Massachussettes State Copper

[Ahab8]

I did post this find already but that was before I knew what I had and I wanted to give it the proper title and show the most recent pics. I have done 3 separate very slow and gentle cleanings in an attempt to get a bit of detail to come thru. Finally I have been able to get a bit of detail to show on the obverse as you can now see the Indians legs and the arrow. So happy to have found a Mass Copper. Never dreamed that would be my first state copper.
Thanks to all that helped me to solve this mystery. Love TNet for its knowledgeable and helpful folks

 

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[dutchtoga]

I'm lucky in the sense that most of my sites are pretty remote and there's little to no trash. So I mainly use the stock 11" coil. I hunt on 2+ and normally can get my sens up between 88-91. I usually have my disc around 18. I don't like hearing every single piece of everything but I do like knowing when I'm on a concentration of iron. I recently have been using all metal occasionally at certain sites because it seems to get me about 3" deeper in my test garden. If I hit a good signal I will switch over to disc just to see if the numbers stay the same and to see if I'm even getting a signal. Often times if it's a deep one I don't get much at all where in am I get a great repeatable signal. But I have to be at a pretty clean site to use am or it'll drive me nuts. I do have a couple of trashy sites that I like the 5" coil at for better target separation. I def recommend a test garden. It taught me that numbers don't mean crap. On a deep target the numbers can jump a lot and it still can be a good target. It also taught me that an occasional grunt in there does not always mean iron which was a mistake I made for quite some time. I am considering a big NEL coil to egg more depth at a couple specific site but the 11" in AM is pretty ridiculous as far as depth. I was pretty amazed. Beau Ouimette has a couple of good youtube vids about the am. I never used it until a few weeks ago but am convinced that if you can deal with it it's the way to go. If you ever have any questions don't hesitate to ask bud and if you have any tips I'm all ears. Sorry bout the novel :-) Abe

I basically detected with a ATPro from the time they first came out for about 3 years before I got the T2se. When I'm in iron infested areas mainly around cellar holes the T2 with the 5" coil works unbelievable. I like to hear the different tones so I hunt on 3 with sens in around 70 with disc about the same as you 18. I've pull better targets with the T2 and it gets better depth than any detector I've used previously. When a signal is deep or iffy I dig a plug!! Thanks for sharing. Dutch

 

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