh. I didn't do so bad...lol.

It sounds like y'all had a great time.

You did squat. I have to take pics. Can't believe what was missed, seriously. Was walking right over everyone's footprints and dig holes.

Ok, so I took one pic. Three minies, 1 Sharps with dimple base, 1 .69 round ball, I also got one last weekend, three brass buckles, 1 larger iron roller buckle, two eagle buttons, 1 round "ball" style button, three tent or other brass grommets, big piece of scrap brass, 8 modern bullets, two pieces old redware pieces, cartridge box finial, small buck load, silver pull tab thingie, knapsack piece. In about 1 hour going in a circle 75' around.

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Nice bunch of finds!

Gotta leave stuff behind for the primary permission holder. It's only polite.

You sound like me. lol

BTW - Nice finds, tabman. Gotta know when to fold 'em... Glad you are enjoying the new HF.

Thanks! Some thugs will shoot you for little or nothing.

I get depressed if I have to go back to the LF coil. Yeah, but leaving this much stuff behind don't make no sense! At least I didn't get a gold coin.

I'm going to keep going back and forth between the two search coils until I decide.

tabman

 

[tabman]

Looks like some nice finds Tabman.

Thanks!

Man you are having a nice year. What is silver coin count? I'm loving the South African coin too.

Thanks! I haven't counted yet. During the Summer months I slow down quite a bit because of the heat.

You did well Tabman! I alway's feel safe with my double serrated lesche, but you probably made the right call.

Thanks! I ain't taking no knife to a gun fight! lol

Nice haul!

Thanks!

Hey Smokey,
Sounds like everything is good with the HF. Since I Don't have a dog in the HF hunt I just the other night watched a YouTube video on the HF verses the HF and the dealer said that the HF did a little better in mineralized soil an separated some better. But other than that there wasn't a ton of difference. You probably could comment better than I to Tasman about doing away with one or the other. Just a side note, my next toy is the XP with both coils even though my soil here in the this area in in the mild mineralization range.

I have mild soil, but I have to deal with a lot of EMI.

Hi, wow great finds love the silver coins. Congrats. That South African Half penny has traveled far. I have never found a holed half penny but have found a couple of holed 1D pennies.

Thanks! I don't why I'm finding so many of those South African coins here lately.

Nice finds! Keep both coils. You'll regret it if you sell one.

Thanks! Yep every time I sell something I start to having second thoughts.

tabman