28K Saves the Day!

[Iron Buzz]

Today I revisited an old farmhouse that I detected last year with little success. All I got at that time was one (very nice) crotal bell. But my opportunities near home have been getting very slim, so I hit the road and visited Bernice again. Not sure when her farmhouse was built, but it would have been around 1880 or so, I think.

I guess the problem was probably the old powerlines running across the yard and into the house, but whatever it was, the EMI was unbearable at all frequencies available on the LF coil. I tried, and probably covered 1/3 of the yard with it, but with very little success. Finally I switched to the elliptical and 28K, and suddenly the place was alive with targets!!

I dug two crotal bells, a spoon, an old Barlow style pocket knife, a horse tack buckle, a bunch of horse tack iron rings, lantern parts, two Wheaties (1944 and 1919) and two Indian Head pennies (1882, and a very nice 1895). Also interesting is a brass disk, about 3" across (roughly) with the words, "Village Marshal" on it.

I don't know how much of my success was the frequency itself, and how much was the fact that 28K ran quietly without the EMI that was interfering on the other frequencies, but frankly, I don't care. I had one of the best days detecting in a while.

 

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[dirtlooter]

that was awesome! congrats. another selling point of the hf coils and frequencies. pretty darn cool, I know that Calabash says how quiet his is in his yard.

 

[vferrari]

I think autocorrect kinda messed with you up there in the first parapgraph. What kind of bell was that, again? Lol.

Anyway, regardless, you killed it at that site. Congrats!

 

[Calabash Digger]

great hunt!

 

[vferrari]

IB -

Followup - Did you attempt to detect at the lower frequency of the elliptical or just went straight to 28 K because of the LF coil performance? If the elliptical was quieter than the lf at 13, 14, or 15 k, I would hit that site again and see if any deeper high conductors pop up. Another thing you can try if really desperate due to the EMI which otherwise would make the site undetectable is crank notch up to 40's or so for the lower frequencies. You won't lose much in the way of desirable targets and it may knock down some of the broad spectrum noise enough such that you can detect the site at one of the lower frequencies to gain some additional depth against high conductors. Good job though, nice finds all around.

 

[Iron Buzz]

I think autocorrect kinda messed with you up there in the first parapgraph. What kind of bell was that, again? Lol.

Anyway, regardless, you killed it at that site. Congrats!

Whoops!! Well, there were two of them, after all.

 

[Iron Buzz]

IB -

Followup - Did you attempt to detect at the lower frequency of the elliptical or just went straight to 28 K because of the LF coil performance? If the elliptical was quieter than the lf at 13, 14, or 15 k, I would hit that site again and see if any deeper high conductors pop up. Another thing you can try if really desperate due to the EMI which otherwise would make the site undetectable is crank notch up to 40's or so for the lower frequencies. You won't lose much in the way of desirable targets and it may knock down some of the broad spectrum noise enough such that you can detect the site at one of the lower frequencies to gain some additional depth against high conductors. Good job though, nice finds all around.

I did try 14K, but even the fact that the elliptical coil is generally quieter, it was still chattering like hell. Whatever was making that racket was almost pure white noise, apparently. Even 28K was picking up a bit of it.

I do hope to get back there before it freezes & will give notch a try. Thanks for the tip.

 

[vferrari]

I did try 14K, but even the fact that the elliptical coil is generally quieter, it was still chattering like hell. Whatever was making that racket was almost pure white noise, apparently. Even 28K was picking up a bit of it.

I do hope to get back there before it freezes & will give notch a try. Thanks for the tip.

I learned that trick from a guy who had to deal with a site that had an electric dog fence. Sometimes you gotta make compromises but its nice that 28 k works so well on these HF coils. Not sure you lose all that much depth on the high conductors even at that frequency because the coils seem so efficient.

 

[tnsharpshooter]

Nice finds there bud.

Congrats.
Elliptical HF coil rocks.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Awesome hunt!

 

[smokeythecat]

Great dig. I had the same experience today with the 28k frequency.

 

[trdking]

What? You don't want to find a scrotal bell?

 

[digger460]

Nice bunch of finds there. Congrats!

 

[HuntinDog]

"Also interesting is a brass disk, about 3" across (roughly) with the words, "Village Marshal" on it."

I've got a pin almost like yours... but mine says "Village IDIOT"

Great bunch of finds.. Congrats

 

[Iron Buzz]

"Also interesting is a brass disk, about 3" across (roughly) with the words, "Village Marshal" on it."

I've got a pin almost like yours... but mine says "Village IDIOT"

Great bunch of finds.. Congrats

Rats! For a second there, I thought that you knew something about that Village Marshal tag.