markbxr400
Tenderfoot
- Aug 15, 2014
- 9
- 1
- Detector(s) used
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Garrett AT Pro
Fisher F2
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
I've been hunting a park out in the middle of nowhere where a very large oak once stood with several large oaks still remaining, but smaller than the very large one. History says people used to come hang out around the oak nearly 100 years ago. While private property for a century +, it is now owned by the county and designated a park, so OK to hunt. About 40 feet away from one of the large oaks, I found my first ever nickel, a 1918 buffalo, and in a different spot away from this oak, a 1917 wheat. I have found a zillion pull tabs and beer cans as well. However, whenever I get within about 30 feet of this particular tree, I start getting massive iron background noise. Not like iron targets, but more constant, I assume like heavy mineralized soil. I typically hunt in Pro Zero, no discrim, but in this area also have tried discriminating out iron, but then no targets at all, like the detector is masking all targets due to the iron.
I have found that I'm lousy at best at manually ground balancing, and can't get the thing to distinctively auto ground balance in this area. I'm convinced there are more old coins around this tree if I can figure out how to crack this nut.
Many thanks for any suggestions.
I have found that I'm lousy at best at manually ground balancing, and can't get the thing to distinctively auto ground balance in this area. I'm convinced there are more old coins around this tree if I can figure out how to crack this nut.
Many thanks for any suggestions.