Finds from last couple of hunts

[JJ]

Havent posted in a while but have had a little more time to hunt lately. Here are some finds from the last few hunts this week. I wanted to get my fix before winter sets in. The gun is an older Nichols Detective 250 cap gun (works). The token brought multiple offers while I was trying to ID it. I usually don't sell what I find but was offered enough to cover a sorely needed x-1 probe. Hope you all get out soon. Thanks for looking, JJ

 

[Jason illinois]

n/t

 

[TokenDigger]

Nice finds. That cap gun almost looks like the real thing. I really like the trade token and the French coin. Given the date, I wonder if the coin was brought to the US by a US soldier who served in WWI and was made into a fob. The token is nice too. For some reason, Iowa tokens have been going up in price lately. Sounds like you did well on the deal and the token went to a happy collector. Thanks for sharing your finds and HH.

 

[Gold Nuggets]

Very nice finds and the cap gun does look like the real thing!!
Glad you were able to get your x-1 probe JJ ....you'll love it.
Gold Nuggets

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[JJ]

Thanks for the replies fellas. The cap gun was DEEP but gave a sweet sounding tone so I kept digging. It looked real to me too until I turned it over and noticed half the cylinder was missing and the inside was hollow. My finds have been getting a little deeper with practice. I did get a wheatie at a measured 11" with the stock 1050 coil. I think that may be because I figured out what works best for me w/ sensitivity: Manual vs. Semi Auto. I enjoyed being in control of my sensitivity in Manual as I was one to ramp it up or down throughout a site as conditions would allow, always hunting with the threshold on the edge of insanity. I figured out I can do the same thing in semi-auto and keep the machine sounding stable. In fact my Exp II runs very stable in Semi-auto 32 in one large are of a park I was hunting in, so I would then switch to manual, knock it down a few numbers, then raise it back up in manual to see exactly how high I could run. I think manual 30 was about the limit. The other big difference I have made is slowing WAY down. I have been finding allot of good stuff in trashy areas just by slowing down to a crawl. I know that sounds like common sense, but for someone like me who thought they were going slow before, this didn't make sense until I made a made a conscious effort to really slow way down. I'm gonna try to sneak out a few more times before winter hits. Never know which hunt will be your last before everything is covered in snow. JJ

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

Very nice finds there JJ and thanks for sharing them with us. HH.

Eddie

 

[chuck ky]

are you running the threshold very high or very low. thanks.

 

[JJ]

Very nice finds there JJ and thanks for sharing them with us. HH.

Eddie

Thanks Eddie! Its not very often I find anything I feel is worth posting but I hope that changes with more time under my belt on this machine. JJ

are you running the threshold very high or very low. thanks.

I like the Threshold tone: 7 and everything else at 10. Deep off/Fast off, Cond Sounds. IM: -10


I did sneak out to a very old park close to my house yesterday. I used to hunt it all the time with my Sovereign toten' buddy before i had my Exp II. I decided to try a few spots that he told me a while back to stay away from because they are long hunted out, frequently pounded, and a waste of my time. He wouldn't even hunt the area anymore. I didn't find any deep silver coins yesterday but the early wheaties were popping up everywhere, all deep, then found a mid-to-late 1960's pocket spill. Post 64' Then this thing came calling from the deep! Not an old silver coin but I guess it will have to do. Thanks, JJ

 

[RickIowa2009]

Great finds

 

[chuck ky]

i use the xs so i guess the threshold is set up different. that's a nice ring, gold and silver.

 

[dippodigger]

WTG JJ.