Friday hunt - 2 silver

[DougF]

I've had the Exp. SE Pro for about 1.5 years now, and hunt parks mainly. I've got one park that's fairly old (100+) and I've been told by the oldtimers it was hit pretty hard in the old days. Since getting the Exp., I'm finally getting the silver occasionally. I hunted the same park with another detector (a good one, but lower priced) and never found silver. Yesterday I found an area in the park that looked good: old trees, ground looked undisturbed (no grading or filling), and sort of a flat area on a hilltop where people would picnic or whatever.

Found two silvers yesterday, my first two silver day. Hunted for two hours. The 1905 Barber dime was about 6-7 inches deep, and had the classic "flutey" sound. I did nick it slightly on the rim. Also found the 1928 Merc. at 8-9 inches. And the small brass buckle was about 10 inches deep. Also found a lot of screw caps.

I think the most important factor for me on the Exp. was changing to IM-22 from the factory coins program. Once I did that I started getting the deeper coins. My theory is that the deep stuff may hit with a high FE reading on the first swing, and with the factory coin program, it's discriminated out. Also, slowing down was a big factor.

 

[bbqman]

Good finds ! Thanks for the pics. HH

 

[teleman2525]

nice finds

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

Nice going on the two silvers Doug. That's a good day in my book. HH.

Eddie

 

[sgoss66]

Hey Doug --

First of all GREAT hunting, congrats on the two silver day. Good job scoping out part of your "hunted out" park that might still produce, and then making the finds. Finally, you are exactly right. I switched from the factory coins program to IM 22 also -- and noticed just what you said -- sometimes, on the first sweep of the coil, if a coin hits initially with a higher FE value (and the often do, unless you catch them JUST right), then you have disced them out with the factory program. But with IM 22, you catch alot more of those chirps that cause you to stop and investigate. I have had the exact same experience as you, switching to IM 22 (THANKS BRYCE!!)

Great job!

And by the way, hitting that merc at 8-9" is a NICE job -- how did it hit?

Steve

 

[DougF]

And by the way, hitting that merc at 8-9" is a NICE job -- how did it hit?

Steve

It hit just as good as the Barber - jumping around the upper right, but with the flutey sound. It hit in all four directions. I was surprised after digging out a four inch deep plug that I couldn't pick it up with the Propointer, but took out more dirt and then I could. After nicking the Barber I was extra careful digging it, so I'm pretty confident in the depth it was at.

 

[sgoss66]

Very impressive, Doug! NICE job!

 

[TokenDigger]

Nice finds and good job! HH

 

[Chris(SoCenWI)]

Doug,

Less is more. And your theory is right on. I rigged up a pendulum and attached a nail and dime to it. With a wide open screen I got a decent sounding hit every time it swung by the coil. As I started adding in discrimination I got a null more and more often as I increased the discrimination. Sometimes would get a good hit, but not the majority of times. Which in the field means you are going to not hear anything most swings over the target. Great exercise. So yes a good target CAN break through a null, or you CAN find deep targets with a ton of discrimination, but you are greatly diminishing your chances.

If you go digging back through all the postings over the years you will find many that people found out the same thing you did.

Chris