Took The ATX Out For A Spin To An Old Picnic Area On A Dried Lake Bed

[John-Edmonton]

I have been here many times, with a lot of my buddies. We have pretty well cleaned it out of rings, old coins, lighters and junk. The last two times I hunted here, I used the Infinium, and even then, my last hunt I got zip. However, it's getting cold up here, and freeze-up is weeks away, so I thought I would do some land hunting. Most of my time so far with the ATX has been mostly in the water, with great success. I concentrated mostly in the shrubs and bushes, the spots others often times ignore.

My first good signal was a deep spoon, down about 12 inches. At least I was in an area where people were picnicking some 100 years ago.

Here's the total finds for the day. Lots of old shotgun shells, some iron, typical of PI.s, very deep too. The smaller 22 lead bullet was down about 6 inches, and gave a nice soft high-low. The larger one was a bit shallower.

Here's the spoons....both large soup spoons, and too bad to keep, yet old enough to not throw away, I opted to make a ring out of each one.


No gold today, but the opportunity to do a nice autumn hunt was treasure in itself.

 

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[alldugup]

Real nice. Looks like you're enjoying life with your new machine.
Thanks, David

 

[GarretDiggingAz]

I've just started reading about the ATX. I've got the ATG and love it though still on the hunt for a nugget. Out here a lot of people use the ML GPX 5000 for a PI. Then the various VLF 's. Our dirt is highly mineralized which is why more seem to use a PI machine. I'm learning to ignore that awful hot rock signal but definitely thinking about a PI as a secondary machine.
What kind of depth are you able to find a 2-3g (or smaller)? I'm assuming of course you're hunting for gold. Not just on the beaches. Lol