Man this park has been kind to me over the years. It's like any other beat up site...some days you can wander around for hours and find absolutely nothing. The next trip however might yield a pocketful of keepers as was the case this time. I went for 2 hours one evening...then 4 more hours the very next next morning.
It rained here the last few days so the ground was pretty moist. I like to hunt in moist ground because I seem to get the best signals...but also get more falsing. I've been using the 10 x 12 SEF coil exclusively for the last couple of months or more...and that won't change anytime soon.
It again performed well..even in the wet ground...and with leaves clinging to it..the 10 x 12 SEF hardly falsed at all.
My first hit was a 2 injun pocket spill at 9" right in the middle of a dead null.
This is a section of the park that the SE always nulls over...but still has no problem letting the coins peep through. The key for me being able to hear a deep coin in a null is...just standing still and scanning the ground slowly. I just stop walking....stay in one spot...then slowly scan the ground. If there is a deep coin there..the SE will see it and sound off right through the null.
The sound was a classic injun/piece of wire hit right through the silence....and the depth meter was buried. The cursor was nutso...but it usually is on real deep stuff. I knew it was either a little piece of wire....not that I ever dig those
...or a deep injun. Well...out popped an 1880 injun and an 1887. 
About 30 minutes later...and 20 feet away....yes I go SLOW
....I got another peeper through the silence of the nulling threshold..and again the depth meter was buried. Nice sound...but faint. The cursor was flipping and fluttering all across the top right of the screen....SILVER...I hope.
I dug down right at 10"...and there was the glimmer of silver shining at the bottom of the hole.
I plucked out the worn 1912 Barber that almost looks like the top edge was shaved.
About 45 minutes later I got a weird, squalking sound that really didn't sound like silver...but didn't sound like an injun either. It was deep though so I investigated it. I decided it was probably a deep broken bottle top that still had the screw cap on it...not that I ever dig those either...but I needed to find out. I dug down around 9"...ran the probe...and was pleasantly surprised. Out popped another injun... and about 1" away was a mercury dime.
At this time it started to get dark so I went home.
The next morning I went back and had more time to spend. I stayed almost 4 hours and spent more time going through the rest of the strip that gives up deep stuff. I was prepared to find nothing...or a lot...it didn't matter. As I mentioned before..this place gives up zero some days and other days you'd swear it hadn't been hunted before.
My favorite find of the day was the 1864 injun..and it looks nasty in the scan... but really doesn't look that bad in person. The flatbed scanner always makes injuns look bad...but it is probably G4 to VG. It was 9" down...and gave a mixed injun/zinc sounding hit
...but it repeated from 3 directions. The cursor was actually fairly accurate on it...and did the "walk up the stairs dance to the left".
By the time the day was over... I had 2 more mercs...another Barber dime..and 5 more injuns.
My total for the 2 hunts....8 injuns (1864, 1880, 1887, 1889, 1891, 1892, 1898, 1905)....3 mercs (1929, 1939, 1942)....2 Barber dimes (1903, 1912)...a sweet OLD, heavy Sterling Boyscout ring (my third different boyscout ring this year)...a token...a perfect speller pin...some little oddball pieces...and some much needed peace and tranquility. Thanks for viewing and good luck on your next hunt.
It rained here the last few days so the ground was pretty moist. I like to hunt in moist ground because I seem to get the best signals...but also get more falsing. I've been using the 10 x 12 SEF coil exclusively for the last couple of months or more...and that won't change anytime soon.
It again performed well..even in the wet ground...and with leaves clinging to it..the 10 x 12 SEF hardly falsed at all. My first hit was a 2 injun pocket spill at 9" right in the middle of a dead null.
This is a section of the park that the SE always nulls over...but still has no problem letting the coins peep through. The key for me being able to hear a deep coin in a null is...just standing still and scanning the ground slowly. I just stop walking....stay in one spot...then slowly scan the ground. If there is a deep coin there..the SE will see it and sound off right through the null. The sound was a classic injun/piece of wire hit right through the silence....and the depth meter was buried. The cursor was nutso...but it usually is on real deep stuff. I knew it was either a little piece of wire....not that I ever dig those...or a deep injun. Well...out popped an 1880 injun and an 1887. About 30 minutes later...and 20 feet away....yes I go SLOW
....I got another peeper through the silence of the nulling threshold..and again the depth meter was buried. Nice sound...but faint. The cursor was flipping and fluttering all across the top right of the screen....SILVER...I hope. I dug down right at 10"...and there was the glimmer of silver shining at the bottom of the hole.
I plucked out the worn 1912 Barber that almost looks like the top edge was shaved.About 45 minutes later I got a weird, squalking sound that really didn't sound like silver...but didn't sound like an injun either. It was deep though so I investigated it. I decided it was probably a deep broken bottle top that still had the screw cap on it...not that I ever dig those either
...but I needed to find out. I dug down around 9"...ran the probe...and was pleasantly surprised. Out popped another injun... and about 1" away was a mercury dime.At this time it started to get dark so I went home.
The next morning I went back and had more time to spend. I stayed almost 4 hours and spent more time going through the rest of the strip that gives up deep stuff. I was prepared to find nothing...or a lot...it didn't matter. As I mentioned before..this place gives up zero some days and other days you'd swear it hadn't been hunted before.
My favorite find of the day was the 1864 injun..and it looks nasty in the scan... but really doesn't look that bad in person. The flatbed scanner always makes injuns look bad...but it is probably G4 to VG. It was 9" down...and gave a mixed injun/zinc sounding hit
...but it repeated from 3 directions. The cursor was actually fairly accurate on it...and did the "walk up the stairs dance to the left".By the time the day was over... I had 2 more mercs...another Barber dime..and 5 more injuns.
My total for the 2 hunts....8 injuns (1864, 1880, 1887, 1889, 1891, 1892, 1898, 1905)....3 mercs (1929, 1939, 1942)....2 Barber dimes (1903, 1912)...a sweet OLD, heavy Sterling Boyscout ring (my third different boyscout ring this year)...a token...a perfect speller pin...some little oddball pieces...and some much needed peace and tranquility. Thanks for viewing and good luck on your next hunt.
Compared to you, maybe we don't.
Take care GR...and good luck on your next hunt.