CZconnoisseur
Full Member
- Jun 29, 2015
- 209
- 327
- Detector(s) used
- XP Deus All Three Coils (9" currently), Tesoro Vaquero 8x9 and 5.75" DD coil, Fisher F70, White's Spectrum XLT, White's IDX, Garrett AT Pro, Fisher 1265-X, Fisher CZ5, Fisher CZ6, White's TM808, White
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Yesterday's hard-earned permission!
Made it out yesterday on two occasions and had trouble finding a new spot to hunt. I must have made 10-12 calls in the morning trying to get onto rentals, but kept getting no answers...tried calling in a slightly different area and got ahold of employees of the rental agency but no solid YES or even NO answers! Finally Dad and I decided on hunting a well pounded public area but his batteries gave out less than an hour into the hunt...
On the way to the second location we picked up some batteries and I called about a newly spotted rental and decided to give it a call - she told us we could detect all we wanted to, but not dig until the owner was notified. Hmmm....so we scanned the front yard real quick and got 2 or 3 possible "silver hits" but nothing that screamed as such. No targets were beyond 4-5" that we could detect, and simply scanning a yard without being able to dig must be some kind of torture! We filed that one away for next Monday and hopefully some good can come from it....
Got out later in the afternoon after finally getting a "yes" with some laughter and the age-old schtick of "You're not gonna find much but go right ahead!" This one was built in 1950 on a very level lot next to a busy street. Started hunting the corner of the lot in 4 khz and stayed there for the entire hunt. EMI wasn't bad at all even in the backyard underneath the power lines.
Full Tones and 4 khz is just about perfect for coinshooting and jewelry for this area if EMI isn't a factor, since deep iron targets are most easily identified here. There is such an audio spread on coins ranging from nickel (30-35) to silver half dollar (87-88) and the highest conducting coins really sing in full tones. There's little doubt when you get over a clean "silver hit" - you know before looking at the screen that there needs to be extra special care in recovering THAT coin...nickels and pulltabs on the other hand are difficult to tell apart by audio so they simply get DUG!
Getting back to the rental though...I made my way along the sidewalk and wasn't getting many hits at all - just shallow clad and not much else. I usually run 4 khz with 00-28 and 92-99 notched and dug whatever sounds good - including aluminum siding scraps which seem to be at most post-War houses
You have to dig the trash to find gold though - so on I went....
Got near the front door and found more concentrated areas of clad, with one square-foot area producing a Wheat and four dimes plus four Memorials. Cleared out all those coins and just outside the box I get a rocksteady "75" in all directions. I knew this had to be a ring - the VDI was locked and the audio was smooth. At only 2" deep I saw some stones and got really excited - but it turns out to be a junker, maybe an Avon ring or something similar. Shortly after this I came across a nice "75-76" and just barely squeaked a silver - a nice 1964 Rosie! Thought I had more in the hole but the next coin was a 1965 Rosie - bummer!
Went around the backyard and found almost a complete lack of signals, but what did hit were coins - 2 Wheats and maybe 4 older Memorials along with some deep aluminum. Some houses NEVER saw backyard traffic and really don't have even any trash targets - having kids in the house greatly increases odds of lost coins! The Marine Corps Eagle, Globe, and Anchor was recognizable instantly - memoirs of an less-complicated yet more intense time spent!
Looks like it's going to be hot and dry for the next couple of weeks after some rain tonight - may have one more hunt until it gets hairy...always pray for rain this time of year!
Made it out yesterday on two occasions and had trouble finding a new spot to hunt. I must have made 10-12 calls in the morning trying to get onto rentals, but kept getting no answers...tried calling in a slightly different area and got ahold of employees of the rental agency but no solid YES or even NO answers! Finally Dad and I decided on hunting a well pounded public area but his batteries gave out less than an hour into the hunt...
On the way to the second location we picked up some batteries and I called about a newly spotted rental and decided to give it a call - she told us we could detect all we wanted to, but not dig until the owner was notified. Hmmm....so we scanned the front yard real quick and got 2 or 3 possible "silver hits" but nothing that screamed as such. No targets were beyond 4-5" that we could detect, and simply scanning a yard without being able to dig must be some kind of torture! We filed that one away for next Monday and hopefully some good can come from it....
Got out later in the afternoon after finally getting a "yes" with some laughter and the age-old schtick of "You're not gonna find much but go right ahead!" This one was built in 1950 on a very level lot next to a busy street. Started hunting the corner of the lot in 4 khz and stayed there for the entire hunt. EMI wasn't bad at all even in the backyard underneath the power lines.
Full Tones and 4 khz is just about perfect for coinshooting and jewelry for this area if EMI isn't a factor, since deep iron targets are most easily identified here. There is such an audio spread on coins ranging from nickel (30-35) to silver half dollar (87-88) and the highest conducting coins really sing in full tones. There's little doubt when you get over a clean "silver hit" - you know before looking at the screen that there needs to be extra special care in recovering THAT coin...nickels and pulltabs on the other hand are difficult to tell apart by audio so they simply get DUG!
Getting back to the rental though...I made my way along the sidewalk and wasn't getting many hits at all - just shallow clad and not much else. I usually run 4 khz with 00-28 and 92-99 notched and dug whatever sounds good - including aluminum siding scraps which seem to be at most post-War houses
You have to dig the trash to find gold though - so on I went....Got near the front door and found more concentrated areas of clad, with one square-foot area producing a Wheat and four dimes plus four Memorials. Cleared out all those coins and just outside the box I get a rocksteady "75" in all directions. I knew this had to be a ring - the VDI was locked and the audio was smooth. At only 2" deep I saw some stones and got really excited - but it turns out to be a junker, maybe an Avon ring or something similar. Shortly after this I came across a nice "75-76" and just barely squeaked a silver - a nice 1964 Rosie! Thought I had more in the hole but the next coin was a 1965 Rosie - bummer!
Went around the backyard and found almost a complete lack of signals, but what did hit were coins - 2 Wheats and maybe 4 older Memorials along with some deep aluminum. Some houses NEVER saw backyard traffic and really don't have even any trash targets - having kids in the house greatly increases odds of lost coins! The Marine Corps Eagle, Globe, and Anchor was recognizable instantly - memoirs of an less-complicated yet more intense time spent!
Looks like it's going to be hot and dry for the next couple of weeks after some rain tonight - may have one more hunt until it gets hairy...always pray for rain this time of year!
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We both know it takes a lot of 'nos' before getting a 'yes' to detect a yard and rental yards can be super trashy at times which makes them hard to detect. For that very reason, I get super exciting when I'm told that a home has been in their family for decades and has NOT been rented. 
