The Vaquero ....

[Tired Rooster]

You seem to be doing really well with the Vaquero. Is your soil very mineralized there? Also, are you hunting mostly fields or some old home sights?
Really great finds!!

 

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Hello Rooster.......... I hunt almost 100% fields ........... Now the old homesites from long ago are in the fields now ... Our soil is fairly mild I suppose .... unless potash has been added and then it gets kind of jittery on ground balance.... On a minelab xterra 505 , we usually ground balance in the 6 to 10 range ,,, that is out of a possible 20..... on good flat ground that has not been rowed up yet and is void of crop stubble , I can run the Vaquero past 10 on sensitivity and it is pretty quiet .... otherwise , I have to cut Sen back to about 9.5..........

 

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Back in the corn field this morning early .... Vaquero in full discrimination , negative gb , sensitivity set at 10.... Found these dimes no more than 15 ft apart ... Was an old homesite , now corn field ... Rain ran me to the truck .... 1839 seated ,,,,1898 barber

 

[Tired Rooster]

Those are some awesome finds there Longcut. Really old silver! Good job!!
They being in a cornfield, which has been turned over and planted for so many years, about how deep were they?

 

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thanks Rooster....... the 1839 was in the 6 to 8 inch range... the other was 5 to 6 inches ........ the farmer has rowed up for next crop , but in this particular field he pulled a roller over the rows and has it packed down really good ....... a good flat surface about 18 or 20 inches wide ..........

 

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Found this Yale lock in the same area as the two dimes yesterday morning ... My hunting buddy found a silver war nickel in the same area ....

 

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I don't find many 69 caliber minies , but I found one this morning ....

 

[Terry Soloman]

Great find - Congrats!

 

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short hunt this morning ..... about 30 minutes .....




Confederate Enfield bullet..

 

[Honest Samuel]

Good hunting and good luck.

 

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I don't have a picture to post today , but I do have a little inspirational post to add ......... My hunting partner bought a Deleon about the same time I bought my Vaquero ...... today , hunting side by side , he hit 7 minies and poor ole me only got one ...........

 

[steve1357]

I don't have a picture to post today , but I do have a little inspirational post to add ......... My hunting partner bought a Deleon about the same time I bought my Vaquero ...... today , hunting side by side , he hit 7 minies and poor ole me only got one ...........

Quit walking behind him!

 

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L M A O !!!!!

 

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Pretty good morning today .... some Enfield drops , and some fired three and two ringers .... We managed to get a good line on where the Confederate trenches were at this battle .... We found over 30 bullets today, plus the J hook off a rifle sling ...... It was fun !!!!

 

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I just finished cleaning/measuring/weighing the bullets above ..... out of the 12 rounds I found, there are 6 different kinds of bullets.... The Confederates were shooting whatever they could get their hands on ......