Silversmith
Jr. Member
- Jan 14, 2015
- 54
- 133
- Detector(s) used
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Minelab Etrac
Minelab Go-Find 20
Garrett AT Pro
Fisher 1266-XB
Garrett Treasure Ace 300
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Got invited by some really great metal detecting buddies to a spot just west of town for a civil war relic hunt.
Needless to say I couldn't say no. I ran the AT Pro wide open. Highest sensitivity zero discrimination. All Metal Mode if you will. The first location was clean as a whistle. I had to venture to the farther area of the field to find an area an old home sat in to find my first target. Amidst the rusted nail I got my first solid hit. A civil war musket ball. Large one too. From that point on I got no other good tones.
We decide after about two hours to move to another location. Upon arrival all four of us headed in different directions. Right away I started getting solid signals. Well, you would think in a relic field solid sounds would be good targets, wrong. Every solid tone was trash. So, in a fit of desperation I got a real sketchy 66-72 vdi on my AT Pro. After having no luck with solid clear tones I figured what the hell. I dug it.
Bingo! Got my first ever bucket lister Confederate Enfield bullet. Next sketchy signal was a musket ball, then another musket ball then another and yet another. After four musket balls I slightly altered my path direction and bingo another Confederate Enfield bullet. And last but certainly not least a buck and ball.
The kicker is none we shot. They were all drops. Aside of a few plow marks all are in great shape.
After I cleaned them up a bit, I added them to my CIV collection.
Thanks for looking. Happy hunting yall!
Needless to say I couldn't say no. I ran the AT Pro wide open. Highest sensitivity zero discrimination. All Metal Mode if you will. The first location was clean as a whistle. I had to venture to the farther area of the field to find an area an old home sat in to find my first target. Amidst the rusted nail I got my first solid hit. A civil war musket ball. Large one too. From that point on I got no other good tones.
We decide after about two hours to move to another location. Upon arrival all four of us headed in different directions. Right away I started getting solid signals. Well, you would think in a relic field solid sounds would be good targets, wrong. Every solid tone was trash. So, in a fit of desperation I got a real sketchy 66-72 vdi on my AT Pro. After having no luck with solid clear tones I figured what the hell. I dug it.
Bingo! Got my first ever bucket lister Confederate Enfield bullet. Next sketchy signal was a musket ball, then another musket ball then another and yet another. After four musket balls I slightly altered my path direction and bingo another Confederate Enfield bullet. And last but certainly not least a buck and ball.
The kicker is none we shot. They were all drops. Aside of a few plow marks all are in great shape.
After I cleaned them up a bit, I added them to my CIV collection.
Thanks for looking. Happy hunting yall!
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