[attachment 63511 silver.jpg]Had a family reunion in my hometown on Saturday so I didn't get much hunt time in. Later in the afternoon after some volleyball games and way too much food...I headed to the local park and tried to get in an hour or so hunt. We pulled in the park and saw 3 fellows swingin' Explorers. They road tripped and had been there for the day and found some goodies. I hardly ever get back to my hometown much but did pull some nice stuff out of that park in the 80's with my White's and 90's with my CZ.
Anyway Bill, Mike, and Gary...if you see this post.. it was nice to meet you guys and I'm happy to hear the finds you made over the last few weeks. Sometime I'll give you guys a call and maybe head up your way to hunt. I have never cared who finds what when I hunt with people...it's just good that the deepies end up in someone's pouch and I'm happy for whoever finds them.
Anyway I ended up mostly helping out my lady with her machine so I didn't get much hunt time my old stomping grounds. I probably had 40 minutes or so of hunting and managed 2 wheaties in that time.
Sunday I was back home and decided to try a town between nearby that I never thought about because it is so small. I was driving through the little town and saw an old baseball diamond so I decided to stop and check it out.
I made one pass with the bigger coil and found a wheatie...but also found it was a very trashy site and I was getting too many signals under the coil at the same time. PERFECT place for me to try out my new 6" Excelerator coil! GOLDDIGGER used one when we hunted Forest Park a feeks ago and liked it...so I wanted to try one myself. I popped it on and was amazed at the different sound a smaller coil makes. I have gotten accustomed to how larger coils sound and the ground they cover so it's been a while for me and a small coil. It took a few minutes to get used to the fact that I was covering less ground...but man did the coins come! This little coil hits coins HARD...and they sound SWEET when they hit! It's also VERY DEEP for a small coil because I was able to run it VERY HOT with little or no falsing whatsoever. I ended up running Semi Auto sensitivity maxed at 32 and my gain maxed as well. All the coins I found were anywhere from 4" to over 7" deep. The 2 mercs and Barber dime were all 3 right at 7" to 8" deep (Barber was 8"). Many of the Wheaties were 6" to 7" and some were almost 8".
After 7 hours...and MANY drink breaks...here's the take for Sunday: 1 Sterling Silver Heart Earring....13 Wheaties...1 1905 Indian Head....3 Silver Roosevelt dimes....2 Mercs (1 of them 1929D)...1 1914D Barber dime....and one 1941 Silver Washington Quarter. I wish I could find a Barber dime other than 1914's...but a Barber is a Barber. 3 of the last four Barber dimes I have found are 1914D's??? Hey...I'm not complainin'!
Happy Hunting and good luck.
Anyway Bill, Mike, and Gary...if you see this post.. it was nice to meet you guys and I'm happy to hear the finds you made over the last few weeks. Sometime I'll give you guys a call and maybe head up your way to hunt. I have never cared who finds what when I hunt with people...it's just good that the deepies end up in someone's pouch and I'm happy for whoever finds them.
Anyway I ended up mostly helping out my lady with her machine so I didn't get much hunt time my old stomping grounds. I probably had 40 minutes or so of hunting and managed 2 wheaties in that time.
Sunday I was back home and decided to try a town between nearby that I never thought about because it is so small. I was driving through the little town and saw an old baseball diamond so I decided to stop and check it out.
I made one pass with the bigger coil and found a wheatie...but also found it was a very trashy site and I was getting too many signals under the coil at the same time. PERFECT place for me to try out my new 6" Excelerator coil! GOLDDIGGER used one when we hunted Forest Park a feeks ago and liked it...so I wanted to try one myself. I popped it on and was amazed at the different sound a smaller coil makes. I have gotten accustomed to how larger coils sound and the ground they cover so it's been a while for me and a small coil. It took a few minutes to get used to the fact that I was covering less ground...but man did the coins come! This little coil hits coins HARD...and they sound SWEET when they hit! It's also VERY DEEP for a small coil because I was able to run it VERY HOT with little or no falsing whatsoever. I ended up running Semi Auto sensitivity maxed at 32 and my gain maxed as well. All the coins I found were anywhere from 4" to over 7" deep. The 2 mercs and Barber dime were all 3 right at 7" to 8" deep (Barber was 8"). Many of the Wheaties were 6" to 7" and some were almost 8".
After 7 hours...and MANY drink breaks...here's the take for Sunday: 1 Sterling Silver Heart Earring....13 Wheaties...1 1905 Indian Head....3 Silver Roosevelt dimes....2 Mercs (1 of them 1929D)...1 1914D Barber dime....and one 1941 Silver Washington Quarter. I wish I could find a Barber dime other than 1914's...but a Barber is a Barber. 3 of the last four Barber dimes I have found are 1914D's??? Hey...I'm not complainin'!
Happy Hunting and good luck.
