BarnacleBill
New member
Treading where angels dare not, I took the Excel shallow freshwater wading(knee deep). I maintained a death grip on it, lest ole Neptune be covetous of the shiny circuit boards within.
I had an unusual number of bouncy targets in iron free areas. I re-GB'd several times and recv'd a single tone confirming all was well. Battery level was 8V, so no answer there. No RF or power nearby, CZ20 GB sets @ 5.5, so a big yawn there.
Probably had at least eight +36'ers, and all sorts of jumpers in the positive range with no iron around. As the targets were being dug, the ID numbers were changing, sometimes up, sometimes down, with swings of 10#'s or more. Many of the coins showed heavy coating/corrosion, so they have been there awhile. But here lays the kicker, I have absolutely gridded this area to death over the years, and been over it probably 25 times with a BH QDII, Tejon, CZ20. The new drops where obvious by date and depth. It was the deep oldies that were erratic.
The 2 oldest were two 1964 Jeff's, they weren't dropped last week! And 7 Jeff's w/ 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's covered. The Tejon should absolutely clean the Excel's clock, depth wise, when going after Jeff's! Yet there they be, it may be tied to the erratic readings, and how the other machines read these targets.
And the low rent nitro, was probably 10 inches deep, and read +16 all the way. When I saw the rim I thought I had hit pay dirt. But the only number stamped inside is "7" and the outer covering is like a plastic, oh well, 'bout 3 bucks in clad.
HH
BarnacleBill
I had an unusual number of bouncy targets in iron free areas. I re-GB'd several times and recv'd a single tone confirming all was well. Battery level was 8V, so no answer there. No RF or power nearby, CZ20 GB sets @ 5.5, so a big yawn there.
Probably had at least eight +36'ers, and all sorts of jumpers in the positive range with no iron around. As the targets were being dug, the ID numbers were changing, sometimes up, sometimes down, with swings of 10#'s or more. Many of the coins showed heavy coating/corrosion, so they have been there awhile. But here lays the kicker, I have absolutely gridded this area to death over the years, and been over it probably 25 times with a BH QDII, Tejon, CZ20. The new drops where obvious by date and depth. It was the deep oldies that were erratic.
The 2 oldest were two 1964 Jeff's, they weren't dropped last week! And 7 Jeff's w/ 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's covered. The Tejon should absolutely clean the Excel's clock, depth wise, when going after Jeff's! Yet there they be, it may be tied to the erratic readings, and how the other machines read these targets.
And the low rent nitro, was probably 10 inches deep, and read +16 all the way. When I saw the rim I thought I had hit pay dirt. But the only number stamped inside is "7" and the outer covering is like a plastic, oh well, 'bout 3 bucks in clad.
HH
BarnacleBill
heh heh......You may now be "Banned For Life" for talking like that about the greatest detector ever built! :banned:
