Sgt. Silverman
Active member
Well, it's been almost 2 years since I hit all of my old spots so I was pretty excited to see what two years of tot lot replenishment would look like. Let's just say, I'm not alone out here any more 
I went to a park that always yielded great finds (2 Gold Rings as well) but the gates were locked. No problem, plan "B" was put in motion. I headed to what was once a very productive tot lot and it took me only 20 minutes to get the hang of the X-terra. However, all I heard for the first 3 to 4 minutes was the low hum of the threshold. I had to toss my wedding band on the ground a couple times to make sure it wasn't the machine or my settings. My first find was a button, then another button. Then I hit a pulltab, then the nickel about 10' away, and then the penny. All 1" shallow. (And I was swinging SLOOOOWWWW and low with tight overlapping passes to make sure it wasn't me). My takeaway from this was; whoever hit this place probably used discrimination and missed the buttons, nickel and pulltabs. I shrugged off the paltry finds and jumped in my car.
I arrived at another great tot-lot across the city from me 15 minutes later. However, this place was picked clean as well. I found 3 pennies and a few pulltabs. The metal tubes I found walking back to my car. I was very surprised that both these spots were picked clean. (I even dropped the sensitivity to get close to the metal equipment but to no avail.)
So, lesson learned; just because I had the cities tot-lots to myself back in the day doesn't mean I don't have company now. I now know that I need to do some more research for hopefully some new places
As for the X-Terra 70, to me it's almost a cross between an AT-Gold and the Explorer XS. There's too many positives for me to name here, but all I will say is the machine is extremely user friendly! A special thanks again to Travis for hooking me up with a great machine and to Mike for being the liaison!
Have a Blessed weekend everyone
Greg
I went to a park that always yielded great finds (2 Gold Rings as well) but the gates were locked. No problem, plan "B" was put in motion. I headed to what was once a very productive tot lot and it took me only 20 minutes to get the hang of the X-terra. However, all I heard for the first 3 to 4 minutes was the low hum of the threshold. I had to toss my wedding band on the ground a couple times to make sure it wasn't the machine or my settings. My first find was a button, then another button. Then I hit a pulltab, then the nickel about 10' away, and then the penny. All 1" shallow. (And I was swinging SLOOOOWWWW and low with tight overlapping passes to make sure it wasn't me). My takeaway from this was; whoever hit this place probably used discrimination and missed the buttons, nickel and pulltabs. I shrugged off the paltry finds and jumped in my car.
I arrived at another great tot-lot across the city from me 15 minutes later. However, this place was picked clean as well. I found 3 pennies and a few pulltabs. The metal tubes I found walking back to my car. I was very surprised that both these spots were picked clean. (I even dropped the sensitivity to get close to the metal equipment but to no avail.)
So, lesson learned; just because I had the cities tot-lots to myself back in the day doesn't mean I don't have company now. I now know that I need to do some more research for hopefully some new places
As for the X-Terra 70, to me it's almost a cross between an AT-Gold and the Explorer XS. There's too many positives for me to name here, but all I will say is the machine is extremely user friendly! A special thanks again to Travis for hooking me up with a great machine and to Mike for being the liaison!
Have a Blessed weekend everyone
Greg
California most of the school grounds are fenced and locked up when school is out due to the excessive vandalism. Glad you did make it out though. After the stormy weather is over and it gets warm enough to hunt you might do better if you can get there first. Don't forget to eyeball the melting snow piles in the well used parking lots. Some good finds there once in a while. One of the guys at the detector shop found and nice 14K gold bracelet that way.