Got out again today with my new machine. Running factory defaults in Park 2, noise cancelled, GBed, and sensitivity 12 (probably too high for this desert dirt). I found 28 zinc-Lincs, 6 copper Lincoln’s, a Jefferson nickel and two clad dimes…AND a what I assume to be a US Navy Waterbury cuff bottom. I did a little research and it looks like the button may date from WWII (not certain, tho’). The button’s gilt is still mostly intact.
My finds are nothing spectacular; I figured they wouldn’t be, but I was mostly interested in getting some time under my belt with the 900. I was detecting an abandoned house that dates from the 1940s. The yard had obviously been filled-in with dirt. And, there were a plethora of nails and other junk. The nice thing was that when encountering a good target, the 900 had no problem IDing it, in spite of all the junk in the immediate area.
When I watch others on YouTube, I am so very envious of the moist, soft earth I see them making their finds in. Here, one seldom has such great conditions. And, the dirt (not soil) is very mineralized and rocky. Of course, the older parks have better detecting conditions, but most are a 4-6” layer of grass on the desert hardpan.
My finds are nothing spectacular; I figured they wouldn’t be, but I was mostly interested in getting some time under my belt with the 900. I was detecting an abandoned house that dates from the 1940s. The yard had obviously been filled-in with dirt. And, there were a plethora of nails and other junk. The nice thing was that when encountering a good target, the 900 had no problem IDing it, in spite of all the junk in the immediate area.
When I watch others on YouTube, I am so very envious of the moist, soft earth I see them making their finds in. Here, one seldom has such great conditions. And, the dirt (not soil) is very mineralized and rocky. Of course, the older parks have better detecting conditions, but most are a 4-6” layer of grass on the desert hardpan.
