Had a bit of luck yesterday while hunting an older lawn. House built 1920's. I was using my Teknetics Delta 4000, Discrimination set at 40, Sensitivity at 8 (basically the same stock settings that come on when you first turn on the machine)... only difference was I set the volume at 10 (out of 10).
The hunting started out poorly, just a few Memorials and a 32 cal.? bullet (surface find). No I don't think the lead bullet is old - not too many Civil War battles occurred in this part of lower NY
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Finally I got a good dime signal at 3 inches and pulled out a 1944D Merc (1st silver of the year)! Relieved that my luck was changing I continued the hunt. Several minutes later I got another good signal, this time in the quarter range and 4 inches deep.
Pinpointing the target, I was drawn away by a stronger signal about 4 inches away from the quarter signal. It read a strong 56-57 at 3 inches. I decided to check that out first and pulled out a 1943 silver war nickel! I happily went back to the quarter signal and dug a plug about the size of a baseball. Flipping over the plug I found nothing, so I dug a bit deeper, carefully being sure not to scratch what could be a silver quarter.
You can imagine my surprise when my pro pointer beeped like crazy and I saw two silver coins. After I removed two quarters and checked the hole again it was still beeping. Another silver quarter AND a wheatie! I then checked the hole again and discovered a 1952 Rosie! Perhaps I discovered an the American version of a 52,000 coin hoard? Nope... that was it for this one.
Lastly I found a very tiny gold plated girls ring with a teeny tiny chip of a diamond (?). That gave a strong 54-56 signal at 2 inches. So it was fun.. I'm still learning my Delta's language.. so much trash in these lawns that I really HAVE to get the 5" DD coil! I'm sure I've been passing over plenty of good targets that all the trashy iron has been masking. HH MickTwin
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/4174/coindrop.jpg
http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/3783/44merc.jpg
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6761/32bullet.jpg
http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/6450/coindrop1.jpg
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/6459/coindrop2.jpg
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5040/greenwich2011030600195.jpg
The hunting started out poorly, just a few Memorials and a 32 cal.? bullet (surface find). No I don't think the lead bullet is old - not too many Civil War battles occurred in this part of lower NY
. Finally I got a good dime signal at 3 inches and pulled out a 1944D Merc (1st silver of the year)! Relieved that my luck was changing I continued the hunt. Several minutes later I got another good signal, this time in the quarter range and 4 inches deep.
Pinpointing the target, I was drawn away by a stronger signal about 4 inches away from the quarter signal. It read a strong 56-57 at 3 inches. I decided to check that out first and pulled out a 1943 silver war nickel! I happily went back to the quarter signal and dug a plug about the size of a baseball. Flipping over the plug I found nothing, so I dug a bit deeper, carefully being sure not to scratch what could be a silver quarter.
You can imagine my surprise when my pro pointer beeped like crazy and I saw two silver coins. After I removed two quarters and checked the hole again it was still beeping. Another silver quarter AND a wheatie! I then checked the hole again and discovered a 1952 Rosie! Perhaps I discovered an the American version of a 52,000 coin hoard? Nope... that was it for this one.
Lastly I found a very tiny gold plated girls ring with a teeny tiny chip of a diamond (?). That gave a strong 54-56 signal at 2 inches. So it was fun.. I'm still learning my Delta's language.. so much trash in these lawns that I really HAVE to get the 5" DD coil! I'm sure I've been passing over plenty of good targets that all the trashy iron has been masking. HH MickTwin
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/4174/coindrop.jpg
http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/3783/44merc.jpg
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6761/32bullet.jpg
http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/6450/coindrop1.jpg
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/6459/coindrop2.jpg
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5040/greenwich2011030600195.jpg
Tom
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