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Hi everyone,
Yesterday I decided to start griding my local small park to see what was left from many years of many detectorists sifting through the area. My first "dig-able" target produced the small 14K gold ring. It came in at 08-12 to 17-14 but had a very clean, velvety-smooth tone. It was only about 4" deep and I was quite surprised when the glint of gold showed up in the hole. The rest of the 2 hour hunt didn't produce any keepers--not even a zincoln!
Today I had and unexpected good surprise during my hunt in same small local park. I had been at for about 45 minutes with nothing, and I mean NOTHING to show for my efforts--not even a piece of clad. I was swinging near a smaller tree that appeared to have been planted in the place of an old rotted-out stump from a tree long ago and picked up a faint high pitched "tinkle" of a possible good target. The display was dancing around anywhere from 03-46 to 12-47, showing about 8" deep, and the sound (high pitch "tinkle") was intermittent at best but sweet enough to capture my interest...with all the luck I had been having so far, it was a definite digger.
I use a 2 1/2" plugger for recovery, so I worked that baby into the dry ground a couple of inches and popped out the plug. I then worked it back in another inch and hit some small rocks, so out comes the digging probe and Lesche to help with the excavation. About another inch down I hit a Leave-ur-rite...you know, the kind and size of rock that makes you say to yourself, "I think I'll leave her right there and move on". I checked the hole with the X-1 and nadda, no "tinkle"...even in pinpoint there wasn't any indication of a target. At this point I was ready to fill in the hole, but a little voice in the back of my head was telling me "this is the best sounding signal you've had, so you better keep at it". I rechecked the hole with the Pro coil and the high pitched "tinkle" was still there so I figured it's time to get serious. I probed the "leave-ur-rite" to try and determine its size...this led to enlarging the hole two more plug cutter's width. With the hole now approximately 8" long by 3" wide by 4" deep, I'm now getting a better picture of the size of rock that is standing between me an my unconfirmed prize. I use the Lesche to work the dirt and rocks away from the big boy in the bottom of the hole and begin to pry away on that puppy...I see some movement, I'm making progress!
I rescan the hole with the X-1...a small "peep" in detect mode, but in pinpoint I'm getting a definite indication there is a target down there somewhere below the big rock. More picking away with the digging probe and prying with the Lesche and out comes the rock. Back in goes the X-1 and now I get the super sweet sound of SILVER IN THE HOLE!!! By now I'm down to 7" and my X-1 is telling me I'm centered over the target, but it is still deeper in the hole. Also, the X-1 is indicating the size of the target is fairly small--something like a dime would be. I chip away another 1/2" of dirt and rocks and rescan--I getting very close now. Using the Lesche, I work it in as deep as I can in the hard soil to loosen the dirt on all sides of the target. I use my hand to scoop out what's in the bottom of the hole. In my hand I see this beautiful silver disc with this lovely lady on the face walking along...1943-S WALKER!!!--OH YEAH!--my first!
The best I can figure it (especially since the pinpoint signature with the X-1 was so small), was that this lady was vertical in the hole below the Leave-ur-rite. I can definitely see why others could have missed her. This was a very nice surprise and reward for 20 minutes of persistent digging...a memory I soon won't forget.
The rest of today's hunt only produced one clad dime, but I didn't care 'cause I was still distracted with the thoughts of my first Walker.
Thanks for looking and good luck on your next hunt!
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That's the "Leave-ur-rite" that was hiding the Walker. Not much to show (number of keepers) for 4 hours of hunting.
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My prize for not giving up!
Yesterday I decided to start griding my local small park to see what was left from many years of many detectorists sifting through the area. My first "dig-able" target produced the small 14K gold ring. It came in at 08-12 to 17-14 but had a very clean, velvety-smooth tone. It was only about 4" deep and I was quite surprised when the glint of gold showed up in the hole. The rest of the 2 hour hunt didn't produce any keepers--not even a zincoln!
Today I had and unexpected good surprise during my hunt in same small local park. I had been at for about 45 minutes with nothing, and I mean NOTHING to show for my efforts--not even a piece of clad. I was swinging near a smaller tree that appeared to have been planted in the place of an old rotted-out stump from a tree long ago and picked up a faint high pitched "tinkle" of a possible good target. The display was dancing around anywhere from 03-46 to 12-47, showing about 8" deep, and the sound (high pitch "tinkle") was intermittent at best but sweet enough to capture my interest...with all the luck I had been having so far, it was a definite digger.
I use a 2 1/2" plugger for recovery, so I worked that baby into the dry ground a couple of inches and popped out the plug. I then worked it back in another inch and hit some small rocks, so out comes the digging probe and Lesche to help with the excavation. About another inch down I hit a Leave-ur-rite...you know, the kind and size of rock that makes you say to yourself, "I think I'll leave her right there and move on". I checked the hole with the X-1 and nadda, no "tinkle"...even in pinpoint there wasn't any indication of a target. At this point I was ready to fill in the hole, but a little voice in the back of my head was telling me "this is the best sounding signal you've had, so you better keep at it". I rechecked the hole with the Pro coil and the high pitched "tinkle" was still there so I figured it's time to get serious. I probed the "leave-ur-rite" to try and determine its size...this led to enlarging the hole two more plug cutter's width. With the hole now approximately 8" long by 3" wide by 4" deep, I'm now getting a better picture of the size of rock that is standing between me an my unconfirmed prize. I use the Lesche to work the dirt and rocks away from the big boy in the bottom of the hole and begin to pry away on that puppy...I see some movement, I'm making progress!
I rescan the hole with the X-1...a small "peep" in detect mode, but in pinpoint I'm getting a definite indication there is a target down there somewhere below the big rock. More picking away with the digging probe and prying with the Lesche and out comes the rock. Back in goes the X-1 and now I get the super sweet sound of SILVER IN THE HOLE!!! By now I'm down to 7" and my X-1 is telling me I'm centered over the target, but it is still deeper in the hole. Also, the X-1 is indicating the size of the target is fairly small--something like a dime would be. I chip away another 1/2" of dirt and rocks and rescan--I getting very close now. Using the Lesche, I work it in as deep as I can in the hard soil to loosen the dirt on all sides of the target. I use my hand to scoop out what's in the bottom of the hole. In my hand I see this beautiful silver disc with this lovely lady on the face walking along...1943-S WALKER!!!--OH YEAH!--my first!
The best I can figure it (especially since the pinpoint signature with the X-1 was so small), was that this lady was vertical in the hole below the Leave-ur-rite. I can definitely see why others could have missed her. This was a very nice surprise and reward for 20 minutes of persistent digging...a memory I soon won't forget.
The rest of today's hunt only produced one clad dime, but I didn't care 'cause I was still distracted with the thoughts of my first Walker.
Thanks for looking and good luck on your next hunt!
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That's the "Leave-ur-rite" that was hiding the Walker. Not much to show (number of keepers) for 4 hours of hunting.
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My prize for not giving up!
