tabman
Bronze Member
Yesterday I spent most of my detecting time out on a soccer field swinging my Vaquero with the new Clean Sweep coil that I just got. It worked great! No gold rings though. As usual, I spend some time after each hunt looking for a new place to detect. I come upon a house that was built in the early 50's that was not occupied that had a for sale sign in the front yard. I called the number on the sign and got permission to detect the yard.
The owner warned me that the yard was loaded with nails. I told him that Tesoro has one of the best discriminators in the business and I wouldn't have any problems at all with the nails.
My only back-up detector with me was my modded Cibola with the NEL Sharpshooter coil attached. Right off I found a Rosie dime in the grass next to sidewalk, 12 wheat pennies and some clad coins. That's not a bad start. I detected for about an hour and decided to call it day since I was already wore-out from swinging my Vaquero at the soccer field earlier and it was getting hot out.
I got back to the site around 7:30 this morning armed with my Outlaw with the 5.75 inch concentric coil attach. I set the discrimination at its minimum, which is perfect for a site that is loaded with nails. My very first target that I found was a Washington Quarter in the grassy area next to the driveway. I knew that it was going to be a good day!
About halfway through my 3 hour hunt, I decided to switch to the larger 8 inch doughnut coil since some the coins that I was digging wasn't giving a good strong audio signal. The 8 inch coil was easily picking coins right out of the nails. I dug a few holes where a pry cap or nail would be the first out the hole and I knew that wasn't what the Outlaw was sounding off on and looked further and found coins.
I ended up finding 72 clad coins, 90 pieces of trash, 24 wheat pennies, 2 Washington quarters, 2 Mercury dimes, 3 Rosie dimes, and a War Nickel. That's 194 targets in 4 hours of detecting in a grassy area that's only 40 feet by 60 feet wide. I haven't touched the backyard yet and it's 3 times larger.
I talked to the owner again today and told him that I was having a great time and I felt like I needed to do something nice for him. He told me there's no need for me do anything and for me to spend as much time as I needed to detect his home.
tabman
The owner warned me that the yard was loaded with nails. I told him that Tesoro has one of the best discriminators in the business and I wouldn't have any problems at all with the nails.
My only back-up detector with me was my modded Cibola with the NEL Sharpshooter coil attached. Right off I found a Rosie dime in the grass next to sidewalk, 12 wheat pennies and some clad coins. That's not a bad start. I detected for about an hour and decided to call it day since I was already wore-out from swinging my Vaquero at the soccer field earlier and it was getting hot out.
I got back to the site around 7:30 this morning armed with my Outlaw with the 5.75 inch concentric coil attach. I set the discrimination at its minimum, which is perfect for a site that is loaded with nails. My very first target that I found was a Washington Quarter in the grassy area next to the driveway. I knew that it was going to be a good day!
About halfway through my 3 hour hunt, I decided to switch to the larger 8 inch doughnut coil since some the coins that I was digging wasn't giving a good strong audio signal. The 8 inch coil was easily picking coins right out of the nails. I dug a few holes where a pry cap or nail would be the first out the hole and I knew that wasn't what the Outlaw was sounding off on and looked further and found coins.
I ended up finding 72 clad coins, 90 pieces of trash, 24 wheat pennies, 2 Washington quarters, 2 Mercury dimes, 3 Rosie dimes, and a War Nickel. That's 194 targets in 4 hours of detecting in a grassy area that's only 40 feet by 60 feet wide. I haven't touched the backyard yet and it's 3 times larger.
I talked to the owner again today and told him that I was having a great time and I felt like I needed to do something nice for him. He told me there's no need for me do anything and for me to spend as much time as I needed to detect his home.
tabman
