native american site

[mamabear]

I took my OLD bounty hunter (big bud)to a field used as a camp and it was non-stop beeps. I tried to eliminate continuous lines thinking it was probably old fence wire or something like it, but still it was constant! I talked to the owner & he said he didn't remember fences ever being up in the field, I know in our area there were a lot of lead mines, & perhaps there is too much lead in the soil. the majority of the soil is a heavy clay. there have been many points found at this location, there is a spring, & a big cave across the river for bad winters. I was hoping to find some trade silver or jewelry, but I would be digging the whole field if I went by the beeps. I did dig one spot in the middle of the field & found lots of flakes, & charcoal, but nothin else. any hints on what I should do?

 

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[erikk]

Maybe a detector upgrade is in order

 

[scdetector]

I've run the big bud detector and found a few sites that would make it go crazy, must be heavy mineralization,others it would do fine, any over head powerlines? Actually found my 1st silver with the big bud

 

[Montana Jim]

Something to read... I linked the cached page because the other was not opening.

Maybe there is an answer in there someplace. It does talk about the Big Bud.f "N/T falsing in certain situatons... I have no idea.

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache...ounty+Hunter+Big+Bud&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

 

[mamabear]

thanx guys a new MD is definitely a must but not a possibility. no overhead power lines. but probably a lot of lead in the soil. Oh well. I think I will just pick a spot & dig. & thanx for the link Montana, am going there now. am anxious to get to the cave, but the flooding has made it to difficult.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

finding "flakes and charcoal"? Those aren't metal. Why are you finding those? Maybe I don't understand your question?

Here in CA, we hunt some transition/assimiliation indian sites, and do indeed find trade items. Sounds like you have a detector problem. You have to determine what your detector is sounding off on, to know why/what you should do.

 

[mamabear]

I just gave up on the detector & started digging just on a hunch. all I found were flakes from knapping, & charcoal from a fire. after leaving the field, I went to an old school site & the detector was fine. although I just found "slaw".