Had a little time yesterday afternoon to go back to the old school down the road where I have found some old
coins. As stated before on here, I have hunted it to death with the AT Pro, Safari, and now the CTX. I recently got
your opinions on a small coil for the CTX but have not yet purchased anything. I decided to take the Safari and the
Nel Sharpshooter and hunt it east to west. All of the other hunts have been from north to south. This is what I found
in just about a 45 minute time period.
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As you can see, I scraped the Davey Crocket ring when I was going down with the shovel. The mark on the Mercury's face was already there. The wheats are roached.
One is a 1939 and the other is a 1944 I believe. The last digit is hard to see.
A few things here really need to be stressed to ALL detectorist. Keep in mind that the front yard of the school where these were
found is only about 75' deep from the highway to the front of the building and only about 150' in length. The lay of the yard would
naturally create a need to hunt it north to south. The area I hunted was only about 75' x 24'. I decided to take the Safari because
I did not have a small coil yet for the CTX, because I had the Nel Sharpshooter small coil for it. Max. sensitivity on it is 30 and I ran
it in 28. What amazed me was the depth the Safari ID'd everything. The dime was only 4" but must have been at an odd angle for it
not to have been discovered before but hit at a low TID of 38. Dug it out and re-checked the hole and got another hit of 34 and it was one
of the wheats, picked it up and got another hit and had to enlarge my hole to get the second wheat. However, when I found the silver
Davey Crocket ring it was so deep that I broke off a stick to bring home and measure how deep it was. It was 13.5" in the ground. I
initially used my shovel which is 7" and did not reach it. I then took my hand trowel/shovel and continued digging until I got a hit from
my pinpointer and had already hit it with the hand shovel as you can see on the face.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO ANDY FOR HIS LIFE'S WORK IN WRITTING THESE BOOKS, TAKING TIME OUT TO
EDUCATE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THE HOBBY, AND BEING SO AVAILABLE TO ANY AND ALL WHO HAVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HOBBY/SPORT. I KNOW HE ACKNOWLEDGES HELP FROM OTHERS, SOME OF WHICH ARE ON
THIS SAME FORUM AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEM OUT EITHER. YOU ARE ALL CONFIDENCE BUILDERS, ADVISORS,
THAT LITTLE VOICE THAT WHISPERS IN YOUR EAR WHEN YOU HIT THAT IFFY SIGNAL THAT SAYS, "HOW YOU GONNA
KNOW IF YOU DON'T DIG IT"? THANKS TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTE ON HERE. MABY NEXT TIME IT WILL BE A 10# GOLD
NUGGET.
coins. As stated before on here, I have hunted it to death with the AT Pro, Safari, and now the CTX. I recently got
your opinions on a small coil for the CTX but have not yet purchased anything. I decided to take the Safari and the
Nel Sharpshooter and hunt it east to west. All of the other hunts have been from north to south. This is what I found
in just about a 45 minute time period.
[attachment 321363 IMG_1401640x479.jpg] [attachment 321364 IMG_1400640x478.jpg] [attachment 321365 IMG_1402640x480.jpg]
As you can see, I scraped the Davey Crocket ring when I was going down with the shovel. The mark on the Mercury's face was already there. The wheats are roached.
One is a 1939 and the other is a 1944 I believe. The last digit is hard to see.
A few things here really need to be stressed to ALL detectorist. Keep in mind that the front yard of the school where these were
found is only about 75' deep from the highway to the front of the building and only about 150' in length. The lay of the yard would
naturally create a need to hunt it north to south. The area I hunted was only about 75' x 24'. I decided to take the Safari because
I did not have a small coil yet for the CTX, because I had the Nel Sharpshooter small coil for it. Max. sensitivity on it is 30 and I ran
it in 28. What amazed me was the depth the Safari ID'd everything. The dime was only 4" but must have been at an odd angle for it
not to have been discovered before but hit at a low TID of 38. Dug it out and re-checked the hole and got another hit of 34 and it was one
of the wheats, picked it up and got another hit and had to enlarge my hole to get the second wheat. However, when I found the silver
Davey Crocket ring it was so deep that I broke off a stick to bring home and measure how deep it was. It was 13.5" in the ground. I
initially used my shovel which is 7" and did not reach it. I then took my hand trowel/shovel and continued digging until I got a hit from
my pinpointer and had already hit it with the hand shovel as you can see on the face.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO ANDY FOR HIS LIFE'S WORK IN WRITTING THESE BOOKS, TAKING TIME OUT TO
EDUCATE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THE HOBBY, AND BEING SO AVAILABLE TO ANY AND ALL WHO HAVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HOBBY/SPORT. I KNOW HE ACKNOWLEDGES HELP FROM OTHERS, SOME OF WHICH ARE ON
THIS SAME FORUM AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEM OUT EITHER. YOU ARE ALL CONFIDENCE BUILDERS, ADVISORS,
THAT LITTLE VOICE THAT WHISPERS IN YOUR EAR WHEN YOU HIT THAT IFFY SIGNAL THAT SAYS, "HOW YOU GONNA
KNOW IF YOU DON'T DIG IT"? THANKS TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTE ON HERE. MABY NEXT TIME IT WILL BE A 10# GOLD
NUGGET.
