A couple of short hunts last week

[Bill D. (VA)]

Made it out to 2 more of my previously pounded sites to give it a try in the iron patch with my new F75SE with the small coil and in high speed recovery mode. I was hoping to put myself onto another colonial silver as these sites have given up more than 20 early silver coins through the years. Didn't get my coin, but quite a few other items were recovered. This machine continues to impress with its ability to squeeze out targets that rigorous hunting failed to locate before. Not shown are the many small pieces of lead, pewter and brass that were missed as well. The 2nd pic shows 2 pipe stems with large bores that date one of the sites to the mid-1600s, but I already knew that based on previous finds there. In a third 2 hour hunt yesterday at a 1640s land patent site I tried using boost mode away from the iron patch, and was able to make several deep recoveries. But only one was worthwhile - a slick copper disk that appears to be some kind of early coin. Sorry, no pics of that but there's not much to see as it resembles a large, green flat button. Looking forward to continue to learn the nuances of this awesome machine.

 

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[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Seems to be working well for you Bill, that is a quite a few missed targets. Gosh that small coil sure looks funny on the end of a stick.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Seems to be working well for you Bill, that is a quite a few missed targets. Gosh that small coil sure looks funny on the end of a stick.

I hear ya Rick. I feel like a blind man swinging a cane.

 

[johnnyblaze]

Nice variety Bill you had a good year..

~Blaze~

 

[collector01]

Nice finds! i havnt got a pipe atem this year thats rare lol. I think I need to get me a f75 and re hit some of my old sites.

 

[Ahab8]

I call my small coil the hockey puck. That's what it looks like on the end of my machine. It's so small and light as a feather. I need to use it more and after I upgrade the kids I'm sure I will. I will be asking you lots of questions after I do so be prepared to be annoyed lol

 

[HomeGuardDan]

WTG Bill...keep practicing as I think I know where we will test it this coming weekend

Dan

 

[pepperj]

Nice recoveries with the small coil, it feels really foreign to me also using the small coil after always using the standard coils. The pipe stems seem to have a larger diameter and there is various dating sites, but I'll post this link up for a read.
http://nautarch.tamu.edu/class/313/2012files/Harrington in Schuyler, 1978, Ch. 15.pdf

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Nice recoveries with the small coil, it feels really foreign to me also using the small coil after always using the standard coils. The pipe stems seem to have a larger diameter and there is various dating sites, but I'll post this link up for a read.
http://nautarch.tamu.edu/class/313/2012files/Harrington%20in%20Schuyler,%201978,%20Ch.%2015.pdf

I had an article published in a detecting magazine about a year ago entitled "Decoding the Secrets of Colonial Clay Pipes - a Guide for Dating Early Sites". If you're interested in checking that out send me your email address and I'll forward a pdf copy to you.