DirtFlipper
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Howdy,
It was colder today and very windy with spits of rain. I figured this would be an excellent opportunity to try a spot that is usually crawling with people, and one I've been meaning to try, but haven't had the chance. I also was in the mood for someplace new, since my other recent 'new' spots have gone cold on the last few hunts. I needed a change of pace and some new signals to chase.
The weather certainly did keep the people away, and I had the place pretty much all to myself. I knew it was going to be trashy, given its history, so I went with the 8x6 SEF and just started in conductive audio to get a feel for the things. I wanted to sample surface signals, as well as deeper ones, to see what the distribution might be. Once I got that dialed in a bit, I then focused on those elusive flutey tinkles.
My very first target recovered was a Wheat, which I took as a good sign rather than a jinx. And then another Wheat. And another. And on and on until I started to think maybe all the silver had been pulled from this place! Nah, not possible. So on I went, trying to find that first silver. I racked up quite a number of Wheats, and also saw one Indian Head come up (that got my attention!), but couldn't seem to pull a silver. Finally, I got a signal that just had the nice chirpy high tinkle, with decent depth, and viola! out came a Merc. But I was racking up so many Wheats, I was just killing my ratio. I figured if I played the odds, at least one more silver should come my way. So I went into overtime searching for it.
But as always, as I was making my way slowly back to the vehicle, about giving up hope, I swept past an iffy, but chirpy tone. After opening the plug I encountered a root, so had to push dirt out from under it from the side, and on one push I saw silver riding the wave of dirt to the top - a Barber!
That made for a great wrap to a super fun hunt. Total count was 18 Wheats, one Indian, one Barber, and one Merc. Most of the Wheats were 40's and 50's, but five were older at least. None from the 30's, which was a bit odd.
Thanks for looking!
HH,
DirtFlipper
It was colder today and very windy with spits of rain. I figured this would be an excellent opportunity to try a spot that is usually crawling with people, and one I've been meaning to try, but haven't had the chance. I also was in the mood for someplace new, since my other recent 'new' spots have gone cold on the last few hunts. I needed a change of pace and some new signals to chase.
The weather certainly did keep the people away, and I had the place pretty much all to myself. I knew it was going to be trashy, given its history, so I went with the 8x6 SEF and just started in conductive audio to get a feel for the things. I wanted to sample surface signals, as well as deeper ones, to see what the distribution might be. Once I got that dialed in a bit, I then focused on those elusive flutey tinkles.
My very first target recovered was a Wheat, which I took as a good sign rather than a jinx. And then another Wheat. And another. And on and on until I started to think maybe all the silver had been pulled from this place! Nah, not possible. So on I went, trying to find that first silver. I racked up quite a number of Wheats, and also saw one Indian Head come up (that got my attention!), but couldn't seem to pull a silver. Finally, I got a signal that just had the nice chirpy high tinkle, with decent depth, and viola! out came a Merc. But I was racking up so many Wheats, I was just killing my ratio. I figured if I played the odds, at least one more silver should come my way. So I went into overtime searching for it.
But as always, as I was making my way slowly back to the vehicle, about giving up hope, I swept past an iffy, but chirpy tone. After opening the plug I encountered a root, so had to push dirt out from under it from the side, and on one push I saw silver riding the wave of dirt to the top - a Barber!
That made for a great wrap to a super fun hunt. Total count was 18 Wheats, one Indian, one Barber, and one Merc. Most of the Wheats were 40's and 50's, but five were older at least. None from the 30's, which was a bit odd.
Thanks for looking!
HH,
DirtFlipper
Nice hunt D F Nice story & pics Congrats