One week down

[Lowbatts]

Been wafting around a new park in town for a week now. Have had my fill of clad. Seems quarters are everywhere in that park from surface to 7 inches, wheaties are plentiful too though I've only managed 15 so far and they ranged from 2 to 7 inches.

Tricky soil, can easily get clear signals on 7 inch wheaties, then with no targets above or around, almost no signal on the last pair Mayo pulled out today. Seems my coin depth limit is 8 inches there.

And today again silver eluded me, but Mayo may have made up for that with his best silver day yet but he's still gotta rinse a couple to be sure. Hope ya'll had a good hunt today also!

 

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[Pocket Spill]

Congrats on all the wheaties.....the quarters can add up fast!

 

[dirtyJohn]

Tim, What setup are you using? Have you tried running zero disc and max sens (EMI permitting), Tones at 2 or more. I've pulled alot of deep coins with that setup. The F70 with the 11" DD coil should be just as, if not deeper than my machine. I don't know about the 9" concentric coil because there's not one available for the T2 but I've read the DD is deeper.
HH
John

 

[Lowbatts]

Hey John,
I run disc 21, max sens and thresh and 3h where I can and did so at this site. Mayo hit a target and I checked it before he dug, a silver rosie at 5 or 6 inches on edge in gravel. Got a clear indication of a coin there and it stayed all high coin, though a little bouncy. Then I barely got any signal on the last two wheaties he pulled, flat and at 5 inches, about an inch apart in clean dirt. I could see two targets easily with pinpoint and got a decent depth read but the rig would not id them.

Throughout the day the rig easily picked out 7 inch coins all over the place, even in trash but I couldn't find a silver. Mayo got 4 including that '16 merc with a big staple on top at fairly easy depth so it's not like there's an abundance.

We were in a trap field though, so we were picking through 70 years of lead and steel shot. The average five inch deep plug there contains about 5 wads and a matrix of clay pigeons. I might call that an excuse except I've not been able to pull an 8-plus inch coin anywhere else either.

 

[Lookn4Seated]

It seems that that's the problem with those Fishers. D-Dub was complaining about that too. I would get a signal and he wouldn't with his F-75.

Congrats on a great hunt anywho, and can't wait until we get a hunt in this year.

 

[Dirt fishing Wolf]

You'll get it figured out. Skipping over silver and knowing it might be happening can't sit to well. Atleast Mayo was there to get some of the silver. HH DFW

 

[Lowbatts]

Seems like this unit has an on/off switch at 8 inches. While AT mode can see many targets deeper than that and I can find them in pinpoint mode, it just doesn't do to go tearing 8+ inch holes open with no indication on target id in hand. So I may relegate this unit to trashy park grounds with known targets hiding in the mix. Already got enough totlot/construction site units with the other three md's and I don't need an "executive version" totlot detector. My 62 dollar machine can find bling and coinage to 8 inches in totlots, as can my 1235X and my CZ is quieter in demo sites. Hmmm, what to do, what to do....

Hey Mayo, did you clean the back of that 1916 merc yet? I'm dyin' over here.....

P.S, Mayo caught up with my four silver for the year and may have doubled that number this week alone! Super congrats!

 

[watercolor]

The signals out there are all over the board for sure

There must be something going on in that trap field. . . that Washington clad
I dug there looked like a colonial copper smoothie. . . (maybe I should
give that coin a closer look).

But heck, it was fun to get out there and watch Mayo get his silver 8)

 

[dirtyJohn]

Hey John,
I run disc 21, max sens and thresh and 3h where I can and did so at this site. Mayo hit a target and I checked it before he dug, a silver rosie at 5 or 6 inches on edge in gravel. Got a clear indication of a coin there and it stayed all high coin, though a little bouncy. Then I barely got any signal on the last two wheaties he pulled, flat and at 5 inches, about an inch apart in clean dirt. I could see two targets easily with pinpoint and got a decent depth read but the rig would not id them.

Throughout the day the rig easily picked out 7 inch coins all over the place, even in trash but I couldn't find a silver. Mayo got 4 including that '16 merc with a big staple on top at fairly easy depth so it's not like there's an abundance.

We were in a trap field though, so we were picking through 70 years of lead and steel shot. The average five inch deep plug there contains about 5 wads and a matrix of clay pigeons. I might call that an excuse except I've not been able to pull an 8-plus inch coin anywhere else either.

Isn't the iron range 0-15 on the F70? I've heard that running the disc at 6 on the F70 is perfect. On the T2 a disc of 21 is the same because the iron range is broader on my machine 0-40. It seems to just get rid of nails without losing depth at that disc. Give it a try, might work out for you.
HH
John