I haven't posted any finds on the forum in a while. Haven't been out detecting much either... Believe I did a couple water hunts last year and that's it. I decided to head back to an old cabin site deep the woods where I have found two large cents in the past. Back in 2012 I walked in with the Explorer SE and found two large cents back to back. One was a 1822 the other was an 1818, Ive been back many times with a variety of detectors without any luck. The place is unusual compared to other house sites Ive hunted in the past. HEAVILY littered with iron but other than that no trash. A couple old shot gun shells here and there and a good collection of flat buttons. No old pieces of copper, no spoons, bells, snaps, buckles, non of the items usually found at these types of locations.
Like I said, I decided to head back with the CTX last week. I have always had good luck running all metal combined in heavy iron. I noticed a ground hornet nest right away so I was staying clear of it... Within five minutes of the hunt I was slowly working through the iron and brush listening to all the grunts the machine was giving me. I finally heard a nice little chirp between all the low tones so I stopped to investigate. I narrowed in on the signal moving the coil back and forth a short distance. The signal almost sounded like large iron false but was repeatable. I opened up the hole and and started retrieving nails immediately with the Garrett pin pointer. I took another scoop of dirt out when out popped a green copper disc.. As soon as i seen it I knew exactly what it was. I yelled over to my wife and said you're not going to believe this... Cleaned off the dirt and seen a clear date of 1845. It could have been 10 feet from where I found the two large cents back in 2012. Unfortunately I after finding the Large Cent my excitement got the best of me and I forgot all about that ground hornet nest.... Lets just say my hunt ended shortly after..
We decided to head back to the cabin site today. I really wanted to take the 6 inch coil for a walk in the iron. I spent about 45 minutes working in area where I found the large cent "keeping away from the hornet nest" Wasn't having any luck , dug a few ghost signals that turned out to be crusty nails. Still hunting with the 6 inch coil I decided to move out a little farther away from all the iron. I started working my way towards the creek, I stepped over a log and got a beautiful clean 12-45 12-46 signal showing 4 inches deep. I looked over at my wife who was sitting on a towel facebooking and said "ughhh ohhhh this is something good"! I opened up the hole and got a reading with the probe, took another scoop of dirt when another green copper disc reveled itself. I couldn't freaking believe it!!!!! Another Large Cent dated 1831. That make 4 total pulled out from this small cabin site. Just goes to show that no place is truly hunted out. Change up your settings, coil, detector there's always a chance of going back and finding more.
Thanks for looking guys!
Derrelld
Like I said, I decided to head back with the CTX last week. I have always had good luck running all metal combined in heavy iron. I noticed a ground hornet nest right away so I was staying clear of it... Within five minutes of the hunt I was slowly working through the iron and brush listening to all the grunts the machine was giving me. I finally heard a nice little chirp between all the low tones so I stopped to investigate. I narrowed in on the signal moving the coil back and forth a short distance. The signal almost sounded like large iron false but was repeatable. I opened up the hole and and started retrieving nails immediately with the Garrett pin pointer. I took another scoop of dirt out when out popped a green copper disc.. As soon as i seen it I knew exactly what it was. I yelled over to my wife and said you're not going to believe this... Cleaned off the dirt and seen a clear date of 1845. It could have been 10 feet from where I found the two large cents back in 2012. Unfortunately I after finding the Large Cent my excitement got the best of me and I forgot all about that ground hornet nest.... Lets just say my hunt ended shortly after..
We decided to head back to the cabin site today. I really wanted to take the 6 inch coil for a walk in the iron. I spent about 45 minutes working in area where I found the large cent "keeping away from the hornet nest" Wasn't having any luck , dug a few ghost signals that turned out to be crusty nails. Still hunting with the 6 inch coil I decided to move out a little farther away from all the iron. I started working my way towards the creek, I stepped over a log and got a beautiful clean 12-45 12-46 signal showing 4 inches deep. I looked over at my wife who was sitting on a towel facebooking and said "ughhh ohhhh this is something good"! I opened up the hole and got a reading with the probe, took another scoop of dirt when another green copper disc reveled itself. I couldn't freaking believe it!!!!! Another Large Cent dated 1831. That make 4 total pulled out from this small cabin site. Just goes to show that no place is truly hunted out. Change up your settings, coil, detector there's always a chance of going back and finding more.
Thanks for looking guys!
Derrelld
