Thoughts on a detector

[sibbley]

Can't go wrong with either the Deus 2 or Manticore. Both are great at sniffing out good targets in iron. I've been using both at an 1850's school to find coins amongst the iron. Just used the Manticore low and slow last weekend and found a "V" nickel and 1866 Indian Head penny. Both with the 9" coil.

 

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[Older The Better]

Didn’t get home with much daylight, did another night hunt, again very impressed, worked areas I’ve worked a bunch of times before and I came up with 3 pennies, 64d Lincoln, 34 wheat and 19 wheat. It absolutely picks up targets my old one didn’t. Itching to get to some better sites than my yard.

 

[Gare]

OTB (Older the better) what program are you using and how do you clean your coins ?

 

[Older The Better]

Right now since I’m working on short time in the dark, just general 1. I briefly tried fast and relic but thought maybe I should get a hold of general first.

The coins I knew weren’t high dollar, especially the 64 so I hit them with a brass brush on a wheel. The wheats were pretty crusty beforehand, could just barely make out Lincoln’s outline. The 1919 with the striations was just how the coin came out I do small circles with the brush to avoid a similar effect.

On better coins I’ve gone with an oil soak and toothpick method

 

[Gare]

I think coins dug are not worth any where near the value of non dug coins value of the same year and description.
I may be wrong but this is just my observation

 

[Older The Better]

I’d agree, when you google value there is never a dug consideration, sometimes the features are very sharp and would be considered fine or extra fine but the coin is green… to me though finding a value is just to satisfy curiosity, I’ve never sold anything I’ve found just fun to know.