Orange Buffalos

[Ted S]

Temp was in the low 60s yesterday with a pretty good wind out of the north. I grabbed the 600 and some Gatorade and headed to a bean field. Rats! The farmer was still combing beans but was almost done. Plan B was the school yard. I managed a couple of green wheats and a few clad there. I went back to the bean field and the farmer was unloading into a wagon. I tossed him a bottle of Gatorade and he smiled and waved me on to hunt. It's little things like that people remember you for and it does open other doors! I ended up getting 3 orange buffalo nickles but I can't read the dates on them. I still consider it a good hunt! HH! Ted

 

[Mark kus]

Cool hunt those buffalo's are almost always orange here in Ct to!

 

[IDXMonster]

Yep,coin condition is almost always a product of its environment. Fertilizer is said to be a big contributor to corrosion,while a soft loamy soil which provides drainage tends to produce copper that’s not so “weird” and silver that isn’t stained or tarnished. I’ve dug several orange/red buffalos and they were all in soil which contained a fair amount of sand.
It looks like you’ll get on with that EQ better than the Explorer Ted,the Explorer is not an easy machine to learn,regardless of what some say. It takes ALOT of time.
Congrats on some nice finds!

 

[Ted S]

Thanks Mike and Kevin! The fertilizer does do some damage! I am hitting it off just fine with the 600. The Explorer SE will be the backup detector. I was running in field one with the sensitivity at 21 and I cranked the volume up. I think the Equinox is user friendly.