Critterhunter
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Did a hunt today and got a silver Jesus pendant about a bit bigger than a quarter. It read like a wheat so although it looked silver in the hole I knew it was going to be plated by the VDI and sure enough it was. Looks pretty old though.
Also dug a key date 1872 Indian at about 6" or so. It read 167 on the VDI. I think this year should read 173 like a zinc due to it's copper/bronze makeup but suspect it's condition caused it to read a bit lower. Fatty Indians with nickel in them will read even lower, well down into the pull tab range at around 160 to 164 or so.
Funny thing is I saw a plug about 2 feet away from it. Somebody missed that one.
According to a recent coin book this year Indian in lowest condition the book listed was $90 for one variety and $100 for the other. Unfortunately this coin has seen better days due to I suspect fertilizer. I did a fleabay search for auctions that are over for this year indian and judging by the pics of what ones in similar shape went for I'm guessing it might be worth about $30 to $50. I'll have a better idea once I take it out of it's hot water and soap bath to try to soak the crud off it, but best I can see right now I think that's going to be about its price/condition range.
I'll throw up a few pics of it and the pendant in a day or two here. Want to let the Indian soak for a while. After that I'll coat it with a good bath of olive oil to prevent further degradation with being exposed to air.
I've dug indians in the past and large cents that I could read a date on right when they were dug and then an hour later the air had got to them and I lost the date. I've got to start carrying a small bottle of soapy water to throw copper/bronze coins into right away as soon as they are dug because sometimes depending on the ground they were sitting in once exposed to air they go down hill real fast. By soaking in soapy water until you get home and then throwing it in some olive oil for a while it'll protect it. The olive oil also brings out details on copper and bronze items like coins or old buttons.
I was using PP mode about half the time with the GT and then flipping back to disc to check targets. For sure you can scan even faster in PP than the even increased speed the 12x10 allows for me in disc over the stock 10" Tornado. This way too I don't have to hit a target dead center with the coil that I might otherwise miss at extreme depth. PP will sound off to it even if you are being sloppy in your sweeps. Once I hear a whisper I back track and flip to disc and sweep over it to see the the deal is. Usually I'm right about a target being iron by a few unique responses iron will often give in PP. Still like to check in disc though as I'm still very new to PP and don't want to risk passing anything without checking in disc most of the time.
Still haven't used my new 7.25" eight inch Tornado yet other than the 1 hour trial hunt with it when I first got it a month or two back. The sites I've been hitting lately are wide open where depth and coverage is primary. I'm confident of the 12x10 in heavy trash anyway but sooner or later here I'll be breaking out the tiny little Tornado for working some very heavy stuff and see if it can find a few things the 12x10 missed due to it's longer DD line being a bigger coil. Even though the 12x10's left/right separation is second to none, it for sure will still require you to grid from more angles than the 8" Tornado to unmask certain stuff a longer DD line might hide.
Also dug a key date 1872 Indian at about 6" or so. It read 167 on the VDI. I think this year should read 173 like a zinc due to it's copper/bronze makeup but suspect it's condition caused it to read a bit lower. Fatty Indians with nickel in them will read even lower, well down into the pull tab range at around 160 to 164 or so.
Funny thing is I saw a plug about 2 feet away from it. Somebody missed that one.
According to a recent coin book this year Indian in lowest condition the book listed was $90 for one variety and $100 for the other. Unfortunately this coin has seen better days due to I suspect fertilizer. I did a fleabay search for auctions that are over for this year indian and judging by the pics of what ones in similar shape went for I'm guessing it might be worth about $30 to $50. I'll have a better idea once I take it out of it's hot water and soap bath to try to soak the crud off it, but best I can see right now I think that's going to be about its price/condition range.
I'll throw up a few pics of it and the pendant in a day or two here. Want to let the Indian soak for a while. After that I'll coat it with a good bath of olive oil to prevent further degradation with being exposed to air.
I've dug indians in the past and large cents that I could read a date on right when they were dug and then an hour later the air had got to them and I lost the date. I've got to start carrying a small bottle of soapy water to throw copper/bronze coins into right away as soon as they are dug because sometimes depending on the ground they were sitting in once exposed to air they go down hill real fast. By soaking in soapy water until you get home and then throwing it in some olive oil for a while it'll protect it. The olive oil also brings out details on copper and bronze items like coins or old buttons.
I was using PP mode about half the time with the GT and then flipping back to disc to check targets. For sure you can scan even faster in PP than the even increased speed the 12x10 allows for me in disc over the stock 10" Tornado. This way too I don't have to hit a target dead center with the coil that I might otherwise miss at extreme depth. PP will sound off to it even if you are being sloppy in your sweeps. Once I hear a whisper I back track and flip to disc and sweep over it to see the the deal is. Usually I'm right about a target being iron by a few unique responses iron will often give in PP. Still like to check in disc though as I'm still very new to PP and don't want to risk passing anything without checking in disc most of the time.
Still haven't used my new 7.25" eight inch Tornado yet other than the 1 hour trial hunt with it when I first got it a month or two back. The sites I've been hitting lately are wide open where depth and coverage is primary. I'm confident of the 12x10 in heavy trash anyway but sooner or later here I'll be breaking out the tiny little Tornado for working some very heavy stuff and see if it can find a few things the 12x10 missed due to it's longer DD line being a bigger coil. Even though the 12x10's left/right separation is second to none, it for sure will still require you to grid from more angles than the 8" Tornado to unmask certain stuff a longer DD line might hide.
