FortBedfordbob
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A week ago found John and myself on a Civil War Hunt near Orange Va. It was on some property where Jackson and his troops camped for 5 days. The area was also used by Union Soldiers. John got his first Plate ! It made his whole weekend for sure. It was the first time out with the GPX 5000. Man I had a blast. Didn’t get my coil over a whole lot but that’s how the hunting goes. We did manage to find a few decent things. We have some video of the hunt :
Yesterday I took the 5000 to try it out in the Coin/Relic program with the Iron Reject at 10 in a Colonial Field. The 5000 performed Great and I got my first Largie of the season. It was 10 inches deep and sounded loud and clear. I figured it was an aluminum can by how loud it was. I also got a Musketball, one of the smallest buttons ever and a nice Point and a broken one. I only dug one deep square nail with it and manage to skip over all the iron except that nail. I’m so glad Spring is finally here !!!! Happy Huntin,
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Yesterday I took the 5000 to try it out in the Coin/Relic program with the Iron Reject at 10 in a Colonial Field. The 5000 performed Great and I got my first Largie of the season. It was 10 inches deep and sounded loud and clear. I figured it was an aluminum can by how loud it was. I also got a Musketball, one of the smallest buttons ever and a nice Point and a broken one. I only dug one deep square nail with it and manage to skip over all the iron except that nail. I’m so glad Spring is finally here !!!! Happy Huntin,
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We'll see it's been hit before and how much I don't know. Oh, when I ran the thing in Coin/Relic in the field up here is was barely stable, right on the edge. I never thought the mineralization here was bad but on the F-75 it'll read 61-63 where as Culpeper is 75 or so. But standard VLFs don't have much trouble penetrating the ground here. So when the book says "lightly mineralized soils" the aren't kidding. 
