Possible Big Find or amatuer Mistake

[Metal Mick]

I live in CT and just recently got the Garrett 250 about a week ago. So far I found an 1857 spoon buried under a tree. I guess this is common but the other day I was By an old Tree by a small river and my Detector Went off like Mad, The reading was very Strong on the Silver Range. I must have dug at least a foot and a half to two feet with a small Shovel. ( I found close to the area what appeared to be a old Iron piece to a horse carriage) I kept digging until I hit some big size roots, I stuck my Garret down there, and there was still a few inches of dirt between these large water roots, MY reading at the bottom of this sizeable didg said 4-6 inches more. At that time I gave up I didn't have a saw, and didn't know if these were possible hot rocks. The tree is probably 80-100 years old. My question is has anyone had similar experiences? If so what did you find, or do you think there are some high mineralized rocks under this root system? Thank you for any advice. I am wondering if I should go back with a saw, cut through the roots and keep digging or if this is a common amateur mistake?

 

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[pennyfarmer]

Honestly with out being there in person no one can really tell you much. I will relate this little story that will get you back there to investigate further.

There was a construction site in town and there was apparently an area that was overloading some machines and seemed to be a big target. Everyone just passed it by except one person decided to check it out. First shovel was nothing but dirt. Second shovel was nothing but tokens. It was a token hoard and he needed a couple buckets to remove all the tokens. I know he cleaned and sorted them. At the time I know that he sold about half of the tokens for around $5000.

Moral of the story; you don't know if its trash or treasure until you dig it up.

 

[ryaan21]

I used to use a garrett gtax 550. I got a coin tone, the annoying bell tone. I dug down about a foot and found nothing. My dad gave me some crap for giving up and told me to keep digging. I dug down another 4 inches or so and found the most valuable thing I ever found while detecting. Paid for the cost of my detector and then some. If I am in the woods or somewhere a larger hole will not be a problem, I dig it.

 

[Red James Cash]

Dig it,what do you have to lose except a little time.

 

[onfire]

Try making a probe 1/4 in steel rod with a t handle push it down to see if it is a large object or the sound of metal use to use one of these to find old out houses. The tink of bottles was a dead give away.

 

[mustangpalmer1911]

DIG!

 

[squiggy]

I also have the 250 and I do not think this machine is very accurate. I am aware no machine is spot on all the time, but the depth indicator and also the identification aspect need some serious improvements!! Drives me crazy..

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