SUMMER OF 2013 on 1 WINTER CAMP!

[JDug]

Ok it's been raining for 2 days straight and I'm suffering from some cabin fever, so this post is a little premature. I'm not done by any means and hope this winter will reveal many more discoveries. This is the 1st time I've laid everything out together except for this months finds, also pictured in collage. I must say it's pretty over whelming. I hope you enjoy.

 

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[arrowhead82]

Amazing finds! are those buckles at the top of the case civil war era?
HH

 

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[JDug]

Amazing finds! are those buckles at the top of the case civil war era?
HH

Thanks, yes they're kepi buckles ...

 

[JDug]

Wow is about all I can say, love those inks and that Cathedral Pickle I see there in the back!! Is that amber whisky whole? Embossed? Congrats on those great finds!!

Thank you sir. It was almost whole, would of been really rare find in the amber color, most are aqua.

 

[NolanTheExplorer]

That's an awesome season. Excellent finds

 

[JDug]

Hello JDug. Dang youse ben bizzee! Well done!!! How many hunts are we lookin' at? All from one site? Thanks for the inspiration...now I know I am huntin' this weekend. HH C9

Thank you sir, I hope you do well. I scrolled through my post's and it looks like 90 hunts all on 1 camp.

 

[parsonwalker]

Just killer. Well done!

 

[JDug]

Thanks Parson!

Just killer. Well done!

 

[ekeisler]

Ya gotta think about how you would lose all of that stuff! Good finds!!!

 

[Trajady]

That is an awesome display of finds. I hope I'm lucky enough to dig up some of those coins one day. I love those old coins.

 

[JDug]

Thank you sir.

That's an awesome season. Excellent finds

 

[JDug]

5000 troops in 1 spot for 4 months are gonna lose some and throw out some things.

Ya gotta think about how you would lose all of that stuff! Good finds!!!

 

[Lcb24kt]

Awesome! That's alot of digging!!

 

[JDug]

Thank you very much. May your next find be a colonial coin spill! HH

That is an awesome display of finds. I hope I'm lucky enough to dig up some of those coins one day. I love those old coins.

 

[Davers]

Awesome ,It look's like you had a Summer of fun ( dig fest 2013) . What metal detector did you use the most ? around here the GPX series seems to be pulling deep relics out of ground that's been hunted fairly hard in the past.?

 

[kuger]

Wow!!Those sites arent too common any more,bravo to you for finding and securing one!!!!

 

[JDug]

The CTX with 17" coil.
I love the processing speed and the fact that you can make up your own programs. I was able to change the tones in the combined mode ( which I think is the best ) so all the high tones were higher and the low tone is lower. It helps me hear those little cuff buttons mixed in with iron. I also got a mode from someone else that all targets are high tones including iron. When you turn iron reject on it picks a good target under iron as one target and gives you a good solid signal. I just run it in all metal combined mode until I hear a iffy signal then switch over to confirm it. I think what helped me was I never had a E-trac so I never tried to compare it...
My disclaimer would be , like everyone else once you commit to learning and loving a machine it makes you biass and that could be my case here.
I will say I have only used my GPX on this camp 3 times...
The 1st time was on the 1st place field. I gridded it with the CTX & 17" coil and was averaging 35 targets a day. I figured it was worth hitting with the GPX before I moved onto the next field. I used the DD 12x15 and spent the day gridding all the hot spots. I got 1 bucky ball and a piece of camp lead. I even tried it in sharp instead of sense extra.

The 2nd time was in a small area next to a swamp where I found 26 mini's and 2 buttons with CTX. This time I went back with the GPX and the 15x12 mono. I pulled another 8 mini's out of that little spot. Then I worked my way towards a hot spot where I dug 105 targets in 1 day. ( this 105 target spot ended up being where the huts were) About 20 paces form the swamp I hit another hot spot , mostly small targets, a few mini's and a staff button. From there to the hot spot proved to be too much iron.

The 3rd time was after finding the huts with CTX. I went back with the 15x12 mono coil and worked that same line from the huts to the swamp. I used a whole can of paint to mark promising sounding targets. Then I rechecked all those targets with the CTX and dug most of them. It ended up being a iron clearing day, mostly big 4" spikes and square nails. You know it's funny I've hunted some pretty slim camps before and was always able to get some good iron out of them like gun tools. The only good iron from this camp has come from the pits.( Baffling )

The CTX with !7" coil has been finding frying pan pieces, horse shoe's and the cannon ball at 3 foot and out done the GPX with 15x12 DD. My plan is to do the whole farm over with the GPX and the mono coil, depending on results.

Awesome ,It look's like you had a Summer of fun ( dig fest 2013) . What metal detector did you use the most ? around here the GPX series seems to be pulling deep relics out of ground that's been hunted fairly hard in the past.?

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

I'll join the rest,,, WOW !!!!!

 

[wv hilljack]

Absolutely stunning! Very very nice finds.

 

[JDug]

Thank you sir!

I'll join the rest,,, WOW !!!!!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Good Lord, you been digging this summer! Your finds rival our finds for sure, in terms of both quality and quantity. Just keep up whatever your doing, cause you're doing something right!

Congrats on a GREAT display!

Cheers,

Buck