mr helton
Hero Member
- May 20, 2013
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher F2
White's Spectrum XLT
AT Pro
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
The "pounded out" park gives up more goodies on my first hunt there this year!
This park has been getting hit HARD for YEARS. There are people there detecting probably half the times I go there in the summer, and many of them have been hitting the same park for 20+ years because it's the oldest in the city (1920s but was used prior). Last year I started hitting it hard and managed to find 2 mercs in 2 days, plus the occasional wheatie. Yesterday I went back for the first time this year, and for the first time with my AT Pro with the 5x8 coil, and I gotta say I'm pretty impressed at how it handled the extreme trashy areas compared to my beloved Spectrum XLT.
Anyway this time I decided to hit a side of the park that I never bothered to try because there are literally nails and bottle caps EVERYWHERE. The sound is almost nonstop with iron audio on but I decided to see what the AT Pro could do so I went through it low and slow and managed to pull out some goodies: 4 wheaties, my first indian head of the year, and my first merc of the year! I also found an old canadian penny. Today I went back and found another merc for my first good target, this one being a 1918-D!
There is a river down a steep valley that runs through the park, so I decided to slide down there and scope it out as a potential hunting spot once the water warms up. I stuck the coil in the water and immediately got a great signal and pulled out a shiny wheat penny from the muddy water. I can't wait until it warms up so I can climb in there and really search the thing. I'm guessing most of the people who pick that park clean have not hunted in the water so I'm anxious to see what I can find in there!
Anyway here are the finds:
Video
Day 2
This park has been getting hit HARD for YEARS. There are people there detecting probably half the times I go there in the summer, and many of them have been hitting the same park for 20+ years because it's the oldest in the city (1920s but was used prior). Last year I started hitting it hard and managed to find 2 mercs in 2 days, plus the occasional wheatie. Yesterday I went back for the first time this year, and for the first time with my AT Pro with the 5x8 coil, and I gotta say I'm pretty impressed at how it handled the extreme trashy areas compared to my beloved Spectrum XLT.
Anyway this time I decided to hit a side of the park that I never bothered to try because there are literally nails and bottle caps EVERYWHERE. The sound is almost nonstop with iron audio on but I decided to see what the AT Pro could do so I went through it low and slow and managed to pull out some goodies: 4 wheaties, my first indian head of the year, and my first merc of the year! I also found an old canadian penny. Today I went back and found another merc for my first good target, this one being a 1918-D!
There is a river down a steep valley that runs through the park, so I decided to slide down there and scope it out as a potential hunting spot once the water warms up. I stuck the coil in the water and immediately got a great signal and pulled out a shiny wheat penny from the muddy water. I can't wait until it warms up so I can climb in there and really search the thing. I'm guessing most of the people who pick that park clean have not hunted in the water so I'm anxious to see what I can find in there!
Anyway here are the finds:
Video
Day 2
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