Gath
Jr. Member
I'm new to this hobby and forum but wanted to share my experiences with the ATX. I thought it would be neat to be able look back on this thread after I have had a few years of detecting under my belt and see how much I have changed. I also thought it might be helpful to other people starting this hobby to read about my failures and success's. Unfortunately I didn't think about keeping data on my hunts until I made my first good find so that's where I will be starting from. It should be said that before I made my first good find I had approximately 15 hours of ATX use that resulted in digging up a lot of junk iron, aluminum cans, pull tabs etc... Please feel free to critique or criticize my techniques.
First Find - 11/30/2014
Location - South East Kansas. Private property with no physical structures or foundations on property. The land consisted of a combination of crop land and pasture. The reason I was interested in detecting at this location was due to an isolated row of cedar trees that separated the crop land from the pasture. Growing up in this area I realized cedar trees are a sign of old homestead locations and/or other buildings to block the north wind.
Historic Significance - Talked to a few local old timers (age range 78-91) about the location and all of them had a different story about what use to be at there however none of them remembered an actual building being there. The stories they shared with me were based on what family and friends had told them through out their lifetime.
Weather - 63 degrees Sunny
Ground condition - Moist from precipitation two day earlier
ATX Settings - Performed frequency scan then ground balance.
Sensitivity: 10
Threshold: 7
Volume: 7 (with headphones)
Ground Track: OFF
Motion Mode
Coil Cover ON
All Items found at a depth of 8" and all in the same hole.
Signal Characteristic that led me to dig was a low tone followed by a high tone. The tone was NOT broken or echo sounding. The tone was soft and stable with the led indicators reaching a height of 5. The tone was consistent no matter what direction I approached it from.
Iron Check was used with no grunting detected.
The first coin found was the 1918 Walking Liberty half dollar. It was found in an almost a complete flat or horizontal position with the front of the coin facing up. I am assuming this was the reason for the type of tone I heard.
Second Coin was the 1911 Barber Dime (D) it was down and slightly off to the side of the Half Dollar
1902 V Nickel was locate to the side of the Dime and in an almost vertical position
Hope this info comes in handy for someone and I will try and keep it updated.
First Find - 11/30/2014
Location - South East Kansas. Private property with no physical structures or foundations on property. The land consisted of a combination of crop land and pasture. The reason I was interested in detecting at this location was due to an isolated row of cedar trees that separated the crop land from the pasture. Growing up in this area I realized cedar trees are a sign of old homestead locations and/or other buildings to block the north wind.
Historic Significance - Talked to a few local old timers (age range 78-91) about the location and all of them had a different story about what use to be at there however none of them remembered an actual building being there. The stories they shared with me were based on what family and friends had told them through out their lifetime.
Weather - 63 degrees Sunny
Ground condition - Moist from precipitation two day earlier
ATX Settings - Performed frequency scan then ground balance.
Sensitivity: 10
Threshold: 7
Volume: 7 (with headphones)
Ground Track: OFF
Motion Mode
Coil Cover ON
All Items found at a depth of 8" and all in the same hole.
Signal Characteristic that led me to dig was a low tone followed by a high tone. The tone was NOT broken or echo sounding. The tone was soft and stable with the led indicators reaching a height of 5. The tone was consistent no matter what direction I approached it from.
Iron Check was used with no grunting detected.
The first coin found was the 1918 Walking Liberty half dollar. It was found in an almost a complete flat or horizontal position with the front of the coin facing up. I am assuming this was the reason for the type of tone I heard.
Second Coin was the 1911 Barber Dime (D) it was down and slightly off to the side of the Half Dollar
1902 V Nickel was locate to the side of the Dime and in an almost vertical position
Hope this info comes in handy for someone and I will try and keep it updated.
