I decided to work the grassy areas next to some curbs and sidewalks today. The discrimination stayed at my normal setting, the point where a Gatorade Sports Foil Cap just discriminates out. The Threshold was set just high enough to be able to hear a faint steady hum. I was able to run at full sensitivity and the ground balance was set a little to the negative side. There was no shortage of wheat pennies (1940, 1943, 1930, 1955, 1944, 1925). Most were shallow, except for one that was around 7 inches deep. I got a good but broken mixed signal that came from beneath a tree root. I told myself, I bet this has been passed over a few times. I decided to go for it. I dug down on one side of the root and tunneled under it until a got a signal with my ProPointer. I decided it would be easier to get to the target from the other side, so I cut a plug on the other side of the root. Out pops a big ole rusty nail, Damn. I rescan and got a loud clean signal and found a wheat penny in the loose extracted dirt outside the hole. So that was what the Vaquero was after! 
I rescanned the hole again and got yet another good signal. I dug down and popped a 1907 Indian Head Penny. The nail, the wheat penny and Indian Head Penny were in an area no bigger than my fist. Now that's a real nail test done in the field. The next good audio signal turned out to be a 1900 Barber Dime that was around 3 inches or so deep. I told myself it would be nice to have a Buffalo Nickel to go the Indian Head Penny and Barber Dime. No lie, the very next audio signal that I got sounded great. I thought it might possibly be a gold wedding band, so just for the Hell of it, I decided to thumb the discrimination for the first time today. The audio signal dropped out cleanly at the 5 cent mark. I was very careful to cut the plug big enough not to damage a gold ring if one was in the hole. Out pops a frigging 1938 Buffalo Nickel. What are the odds of that happening? This Genie thing has me scratching my head. I rubbed her chest really good before I left this morning.
tabman
I rescanned the hole again and got yet another good signal. I dug down and popped a 1907 Indian Head Penny. The nail, the wheat penny and Indian Head Penny were in an area no bigger than my fist. Now that's a real nail test done in the field. The next good audio signal turned out to be a 1900 Barber Dime that was around 3 inches or so deep. I told myself it would be nice to have a Buffalo Nickel to go the Indian Head Penny and Barber Dime. No lie, the very next audio signal that I got sounded great. I thought it might possibly be a gold wedding band, so just for the Hell of it, I decided to thumb the discrimination for the first time today. The audio signal dropped out cleanly at the 5 cent mark. I was very careful to cut the plug big enough not to damage a gold ring if one was in the hole. Out pops a frigging 1938 Buffalo Nickel. What are the odds of that happening? This Genie thing has me scratching my head. I rubbed her chest really good before I left this morning.tabman
congrats on the finds!
Great work... Z
I'm sitting here laughing and shaking my head about that damned Genie of yours! How come Tab always finds the good stuff? He's gotta Genie in his pocket! How many wishes you got left you figure? You just wasted one on that toasted buff when you should have been wishing for a gold coin!
