dfmike
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Since our first few inches of snow has almost all melted away, I decided to get the CoRe out and see what I could rummage from an area of the woods that I have explored previously with my other machines. I brought it where the smallest of coils was needed. There is an area in these woods where the trees are very dense and there is thick stubble everywhere in between making movement and swinging a coil very difficult. The easiest more open areas have already been detected by many and targets are few and far between. It was obvious when going through this new tougher area that I was probably the first to attempt to detect it. It paid off big time with a very nice looking 1921 silver quarter. The silver dime was my very first target. Unfortunately I can't even read the date ! Since it has the face of King George V, it dates back to 1911-1936.
There is an old padlock in there, a small pendant in the shape of a rose with petals, an old buckle, a few wheat pennies and Canadian pennies from the 30's to the late 50's.
The CoRe was used with the 5" OOR coil and the settings were DI3 (for coins), sensitivity at 95 and discrimination/masking at 48. I usually discriminate iron only but because this area is loaded with small foil targets, I eliminate almost all of them by raising it to a value just shy of 50. Ground balance values ranged from 76 to 80.
There is an old padlock in there, a small pendant in the shape of a rose with petals, an old buckle, a few wheat pennies and Canadian pennies from the 30's to the late 50's.
The CoRe was used with the 5" OOR coil and the settings were DI3 (for coins), sensitivity at 95 and discrimination/masking at 48. I usually discriminate iron only but because this area is loaded with small foil targets, I eliminate almost all of them by raising it to a value just shy of 50. Ground balance values ranged from 76 to 80.