Hey Guys,
I decided to go back to the same spot that has produced the majority of my silver this year. After finding this 1923 Mecury dime yesterday (my oldest silver so far)
, I'm now up to 9 silvers from this spot alone . I also found 2 wheat backs, 1957D, and 1958. I started out committed not to dig anything shallower than 6 inches, and I also tried boosting my sensitivity in manual up to 28. Well neither strategy worked for this turf, and the only deep target was a rusty nail 
. I believe there's just too much deep iron in the ground for this strategy to work at this site. Operating at manual sensitivity 28 on my E-Trac caused too many false signals, and I suspect it was made worse by yesterday's rain. So I reverted back to Auto+3 and enjoyed a smooth ride from then on. I stopped avoiding shallow targets just in time to find the Merc, which was less than 2 inches in the ground. Now I wonder if there are any good targets below 6 inches? But that will just have to wait for another day. Thanks for looking!
-Alex
I decided to go back to the same spot that has produced the majority of my silver this year. After finding this 1923 Mecury dime yesterday (my oldest silver so far)
, I'm now up to 9 silvers from this spot alone . I also found 2 wheat backs, 1957D, and 1958. I started out committed not to dig anything shallower than 6 inches, and I also tried boosting my sensitivity in manual up to 28. Well neither strategy worked for this turf, and the only deep target was a rusty nail . I believe there's just too much deep iron in the ground for this strategy to work at this site. Operating at manual sensitivity 28 on my E-Trac caused too many false signals, and I suspect it was made worse by yesterday's rain. So I reverted back to Auto+3 and enjoyed a smooth ride from then on. I stopped avoiding shallow targets just in time to find the Merc, which was less than 2 inches in the ground. Now I wonder if there are any good targets below 6 inches? But that will just have to wait for another day. Thanks for looking!-Alex