C E Stricklin
New member
Loaded Monte's Bushwhack Program into my XLT equipped with the Blue Max 600 Coil late yesterday afternoon and headed out into the yard to give it a try. I live in a house built in 1870 that is located on approx 1 acre of land. I have been searching the property since I moved here in March of this year. It is very difficult detecting due to iron nails at approximately 4 to 5 inches all over the property from numerous old out buildings that are long gone. Buildup of topsoil from years of unattended overgrowth has resulted in me finding memorial cents and clad coinage at depths of 6 or more inches.
First dug signal was a wheat cent, only the second I have found here in almost six months of searching. Hunted till after dark with the most success I have had thus far. Ended with three wheats, four memorials, one war nickel, one clad dime along with several interesting keeper items and of course the usual assortment of junk about a four to one ratio.
This little coil combined with Monte's program was amazing at picking up good signals through the masking iron trash.
Encouraged by my results with this combination of XLT, Blue Max 600 Coil and Monte's Program I headed out this morning to an old school site that dates back to the 1870's and in use until the early 1980's. I have searched it many times with mediocre success, good finds but few and far between due to bad mineralization caused by the site being covered with cinders from the days of coal heat. Again the most success I have ever had at this location. Six wheats, thirteen memorials, two Jefferson nickels, two clad dimes, one Merc, one Rossy and best of all a 1955, 10K mans high school class ring.
The high school is located in a nearby town so a phone call giving the initials inside the ring resulted in the name of the owner. Another call and I was speaking with the owners wife who confirmed her husband losing his class ring. Then came the shocker, tomorrow is his 56th Class Reunion. Unknown to him, his wife's plan, I will present his ring back to him at the reunion dinner. It is presently in the hands of a local jeweler being cleaned and polished.
Coincidence or a the hand of a higher power that I would find the ring and identify the owner the day before his Class Reunion.
I will post pictures of my finds after I get the ring back from the jeweler and give an update on the Class Reunion / Ring Presentation.
First dug signal was a wheat cent, only the second I have found here in almost six months of searching. Hunted till after dark with the most success I have had thus far. Ended with three wheats, four memorials, one war nickel, one clad dime along with several interesting keeper items and of course the usual assortment of junk about a four to one ratio.
This little coil combined with Monte's program was amazing at picking up good signals through the masking iron trash.
Encouraged by my results with this combination of XLT, Blue Max 600 Coil and Monte's Program I headed out this morning to an old school site that dates back to the 1870's and in use until the early 1980's. I have searched it many times with mediocre success, good finds but few and far between due to bad mineralization caused by the site being covered with cinders from the days of coal heat. Again the most success I have ever had at this location. Six wheats, thirteen memorials, two Jefferson nickels, two clad dimes, one Merc, one Rossy and best of all a 1955, 10K mans high school class ring.
The high school is located in a nearby town so a phone call giving the initials inside the ring resulted in the name of the owner. Another call and I was speaking with the owners wife who confirmed her husband losing his class ring. Then came the shocker, tomorrow is his 56th Class Reunion. Unknown to him, his wife's plan, I will present his ring back to him at the reunion dinner. It is presently in the hands of a local jeweler being cleaned and polished.
Coincidence or a the hand of a higher power that I would find the ring and identify the owner the day before his Class Reunion.
I will post pictures of my finds after I get the ring back from the jeweler and give an update on the Class Reunion / Ring Presentation.
