Today’s hunt had a “silver” lining

[Professor of Engineering]

Hello Everyone,

Thought I would post a rainy Saturday hunt.

I was looking forward to the weekend to do a little digging, but the “Rain Gods” had other plans. We do need the rain in Massachusetts to make our digging easier , oh; I mean to water the plants . So the day is moving on an Accuweather isn’t showing me want I wanted to see. As I looked through the hourly forecast, a brief window appeared to be opening between 2:00 pm — 4:00 pm, with around a 50% chance of rain. At 1:40pm out the door I went to one of my trashiest parks, it was still drizzling. Many people have detected it over the years, but their visit is usually short and for one time. The park is very old and modern trash does significantly slow the detecting, but once you understand how to hunt the area you can usually get a keeper or two with each trip. This was no different. After about 2 hours of wet (accuweather lied) detecting my pouch had a late 1800’s button, a few modern buttons and a small handful of modern clad coins. I did find one silver item; a well worn 1919 Mercury dime about 10” down. I was very happy to rescue the fine lady and let her once again see the light of day.

GL & HH

Doc

 

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[A2coins]

Great job!!!! my forecast here in Mich rain so I stayed home NO RAIN EHHHHH got the honey do s happy spouse happy house They must have had bad thread back in the day seems everyone finds an old button nice job glad you got out !!!Thanks for sharing!!!!!!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats, does it have a mint mark

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Hello Trapperart,

The coin is well worn, no mint mark can be seen.

Doc

 

[Diggin Dude]

Nice post. Congrats on the silver! HH

 

[against the wind]

Love those Mercurys
Congratulations
Going out tomorrow.

 

[ironman123]

Nice find.

 

[btjbtj]

Doc--it feels like it's been raining here in Mass for weeks! But I have to say--we always have better luck detecting on wet and overcast days. Congrats on your cool finds! -Lisa & John

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Hello Against the wind,

I'm leaving now, not raining and low wind!

Doc

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on the Merc at 10". What detector were you swinging Doc?

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Hello Loco-Digger,

On This hunt I brought the Minelab Explorer SE, Garrett AT Pro and the Tesoro Tejon. The dime was found with the Garrett AT Pro (stock coil); the only waterproof detector of the three. The machine gave only a one-way high tone with an occasional VID flash. The ground was wet and I was digging fairly deep stuff. I decided to dig, it just sounded "good" if you know what I mean.

Regards,

Doc

 

[Loco-Digger]

Hello Loco-Digger,

On This hunt I brought the Minelab Explorer SE, Garrett AT Pro and the Tesoro Tejon. The dime was found with the Garrett AT Pro (stock coil); the only waterproof detector of the three. The machine gave only a one-way high tone with an occasional VID flash. The ground was wet and I was digging fairly deep stuff. I decided to dig, it just sounded "good" if you know what I mean.

Regards,

Doc

I know what you mean, many iffy signals pay off. I was thinking you were swinging the Explorer.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice silver and button finds! Congrats Professor!

Ya, how often do they get it wrong on the weather forcast!
I haven't made it out detecting the past 3 weekends, 1 because of rain, 2 because of ankle problems. Claw marks are mystetiously starting to appear on the walls....

I have a theory about the weird signals from good targets, and ground moisture.
We have had some rain, but the ground down where the coins are is still not saturated so the reading is not as strong as it would be in really moist soil.

When we were in the middle of the drought, i was getting better readings from deeper coins (where the soil still had more moisture) than shallow coins, in dryer soil, even though they were closer.

What say you?

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Hello MsBeepBeep,

Did you find your machine ground balanced lower?

The problem is a bit more complicated and based on many factors, such as ground matrix, soil moister, sensitivity, co-related targets, discrimination...etc.

That is why this hobby is so cool, every time you hunt you (operator) must determine was is the correct settings, coil, swing speed...etc. to find the goodies. This puzzle is one of the reasons I love detecting, always something new.

Regards,

Doc