Need your ideas- quick!

[Boondocks]

I am in central AL deer hunting and I have just been given permission to hunt 2 houses side by side that were built in the late 1850’s. (they’re on the historic registry so they’re legit.). I am primarily a beach hunter but I have my CTX with me. I have to be there at noon and today is my only shot. Any tips? For example? Should I go super fast and look for 12- high #’s only to cover ground, what should I expect? Lots of trash? What about non coin #’s? Anything I shouldn’t ignore? I know to usually dig it all but I’ll miss a ton of land on this one. Any real suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you!
P.S.- Can you tell I’m excited ?!?

 

[Jason in Enid]

bad situation.... 2 places, old, only a few hours to hunt.
Personally, I'd start out just going for the coins. Obvious silver targets and clear nickle targets. If you aren't hitting a lot in the first 30 minutes, open it up to everything Indian Head and better. Don't snail crawl, try to cover as much ground without just randomly speed walking the places. If you gett a good hit, quickly hunt a 10 foot circle around it to see if it s part of a hot spot before going back to you pattern.

 

[LTimedigger]

If this a site you won't come back to often, I would concentrate on coins. You may already use the "beach" mode but its really good for coins too. Dig the 1230 to 1245 range where most coins and a lot of jewelry are then dig other areas like the nickel (1212-1214) if time permits. Your big problem will be iron. If like a lot of Bama the soil is claye and good stuff may not be to deep but masked by iron. Start with fast on and see what you hit how deep it is and how much iron ur hitting. Use a small coil if you have one and use TT. The CTX tends to false iron but but if TT builds with red and shows two objects thats probably what you have.Let us know how it goes. HH

 

[IDXMonster]

I would do just as described above,get to it!

 

[Geobound]

So how did you make out??

 

[Boondocks]

Very good! I found a few wheat pennies, a heel plate and the Southern Cross of Honor for the Confederacy. Awesome day!!!

 

[trojdor]

Very nice..