Ace250 kicked tail today!

[CampCache]

Got permission to hunt a church yard down the road that started up in 1882. The original building was replaced in 1964 with a brick one.
I notched out everything below pennies except for nickels. As soon as I hit the edge of the yard I got a quarter, next was a dime and then a penny. I decided this yard was going to be something special so I started working the area by the east side of the front door using the mowed strips as a pattern. I would barely move any before hitting a target. About the only trash I dug was Old English 800 twist tops and some pull tabs. The twist tops rang in at a penny and they were plentiful. I worked a strip within an hour. This yard isn't very big either, it just had lots of targets to dig. My hunting buddy called me after lunch and wanted to do some hunting too. He came down and started on the west side of the front door. He hit a target right next to one of my holes and dug a 1907 Indian Head penny that was in perfect condition. I worked two more stips and it was time to call it a day. I got into a couple of coin piles, but most are scattered. 4 hours and 4 strips later and I had a total of 16 quarters, 4 nickels, 20 dimes, 42 clad pennies and 1 Wheat penny. My hunting buddy made one pass and got well over a dollar plus the Indian Head. Between the two of us we probably dug about 20 of the 40 ounce twist tops. Not many pull tabs at all.
There were alot of iffy signals that I probably should have dug that sounded like it might be deeper coins, but I decided to cherrypick the ones that hit on good clear signals. After I finish the yard the first time I plan on going back over it with the larger coil to see what that yields. When I purchase the Minelab Xterra-70 I will go back over the yard with it.
I found it amazing that this yard hasn't been hunted in a long time..... if any. There is another church about 2 blocks from this one that I have permission to hunt and I bet it's the same way..... or at least I am hoping it is.
The Ace250 really shined today! The Pro Pointer did a great job as well. I was really impressed with the way both of these items performed.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Nice haul. You should have "twitched" over those iffy targets.

Bill

 

[NM5K]

I've found quite a few "iffy" targets to be coins. Often they will hit one way, or sporadic..
What I would do if I were hunting that spot is take your time and clear out as much
surface stuff as you can, and then go back over it with the detector cranked up as
high as you can stand it. This will give you a much better chance of getting the iffy
targets, if they are right on the edge of detection using medium settings.
Another clue is real targets will usually repeat, both on the hit, and the ID.
Also.. Real targets will pinpoint.. If you can't find anything with the pinpoint mode,
I'd go to another target where you do get pinpoint feedback.
One thing about the pinpoint mode on the 250.. It's always full blast as far as
sensitivity unless you detune it. So when trying to verify a target with the pinpoint,
try it 2-3 times ,repressing the button, to make sure you aren't detuned by accident.
You can also turn 90 degrees, and also use the "twitch" that Bill mentions to
help sniff a few out.
Myself, I use the "twitch", but usually when I'm IDing a target. When in ID mode
just deep searching, I just use a fast swing to get the most depth.
I use the twitch to tell close targets apart most of the time.
IE: you can be pinpointing a target, which is close to others. You can release the
pinpoint button, and then give it a twitch, and it will usually ring and ID the exact
target you are pinpointing. I use it to verify I'm fixing to dig the right target I'm
after..
Just my usual $9.81 worth of jibber jabber...

 

[Uncle Willy]

There's another method that I will go into detail on in another post - called "slow twitching."

Bill

 

[slingshot]

Please don't make us wait too long! I'm itchin' for a twitchin'