Yes, I did a DIV. Couldn't compete with the guys with the $3k machines, but it was a lot of fun. I found a couple things. I may try the one in the spring if I can the time off. I also belong to a local club but they don't have any CW sites. Now you have to understand, I dig anywhere between 10-14 hours a week, I haven't really nailed the exact times down. Plus travel time. Plus tasty treats. And I have a $369 machine. My secret is, 1st always have permission and 2, I am digging very hunted out sites. I am beating down briers, snagging lots of aluminum cans, shotgun shells, ration can pieces, bumping trees, digging up rubbish piles, new bullet breeding grounds, moving big pieces of new metal out of the way to find if anything is underneath, bumping rocks, going in the water, etc. ALL of my plates were found very shallow at the bases of trees (different ones, more than one state) and there was either an aluminum can or CW ration can (Large piece) laying either on top, under or next to each. It ain't easy. As soon as I can I'll post a pic of Sundays stuff, including the junk, but the aluminum has already been thrown away. These next pieces came out of someone's front lawn, and I got invited back! I do not EVER leave a mess. Not long ago I dug a hole 4' x 6' x 1' deep immediately next to the property owners' driveway. When done, he happened to come home, and I jumped up to say hi. I had filled in the hole, so I said do you see the really big hole I just dug here? And he looked at me like I was stupid or something. Gotta make your evidence you were there invisible. The tongue and wreath was at a tree base, with a can, 10' from a big, paved road. With a horseshoe too. People skip the first 50' of a site and go out farther into the field or whatever and miss a lot that way.
Here's Sunday's stuff. Pile of modern bullets, some CW, camp lead, CW nails, modern casings, shotgun shell bases. May be able to date some of those but this stuff has not been cleaned up. The flat discs are the shotgun slugs. The shiny thing on left bottom is a new dime. View attachment 1391889