Took The ATX Out For A Spin To An Old Picnic Area On A Dried Lake Bed

[John-Edmonton]

I have been here many times, with a lot of my buddies. We have pretty well cleaned it out of rings, old coins, lighters and junk. The last two times I hunted here, I used the Infinium, and even then, my last hunt I got zip. However, it's getting cold up here, and freeze-up is weeks away, so I thought I would do some land hunting. Most of my time so far with the ATX has been mostly in the water, with great success. I concentrated mostly in the shrubs and bushes, the spots others often times ignore.

My first good signal was a deep spoon, down about 12 inches. At least I was in an area where people were picnicking some 100 years ago.

Here's the total finds for the day. Lots of old shotgun shells, some iron, typical of PI.s, very deep too. The smaller 22 lead bullet was down about 6 inches, and gave a nice soft high-low. The larger one was a bit shallower.

Here's the spoons....both large soup spoons, and too bad to keep, yet old enough to not throw away, I opted to make a ring out of each one.

No gold today, but the opportunity to do a nice autumn hunt was treasure in itself.

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

Another good report John! Thanks!

 

[GoldChaser]

" some iron. Typical of PIs" - what about the iron ID feature?

 

[John-Edmonton]

I chose not to use it. The area I hunted dates back to the 1800's with the Blackfoot Natives trading with early settlers. Anything which was deep I dug. I didn't want to miss old metal arrow heads or an old pistol. When hunting for relics, I dig pretty well everything. When water hunting, I selectively use the iron ID, as some our coinage reads as iron.....nickel plated steel quarters with the nickel plate wearing off.

 

[GoldChaser]

That makes sense. Thank you.
Could you please explain how the discrimination feature works? Not technically, but the features - how you would use it?