First LC of the year , 1909 IH and Barber using TTF for the first time

[46Wheat]

Went out today and hit two different spots that I had hit numerous times last year with my AT and at least once this year with my Etrac. I figure now that I have over 100 hours on my Etrac im starting to get a better idea of what it is telling me so I have been reading online and watching some utube videos to see what im missing . The one thing I keep coming across is using TTF on an open screen and letting your ears and brain be your disc pattern . Well I had two spots that were loaded with nails and general iron so I figured I would take a day and see what treasures it held mixed in the junk . I see now, for me at least this will be a method I will use after I have picked a spot over pretty good and have most of the obvious targets gone . I don't think I can stand the constant chatter and concentration this method requires on a regular basis . That being said if you can stand the chatter OMG what a way to find stuff you cant hear any other way . I only made it over about half of the avalible area before I had enough ,but in the 5 hrs I was pretty impressed by what I found . On each target that I dug at the old church I switched back to my normal pattern (slightly modified Andy S pattern) and tried to see if I could hear it well enough that I would have dug it with my normal settings . With only one exception of a wheat that I would have dug ,all the rest of the targets were stuff I would have passed over .
Not sure exactly if the LC is a Coronet or a Braided Hair(any input is appreciated) and I cant get the back of the IH clean enough to tell if its a 1909-S . You can see the rust stains on the Barber from the three nails that were on top of it , but I knew it was there .

Most of the clad and the laser came from a trashy park that had a building on it that was burned down and bulldozed effectively spreading about 5000 nails all over the area the size of a football field . Oh goody . And all the good stuff came from the church that produced my 1870 Canadian silver 5 cent piece last year .

 

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[cjon455]

This is a great post!, I too have been switching back n forth between ttf and the Andy s coin mode, I love ttf but wow is it constant noise

Great job weeding thru the trash
killer finds!!!!!

 

[Subterranean]

What a great hunt, congrats! I especially like your "Buster Brown" shoe buckle and the sweet cuff link. Sub

 

[Trezurehunter]

Great hunt. Barber silver is always nice, & I like the 1950 dog tag.

 

[Vino]

Nice hunt wheat!! Great post also.
If I was you i would only hunt in TTF..
It showed you today what you miss other wise..
I promise you, you will get use to it.. The nulling drives me crazy. .I hate a quiet machine!!!
After a little bit you will not even hear the iron grunts..

 

[Gridwalker306]

Nice way to change things up and get the hidden goods. Nice finds!

 

[gheenoe78]

What's TTF and the Andy coin mode? I'm still learning my AT as well.

 

[Vino]

What's TTF and the Andy coin mode? I'm still learning my AT as well.

Its for the Minelab Etrac. Its programs for that machine.

 

[46Wheat]

What's TTF and the Andy coin mode? I'm still learning my AT as well.

Like Vino said its not for the At Pro its something for the Etrac . Andy S is a guy who wrote "The book" on the Etrac and its a discrimination pattern for that machine . TTF refers to a setting on the machine that lets you hear only two tones based on the ferrous quality of the metal . Iron comes in as a low grunt and everything above iron gives a high tone . So when you run with a open screen and very little discrimination it lets you hear the iron and whats hiding underneath . But its a very chatty way to run the machine so it takes some getting used to

 

[gheenoe78]

Ahhhh. Gotcha. Thanks. Nice LC! Still waiting to find my first one!

 

[Loco-Digger]

Well now that your hunting like that you have many sites to re-hunt. Congrats on pulling all those keepers. Looking forward to more of your posts.

 

[Scrappy]

Very nice! A wide open screens leaves the possibilities of old sites wide open too! Congrats on sticking with it and scoring BIG!!!

 

[Argentium]

Wow ! That would be a decent month of finds for me at very least !

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congrats on the 1911 Barber Dime and the cuff-links, they look silver to me!

Dave

 

[qaela4]

Great finds, way to "listen" to the music of the machine.

 

[OBN]

Wow ..That is a Great Hunt, lots of different things.. Very Good!! Congrads on all!

 

[basque-man]

TTF has been the only use for us the past couple of years. I wouldn't remember how to program my e-trac otherwise. Wife thinks i'm hard of hearing now. I guess if she sounded more like a silver tone, I would listen to her more. Nice looking saves you have!!!

 

[46Wheat]

If I found a women who sounded like a silver tone or at least didn't complain every time I went detecting I might get remarried ....... um on second thought mabey not

 

[deershed]

Like Vino said its not for the At Pro its something for the Etrac . Andy S is a guy who wrote "The book" on the Etrac and its a discrimination pattern for that machine . TTF refers to a setting on the machine that lets you hear only two tones based on the ferrous quality of the metal . Iron comes in as a low grunt and everything above iron gives a high tone . So when you run with a open screen and very little discrimination it lets you hear the iron and whats hiding underneath . But its a very chatty way to run the machine so it takes some getting used to

Great hunt!! A little of everything,old copper,silver,a buff and love the old dog tag.
I'm still new with the AT Pro and have no clue about the Etrac but was the machine I wanted,$$$. When you first mentioned the TTF setting it sounded something like running the iron discrimination on, on the AT Pro. I started running the AT Pro like that and found it helps picking up some signals I'd other wise miss. Makes it a little easier picking out iron from possible good hits anyway. It's a lot of chatter too and usually only run it in that mode after I've already hit a area a few times.
One day I'll be able to afford the Etrac so I'll probably try that TTF setting myself.

 

[sutphin]

Cuff links ,did someone mention cuff links? Something i have never found they do look silver with neat design,cool.vanzutphen