- Jul 19, 2015
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- XP Deus with HF/x35 Coils and Mi6 Pinpointer/ML Equinox 600/800/ML Tarsacci MDT 8000 GPX 4800/Garrett ATX/Fisher F75 DST/Tek G2+/Delta/Whites MXT/Nokta Simplex/Garrett Carrot
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
With Mid-Atlantic relic season winding down with high temps and planted fields, the "Cat" graciously invited me up to PA again to what I like to call the Relic Hunter's Amusement park based on the awesome finds that have come out of this site. Well today the Equinox 800 in stock Park 2 mode (with All Metal on) got a shot at it after the Deus had visited previously with some nice keepers. Decided to punish myself and try to pry some keepers out of the melted aluminum wreckage of a tractor motor explosion. After banging my head against the wall pulling some major melted aluminum globs out of the ground that sounded great in my headphones, I really got used to how hollow the aluminum high tone was and now have a better feel for when my coil is over a crushed can that sounds good and has a good VDI. It is a little different and that nuance will help me avoid cans in the future. Anyway, the subtleties of how aluminum sounds to an Equinox is not why we are here writing today. After I moved through the aluminum torture chamber I started picking up some keepers, a well worn early copper (a first for this late comer, so the day was a success after my first keeper), a CW knapsack J-hook, some bent brass, a minie ball. I kept letting the "Cat" know about each target I dug until I was nicely told to, well, keep it to myself. Lol. These quick succession CW era finds were a little surprising based on where I was in the field where mostly early 20th century stuff had been found previously. So, finding a concentration of CW stuff put me on high alert. I got another high tone, but it was more "solid" that the aluminum junk and registered a strong 22-23 VDI. I thought perhaps small silver coin but it seemed "louder"than that. Flipped the plug, saw a large circular object mostly covered in dirt and flipped it over. Bang, the Eagle Had Landed! Right in front of me was my first CW Eagle Breast Plate (actually, first military plate ever). Happy Dance Time. Fist Bump Time. The rest of the hunt was going to be gravy. Managed another minie ball in another part of the field and then my third bucket lister of the day as I snagged my first Seated silver, an 1853 Quarter. Kaboom, game over. Thanks to Smokey for a great wrap up of Spring farm field relic hunting for the year. Exceeded all my expectations even for the Relic Hunter's Amusement Park. 
BTW the Cat has a story to tell, too...
BTW the Cat has a story to tell, too...
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