dirtlooter
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- Jun 5, 2014
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- Detector(s) used
- XP Deus with 9"LF and 9" HF Coils and 600 Equinox with stock and 6" coils
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
I haven't been able to go detecting hardly at all in the last six months but I had a couple of free hours this morning. So I headed to the permission. I had been reading the posts of several Deus users as I tried to understand the Deus better. I had tried several programs but I seem to struggle with the various tones due to my hearing and problems from past strokes. So, I made various improvements with my programs but switched to 5 tones. I seem to struggle with differentiating the small differences in tones, so I plan to try this for a while. Anyways, I had to try out the 5 tone and in spite of the wet muddy conditions, I began. I found the usual pull rings, a few pieces of lead, a key and then a few other items. I finally found the token, I believe it is an Oklahoma Consumer Tax Token, on the one side it says FOR OLD.....ASSISTANCE. I accidentally left it in the electrolysis too long and made it harder to read. Anyways, I had been getting these very nice sounding 96 readings, four or five of them but they turned out to be these round steel grommets. They drove me nuts and I was getting tired of them and just plain tired when I got another 96 reading. I almost passed it up, I was a long ways from the truck now and I was about three inches taller from the caked mud. But I dug it and to my surprise, at about 7 inches down, I could see the edge of a large silver coin. There is no mistaking the grooved edge of a large silver coin and I could plainly see it. Now it was just a matter of what kind and to my delight, I could see it was a Walker, a 1942 to be exact. This is my 3rd Walker find, all in this permission. I also found an old cool white marble. The brass plate, broken in half says SUCCESS BRI and MEMP. I guess the 5 tone seems to work okay, many times I could hear the iron growl at the end of a pass over a target and knew that it was probably rusty iron but dug them anyways to make sure. I am using the LF coil at 12 khz, I have taken in consideration the various settings that Calabash Digger used and others. The Walker was on edge and sounded pretty darn good. I wasn't expecting to find large silver on my 1st hunt of 2018 but this permission has been one of many firsts for me. Of course I had to go by the school and show the little wife the Walker, she was ready to go right then. I really love this Deus, so light and so easy to customize to what you want it to do. Permissions can really make such a difference for anyone, it is crazy to not be asking so go ask! DL
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