I've heard of coin dumps, but never a jewelry dump.
Took the Scorpion for its first outing this week. Went to a flea market site that just had an antiques fair going on the weekend before.
All that potential for fresh drops sure sounded promising.
Didn't find much in the way of coins, but I did manage my first Mexican coin: a Centavo from 1959.
But then, mixed through about a 5 foot square area, either just under the soil or under a decent layer of dead grass (frost had killed some it some weeks ago), started coming up all this jewelry! I couldn't believe my eyes! It was like a vendor's table had overturned and they missed picking up a lot!
Earrings, charms, you name it. All this stuff was popping out of the ground on the tip my screwdriver!
The Scorpion was going nuts.
At one point I stopped swinging the detector and started using my Garrett Propointer. It was easier to just stay on my knees since these targets were so close together!
Too bad all of it was costume jewelry! :veryangry: But you gotta admit, they sure make a purty picture!
Now, I've to admit that my air test I posted earlier did not quite work out the same way in the field. I did notice on the Scorpion that pull tabs often give one beep on the first pass and a double beep on the second.
And sometimes a coin would only give a single beep.
All double beeps were almost always very good news. Never pass up a double beep!
Yes, learning these tones is going to take awhile, but I'm working on it.
I'm gainin' on ya John!
Took the Scorpion for its first outing this week. Went to a flea market site that just had an antiques fair going on the weekend before.
All that potential for fresh drops sure sounded promising.
Didn't find much in the way of coins, but I did manage my first Mexican coin: a Centavo from 1959.
But then, mixed through about a 5 foot square area, either just under the soil or under a decent layer of dead grass (frost had killed some it some weeks ago), started coming up all this jewelry! I couldn't believe my eyes! It was like a vendor's table had overturned and they missed picking up a lot!
Earrings, charms, you name it. All this stuff was popping out of the ground on the tip my screwdriver!
The Scorpion was going nuts.
At one point I stopped swinging the detector and started using my Garrett Propointer. It was easier to just stay on my knees since these targets were so close together!
Too bad all of it was costume jewelry! :veryangry: But you gotta admit, they sure make a purty picture!
Now, I've to admit that my air test I posted earlier did not quite work out the same way in the field. I did notice on the Scorpion that pull tabs often give one beep on the first pass and a double beep on the second.
And sometimes a coin would only give a single beep.
All double beeps were almost always very good news. Never pass up a double beep!
Yes, learning these tones is going to take awhile, but I'm working on it.
I'm gainin' on ya John!
