finally detected my new yard

[AndyE89]

So last week and a little while today I had time to hunt my new rental house. Old plat maps show the road that used to he my street was the old "main" st. Now it is a city trail, the map dates to 1893. I expected to find some older stuff but most is 1940s. I went through the yard with the xterra 305 first and hit on some wheaties and clad. 6 wheats, a 1941 nickel and some odds and ends. Today I went through the area I hunted with the compadre and pulled the hair pin, which I believe is sterling and the pocket knife and a few keys. Honestly I truly believe the compadre could have done the job on its own. These machines are absolute beasts. I am strongly considering just upgrading to a vaquero for next spring or any tesoro that has depth behind it.

 

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[bigfoot1]

cool...ya gotta keep stripping it for awhile.even consider soaking an area then hoover every signal,the good stuff is there !!

 

[Loco-Digger]

It appears that you no longer reside in Cresco. Cool digs, keep at it, where there's wheat there is a great chance for a silver rosie or a merc. GL & HH

 

[AndyE89]

Thats what im hoping. But the soil is very soft and broken down from river water, the silver has got to have sunk deeper and my detector just isnt hitting on silver. I air tested a barber a rosie and a merc, all were 28 to 32/36 which is weird and since it jumps around hard to pinpoint when in soil. I may just have to treat the xterra as more of a beep and dig detector and listen for the high tones and solid signals

 

[Loco-Digger]

You're they only one I know who swings the X 305. If the Compadre is hitting hard on smaller targets that the 305, I'd use it for the entire second grid. Hunt the yard in a different direction. If you hit it going east to west on the 1st hubt then go at it from north to south or vise versa.

 

[AndyE89]

Lol its somewhat of a shame that the compadre is hitting harder. It doesnt work so well in this cold snowy environment, a lot of falsing and noise. But that thing is tried and true for picking up some good stuff. I need to hit the north to south grid now to see if that picks anything else left behind. Then ill regrid with the 305 to see if anything was masked by iron, which I am almost certain was the case

 

[wheatfinder13]

Keep it up! I'm sure other coins are there

 

[protivin]

Which park in Cresco did you detected? I tried the north one just clad.