Larry (IL)
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Two of us hunted a hillside that is known locally as bullet hill, a backstop of a pre Civil War shooting range/training camp, most likely the Illinois Militia because all of the musket bullets are .69 caliber at this location. I think the nearby camp was gone before the Civil War started so we are talking probably 1850's.
The CTX 3030's were challenged to the max there because the bullets were from 8 to 15 inches deep and some of them would give a weak beep in open screen, Ferrous-Coin but in pinpoint we could clearly hear them. I should have tried other modes besides Ferrous-Coin. The very deep bullets gave no audible signal at all but the display clearly showed a 12-31, 12-33 target was under the coil and again pinpoint confirmed it was time to dig another hole. This has to be some of the toughest digging I have ever done, roots everywhere and we we probably on a 45 degree incline and most holes were 12 inches deep or more, that wore this old man out and after 2 1/2 hours I called it quits.
Check out Nathan's arm down in the hole retrieving bullet number 5 in the same hole....... that was probably a 15 incher. Nathan got a head start on me and had nine before I even started, he ended up with 21 bullets this morning and I had eight .69,s and a small caliber and a couple of fragments.
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The CTX 3030's were challenged to the max there because the bullets were from 8 to 15 inches deep and some of them would give a weak beep in open screen, Ferrous-Coin but in pinpoint we could clearly hear them. I should have tried other modes besides Ferrous-Coin. The very deep bullets gave no audible signal at all but the display clearly showed a 12-31, 12-33 target was under the coil and again pinpoint confirmed it was time to dig another hole. This has to be some of the toughest digging I have ever done, roots everywhere and we we probably on a 45 degree incline and most holes were 12 inches deep or more, that wore this old man out and after 2 1/2 hours I called it quits.
Check out Nathan's arm down in the hole retrieving bullet number 5 in the same hole....... that was probably a 15 incher. Nathan got a head start on me and had nine before I even started, he ended up with 21 bullets this morning and I had eight .69,s and a small caliber and a couple of fragments.
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