- Jan 11, 2011
- 1,085
- 1,396
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Manticore, Minelab Equinox 800, Minelab Equinox 600, Minelab CTX 3030
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Well, I made it out with the Equinox today, for the fifth short hunt since I got it. All five hunts have been to the same park -- it's a park I have hunted to death over the past 7 years with my Explorers, and I can rarely eek out even a wheat cent anymore. I have hunted it HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of times, and so I know it so well that it's a great place to bring a new machine to learn how it behaves -- it's almost like a great big "test garden."
Anyway, the first few times out learning the Equinox, I managed a few wheat cents, a buffalo nickel, and some clad coins, plus a piece or two of junk jewelry. Today, the two-hour hunt yielded my first silver coin with the Equinox, and the first silver coin in probably a year from this particular park -- a 1944 Washington quarter.
This coin was only about 6" deep -- not totally sure, since I dug the plug and the first target I recovered was a deep, bent rusty nail. When I recovered it, I thought that it must have been what I heard, so I re-filled the hole and was ready to move on -- but swept the now-repaired hole one more time, and I still heard the high tone! So, I re-dug the plug, and this is when I located the coin!
I know for a FACT I've swung over this coin multiple times over the past several years; it was near a park bench in a small patch of lawn bordered by sidewalks, and I have hunted this patch dozens of times, pulling a few silver coins and several wheats in this time. This one must have been hidden enough -- altered in tone and ID by the nail, apparently, for the Explorers not to have recognized it...
The EQUINOX did!
Steve
Anyway, the first few times out learning the Equinox, I managed a few wheat cents, a buffalo nickel, and some clad coins, plus a piece or two of junk jewelry. Today, the two-hour hunt yielded my first silver coin with the Equinox, and the first silver coin in probably a year from this particular park -- a 1944 Washington quarter.
This coin was only about 6" deep -- not totally sure, since I dug the plug and the first target I recovered was a deep, bent rusty nail. When I recovered it, I thought that it must have been what I heard, so I re-filled the hole and was ready to move on -- but swept the now-repaired hole one more time, and I still heard the high tone! So, I re-dug the plug, and this is when I located the coin!
I know for a FACT I've swung over this coin multiple times over the past several years; it was near a park bench in a small patch of lawn bordered by sidewalks, and I have hunted this patch dozens of times, pulling a few silver coins and several wheats in this time. This one must have been hidden enough -- altered in tone and ID by the nail, apparently, for the Explorers not to have recognized it...
The EQUINOX did!
Steve
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