tabman
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Getting skunked on my previous hunt got me to thinking and planning. How the heck did I find all those wheat pennies and not a single silver coin. Even with all the EMI that I was contending with, I was still finding wheat pennies, so I should have found silver coins as well. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get my search coil over a silver coin.
Today's plan of attack was to rig my CTX 3030 with the 6 inch search coil and use my HF search coil on my Deus. I figured the smaller search coil and higher frequency search coil would handle the EMI better, which they did.
I got an early start this morning to beat the heat and rush hour traffic. When I got there instead of starting the yard that I previously detected, I decided to detect the curb strip across the street with my CTX. I've been over that area a dozen times, but not with CTX with the 6 inch search coil.
My very first audio response didn't sound smooth and the ID was showing maybe at best a wheat penny near some iron. It was super shallow, maybe three inches or so deep. I was thinking maybe it could be fresh dropped silver ring. When I flipped the plug over out pops a 1877 Seated Quarter. Now that's a nice way to start the day out.
I put up the CTX and got out the Deus and walked across the street to the yard where I found all those wheat pennies and not a single silver coin. My very first target was 1962 Rosie dime. How I missed that on my last hunt is beyond me. I've only been hunting about 15 to 20 minutes and have two silvers.
For the rest of the hunt, which didn't last too long, I found a couple tokens, some clad and a few wheat pennies. It was getting to be around 10 o'clock and it was beginning to heat up, so I headed for the house.
Today's plan of attack was to rig my CTX 3030 with the 6 inch search coil and use my HF search coil on my Deus. I figured the smaller search coil and higher frequency search coil would handle the EMI better, which they did.
I got an early start this morning to beat the heat and rush hour traffic. When I got there instead of starting the yard that I previously detected, I decided to detect the curb strip across the street with my CTX. I've been over that area a dozen times, but not with CTX with the 6 inch search coil.
My very first audio response didn't sound smooth and the ID was showing maybe at best a wheat penny near some iron. It was super shallow, maybe three inches or so deep. I was thinking maybe it could be fresh dropped silver ring. When I flipped the plug over out pops a 1877 Seated Quarter. Now that's a nice way to start the day out.
I put up the CTX and got out the Deus and walked across the street to the yard where I found all those wheat pennies and not a single silver coin. My very first target was 1962 Rosie dime. How I missed that on my last hunt is beyond me. I've only been hunting about 15 to 20 minutes and have two silvers.
For the rest of the hunt, which didn't last too long, I found a couple tokens, some clad and a few wheat pennies. It was getting to be around 10 o'clock and it was beginning to heat up, so I headed for the house.
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