JerDfx- Question please

[phillipofnc]

Jeremy,
It seems you are indeed a treasure magnet. Without giving specifics away, could you share with us less fortunate md a thing or two about your thought process. When you first look for a site what do you look for? What is the time frame of your town history, for instance my town I live in was Est. 1903. How about your town? Do you find most of these finds in wooded areas or where? Do you just start walking in stands of trees and wait for a sign? Please help a few of us out. You have found hundreds you say and I believe you trust me but a few of us are still searching for a few not hundreds. Please respond if you feel like it. Thank you. I am willing to learn MDing through my own experiences but a pointer or two would help jump start it.
Phillip "dadoftwins"

 

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[rataft]

Hey,
If your looking to determine where to hunt there are several books on where to hunt and how to read the lay on the land. Two of my favorites are: Where to find treasure, by dick stout. and the urban treasure hunter by michael chaplan. just to name a few, they are'nt detector specific, and I read them every spring just to open my eyes to new sties.

 

[JerV3]

Hi guys, Sorry I didn't see this post here sooner. This website See's so many post a day it's hard to keep up. First off I don't just hunt any typical woods. I find woods that has seen traffic. I like to hunt woods that site directly behind old neighborhoods. Because you know at one point or another someone walked through there back yard and up into the woods.

The woods back in the day used to be like a gathering place for teenagers and younge kids even adults. First I look for good black top soil. Undisturbed grounds to detect. I find clue's like carvings in the tree's. If there's garbage around then obviously there has been some people there. I'll look for older garbage like bottle caps instead of pulltabs. Kids alot of the time went up into the woods behind the homes to play guns hide and seek or just play by the small creeks I tend to find in the woods.

My area was founded in 1769. The city I live in dates back to the late 1600S. When searching the woods I like to find the best pieces of land. They'll look like little flat plateaus that people could have sat and made a fire or something. You will also notice the grounds to be real worn out in places. I have found lost stuff in woods with no traffic other than hunters for the past 100yrs. I look for pieces of land that could have been cut through alot to get to the next neighborhood. You have to use common sence. Not just any woods will hold treasure.

I know of a few parks that date back to the 1800S that know one knows about either. They are vergin territory and everytime I visit them they give up treasure. I have accumulated alot of spots here. So it's hard to hunt them all out. Experience has a big part of it. I have went to many of that's all worked out spots and have still managed to find some nice stuff.

The knowledge I have over most treasure hunters here that use the same unit is I know mine front to back. The rest of the guys only know them on there preset levels. The edge I get over the same guy with the same machine not knowing a single adjustment on the unit alot of the times gives me the extra sensitivity and depth I need to go over top of them and still find stuff. You have to look at an area and determine if it wasn't actually bigger along time ago than what it is now. Look for smaller tree's and brush grown in around the area. If you see 300yr old tree's with a bunch of 10 to 20 yrear old tree's in front of it then you know the spot was bigger at one time. This theory works well in old picnic area. Because you know they been worked already. But the normal guy never looks up and realizes that the area was bigger it's just grown in now. You go into the edge of the woods and search around the brush that 100 years ago it was open just like the grass.

There's many of small tips you gain through experiences. Woods around churches and cemeteries. The list goes on. Open your mind up in that direction and you may put a few first in your pocket. I know I have. I'm in a well hunted area. I'm only 23 so I have the strengh and energy to walk ruff terrain and far without getting tired. It's just a hobby. I have alot of fun with it and I'm not trying to get rich. None of my finds are for sale. It would have to be a huge find for me to part with it. Go out enjoy yourself because there still is alot of treasure to be found out there. Hope this helps you all some. If you have any more questions I'll do my best to help out just shoot.

Good Luck stick with it it's out there Jeremy

 

[Born2Dtect]

That is good information, better than most books give. Do you have any tips on geting that all important permssion to hunt?

Thanks,

Ed

 

[JerV3]

Hi Ed, That's a good question. That is one of the main reasons I started woods hunting. I know of so many old spots like homes with underground slave railroads old forts just some great places to hunt probably. But I realized that the situation was like this here. I don't have a ton a travel time because I got 2 younge kids right now. Probably like the most of us here are very busy.

I do have one good hunting tip when trying to gain permission. I hunt and bring my 4 yr old son with me to detect all the time. When there is a rare occasion we have to ask for permission people have a hard time telling us no if they even do because they see me younge my son with his little shovel in his hand and they feal to bad to tell us no. But I never have to ask for permission to hunt places unless it gets really bad for me. Spend to much time tracking down people than hunting.

So I figured no one could throw me out of just the city woods. No one cares your in them. No one can see you either. No body bothers you but the herds of deers you see and turkey. My spots I have are hundreds of acres deep with coins all over. It's pretty hard to hunt out 300 acres. You have to pick up alot of trash turn logs over and know all the tips on woods hunting. It takes awile to become good at hunting woods.

I can tell between a bullet shell of just about any caliber from a coin because I have dug so many and just know the numbers very sharp on my machine. Lot of cool and big relics to be found in the woods to. Sometimes you don't get alot of coins but you'll leave with more relics you can carry if your into that kind of the hobby. Hope this helps you guys open some doors in the treasure hunting world. Lot of enjoyment and excitement if you can find alot and stay consistent. Just have fun with it. If it isn't fun it isn't worth doing right.

Good luck let me know in the future if a tip I leave here leads you to some treasure. HH Jeremy.

 

[JerV3]

Hey Pirate, The dfx is all digital. One of the most sophisticated detectors on the market. If not the most. What other detector has 46 adjustments that can handle any circumstance. There are numbers that come up that will indicate were on the graph a target should come in. For example the machine Will tell you pull tab and hit a number with it. Like a solid + 38 is a pulltab 999 out of 1000 times. Now if I'm detecting and a plus 37 comes up and has depth sounds good then it may possible be a gold ring or other small artifact but usually a keeper. For another instance screw caps like to read 54 so you can determine really easily what is garbage and what is good. That doesn't mean you don't have to dig all the trash. Trash maskes good stuff if it's deep and you have alot of surface trash it hides alot. The machine will tell you exactly what is under your coil. If it's a penny it knows. I know the numbers so well I have the icons turned off on the machine. I don't even need to know anymore if it a quarter penny nickle or dime because of how much I have used the detector. I go strictly by the sound and the numbers on the graph and also the depth. Like I know when I got a silver quarter. Before I even dig I know it's down there. Same with wheat's and Indians from finding so many. Not right every time but just about. Hope this helps answer some of your question.

HH Jeremy

 

[Born2Dtect]

Thanks for the info, JerDfx. You sound like you know what you are doing.

Ed

 

[phillipofnc]

Thanks Jeremy,
I may to need to learn what a bunch of 300 year old trees look like first. lol I do not have many old stands of trees in our area that I would think date back then. But I have only lived here 5 years now. I do not know the history well enough. I plan to research old photos to learn more about the area. I have a resource that dates buildings and such. But that is about it. There are only a few books on the history of the town. I may have to travel a little to find more. But all the info was great! thanks.
I too am a dad of two so time is hard to come by. keep up the good posts. Thanks.

 

[JerV3]

Not a problem guys that's what I'm here for. Keep at it old photos and maps are good ways to find places that are long forgotten about. 300 year old tree's are huge. You'll know one when you see it. Look at maps of old parks and see if it shows broken off pieces of land that may have been never touched. Looking at maps will make you alot more familiar with the terrain. That is an edge on the last guy who was there. Actually seeing were all the land of the park leads to. Wish you alot of luck. Stick with it you'll turn something up.

Take care Jer

 

[Born2Dtect]

Pirate,
A lot of things can cause eratic readings, interference, improper adjustment,loose or worn connectors, or a bad detector. I know this may seem basic but reread the manual and try a few controlled test. Bury a few coins in the ground or just lay them on top of the ground. If you cannot get good readings under these conditions you may need to send your detector out for repair.

Good luck,


Ed

 

[JerV3]

Hey Pirate, Sounds like you may have been around something that was interfering with your detector. Alot of stuff can do it. Hot rock if you don't have a top notch detector were you can adjust for that condition. There may be alot of iron around. Or it could just simply need serviced. A recalibration to get your targets on your machine iding sharper. Do you wear head phones and what kind of quality are they. Could be a number of things. Electrical lines around like to do it to.

If all else fails. Sell it on e-bay buy a nice used white's spectrum for around 500.00 probably and you'll really start to find some treasure. The first machine I ever used and learned was a 1993 white's eagle spectrum. That machine was a beast and still runs today great. It finds Indians with no problem in tough spots and it i.d's extremely accurate. Not like my dfx is more complicated. Things are all over on the number scale. You just have to learn it differently. Hope this helps.

You'll want to get that problem diagnosed quickly before the warm weather roles around if your like me and like to hunt alot. Reliability is a key. My dfx never has a problem. They built them tough. Although bumping and banging around in trunks and stuff over time they do need to get reprogrammed they get bumped a little over time. Send them to the local company who services them and it cost 50 to 100 bucks with shipping. Then the machine comes back brand new. Have done it a handful of times. If I drop my machine in the Field a few times over the years I like to send it in for a full look over and recalibration. They come back new out of the box. At least white's do. Even there low end products come back running great. You could buy a used white's classic I.d for 200 250 and they work great. Just a thought.

Take care man

 

[Bill W.]

Pirate,

Having the sensitivity too high or the ground balance being off can cause the kinds of problems you said about. What make and model of machine is it? I'd be willing the bet someone can help you figure out if it's an adjustment or a bad machine.

-Bill