Strangest site I've ever hunted

[WHADIFIND]

This place seems so typical on the surface. It's just modern school ground
built on an old patch of ground. So, clad is expected and the potential
of something old always looms.

But, even all that isn't all that strange. It's the ground that is proving
to be quite the education for me.

First of all the AT ground balances itself to about 91! That's pretty
mineralized but, I'm sort of used to that in most of my areas. This place
however, is bouncing between 30 to 79 on zincolns!! And that ain't all!
Nickels, anywhere from 22 to 64! Quarters? 75 - 90!! Dimes? 65-84!

My last trip out was to this place and right near the end of the day, I came across this large
patch of ground that was showing signs that it hadn't been "cleaned" in quite a while!
I found about 11 quarters then and over half of them came in the last 15 minutes of my walk!
I wanted to keep going but was too tired. The thing was, they were ringing up around 82-84!

So, thinking I'd found a hot spot and puzzled by the signals, I went back today:




I usually figure if I find about 2 dollars on a walk, I'm pretty much on track.
This was my first 2 dollar coin! LOL



How would you like to see these eyes looking up from the hole?



They ARE pretty though! I couldn't capture just how much so.
The chain is steel but the Owl isn't.





Everybody seems happy!

But, this place!! I was so taken aback by the signals
that I did some on the spot air tests and they rang up normally.
I also stopped at another favorite, familiar place on the way home and
the machine performed as per usual. The ground balance was even the same - 91.
But, VDI numbers went back to what I've grown used to seeing.

STRANGE place!!! ( queue the theme from Twilight Zone).

Thanks for taking time out of your busy day to peek.

 

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[dirtlooter]

hey I hear you on the crazy id's, the permission we are on now is pretty much like that. I dug several pull rings that have gone from 42 to 88, crazy. the ground balance changes a lot all over the place so I keep my deus on tracking. We pretty much dig everything anyways

 

[Mintberrycrunch]

Crazy conditions clad quarters coming in like silver dimes. I like the owl nice 2 dollar coin too

 

[WHADIFIND]

hey I hear you on the crazy id's, the permission we are on now is pretty much like that. I dug several pull rings that have gone from 42 to 88, crazy. the ground balance changes a lot all over the place so I keep my deus on tracking. We pretty much dig everything anyways

Oh, I pretty much dig everything myself. It's just that I like to play my "call the shot", game when I'm out there. (I get soooooo lonely! )
I kept getting surprised by quarters today! That almost never happens!

 

[Kurios1]

Very cool Hong Kong 2 Dorra Coin. Dig the owl with those shifty eyes. I run my machine at manual ground balance of 44 on my Makro Racer 2. My numbers can get jumpy as heck but, I try and dig it all at least until I get tired. Nice hunting mate.

 

[tomhighland]

Great job on the finds. My local beach will alter my AT's readings a lot, especially when it is wet. Quarters sometimes down to 64 instead of 85-87. Nickels become a distinct burp instead of a tone. Cents from 74-81. This beach also ground balances at 91-93. Doesn't affect me much as I dig everything less than ten inches there.

 

[sprailroad]

I switch between a Minelab Safari and a AT Pro, and the AT always balances a 92-93 here, and the numbers never really lock in much as far as target I.D., it's always a judgement call, on rare occasion it can become really nuts on some patches of ground, who knows what is in it, lots of black sand around here as well. Not just the AT though, there have been moments with the Safari as well, you did really well though, of course there are times like you had we think, "Is something going wrong with this thing?" followed by the sense of relief when it's nice and stable again.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice finds Whadi. If I saw that owl looking up at me while I was digging it, I think I would have been looking over my own shoulder ! He just has a little bit of a freaky stare to him !

 

[WHADIFIND]

Yep. I know that by digging everything, it makes the vdi numbers academic. But, I still have a small problem with the way we teach new people to just "dig everything". It's that mentality, that causes so many parks to ban metal detectors. No matter how careful some are, if there are enough dig marks, we all get blamed.

It's a lot more work to actually learn one's machine well enough to use the technology that took years to become reliable. Do I dig everything? It depends on where I'm walking. But, yes, unless I'm trying to keep impacts to a minimum. However, I simply like to train my ear to discern what it's hearing. To that end, I "call" EVERY shot. Sure, I get fooled sometimes but I'm pretty good, (even if I do say so my own self!

Each needs to do what they enjoy the most but consider that there's little difference between digging everything and dozing off the top 12 inches of soil. If you let a few of us on a field.

Before anyone thinks I must know nothing about proper plugging, I'd defy anyone to go to any park I've been to and find one of my old plugs. (no...I'm not perfect but even I have tried to go back to a spot where something else came out and could not find the spot! LOL )

Just felt like typing today, so don't fret the sermon.

Now get out there and have some fun!! (while you still can)

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on a nice walk and thanks for sharing

 

[Kurios1]

Yep. I know that by digging everything, it makes the vdi numbers academic. But, I still have a small problem with the way we teach new people to just "dig everything". It's that mentality, that causes so many parks to ban metal detectors. No matter how careful some are, if there are enough dig marks, we all get blamed.

It's a lot more work to actually learn one's machine well enough to use the technology that took years to become reliable. Do I dig everything? It depends on where I'm walking. But, yes, unless I'm trying to keep impacts to a minimum. However, I simply like to train my ear to discern what it's hearing. To that end, I "call" EVERY shot. Sure, I get fooled sometimes but I'm pretty good, (even if I do say so my own self!

Each needs to do what they enjoy the most but consider that there's little difference between digging everything and dozing off the top 12 inches of soil. If you let a few of us on a field.

Before anyone thinks I must know nothing about proper plugging, I'd defy anyone to go to any park I've been to and find one of my old plugs. (no...I'm not perfect but even I have tried to go back to a spot where something else came out and could not find the spot! LOL )

Just felt like typing today, so don't fret the sermon.

Now get out there and have some fun!! (while you still can)

Amen preacher man! If I am in a public or private area and the soil is "dry" I only dig coin signals. I don't want to damage the sod and leave brown circles of dead grass spotting the areas I hunt. If it's saturated with moisture I dig like a maniac and as yourself mate I can't ever find my old plugs after recovering targets. I am a perfectionist and also don't want other treasure hunter's being able to spot my "tracks". As far as utilizing the technology and trusting my machine, I do to a point, but have been fooled or surprised too many times to trust it too much. Therefore I dig lots of iffy beeps.

I suppose when training newbies we should add emphasis on the ethics of maintaining the sod while hunting. I know when I go out and see other metal detectorists leaving public parks a mess it chaps my hide! Thanks for the sermon padre.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Well Blingie has a new fine feathered (metal) friend!
One that keep eyes on him from anywhere! That is kinda creepy.

Fishy is just going for the ying & yang of it, kinda goes with the $2 coin!

Congrats! Thats a good score of goodies! And a few mysteries thrown in for good measure!

As for the weird sort of confusing signals, i have had some the past few outings, to the point i was wondering if i might need to send the M6 in to check the calibrations.
But when i check it over ground other than the park i hunt, its fine. The meter readings match the targets.

Sometimes i wonder if the skies aren't over crowded with radio waves, and electricial energy can create problems.
But mostly i figure it is the ground i am hunting, they used to use old trash furnace clean out as land fill, so the amount and type of metal in this ground runs the gamut, along with the modern stuff.

I have gotten bottle cap/screwcap readings that were clad quarters at 7". Also the zincs that are the lest bit decayed read as trash no matter which way i swing the coil.

This is usually when the ground is real moist (they have sprinklers)....and no i don't dig up the sprinkler system!
There are somethings that i can't dig deep enough to see what it is, because shovels are out.
....could be that VW bug the manufacture tells me i can find at 20 feet! Lol!

We dig what we can, as carefully as we can, but some stuff will remain a mystery till something changes.

Nicely done Sir!

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[texjim]

Nice finds

 

[dirtlooter]

Amen preacher man! If I am in a public or private area and the soil is "dry" I only dig coin signals. I don't want to damage the sod and leave brown circles of dead grass spotting the areas I hunt. If it's saturated with moisture I dig like a maniac and as yourself mate I can't ever find my old plugs after recovering targets. I am a perfectionist and also don't want other treasure hunter's being able to spot my "tracks". As far as utilizing the technology and trusting my machine, I do to a point, but have been fooled or surprised too many times to trust it too much. Therefore I dig lots of iffy beeps.

I suppose when training newbies we should add emphasis on the ethics of maintaining the sod while hunting. I know when I go out and see other metal detectorists leaving public parks a mess it chaps my hide! Thanks for the sermon padre.

I had to make someone go back and fix their holes today, they hadn't even made an attempt to fill them much less do a good job at it.

 

[smokeythecat]

Beware! Owls have been known to eat small lizards that don't move too fast!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice walk in the school with some interesting finds!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Beware! Owls have been known to eat small lizards that don't move too fast!

Hmmmm....maybe that was why Blingie was keeping his distance.