NWGA-RelicHunter
Jr. Member
- Apr 26, 2007
- 30
- 2
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab CTX 3030, Equinox 800 & XP Deus.
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I've been away from the hobby for a while (had to sell my previous collection of coins/relics & detector due to financial problems) but recently decided to get back into metal detecting because my wife and I are in the process of purchasing a new (old) home which was built in the 1870s. So I picked up a used XLT off of ebay (same machine as I had before). We won't be moving to the 1870s home for atleast another couple of weeks, so I decided to detect the lawn of my current house while we're waiting. Its not extremely old (built sometime in the 1940s I think) but it did yield a few pieces of silver and several wheaties!
My first signal got me pretty excited as it showed to be a quarter at 5".. I thought for sure it would be silver at that depth, but nope. It was a 1980something. After hunting the yard for about 20 minutes and digging several modern clad coins at depths of 4 to 6 inches, it became apparent to me that for some reason everything is deep in this yard. I'm not sure if they added new top soil or what, but I wasn't finding anything at less than 4". So I switched to one of my custom programs to get more depth, and sure enough I started popping out older wheaties at 7 to 9 " deep. Then came 2 silver rosies in the same hole at about 7" and a few more wheats later came another rosie and a merc both within a few feet of eachother. Plus about 30 clads and a few whatnots that I haven't a clue as to what they are. Anyway, nothing really old but it was fun! Now I'm even more excited about detecting the yard of the 19th century house!
My first signal got me pretty excited as it showed to be a quarter at 5".. I thought for sure it would be silver at that depth, but nope. It was a 1980something. After hunting the yard for about 20 minutes and digging several modern clad coins at depths of 4 to 6 inches, it became apparent to me that for some reason everything is deep in this yard. I'm not sure if they added new top soil or what, but I wasn't finding anything at less than 4". So I switched to one of my custom programs to get more depth, and sure enough I started popping out older wheaties at 7 to 9 " deep. Then came 2 silver rosies in the same hole at about 7" and a few more wheats later came another rosie and a merc both within a few feet of eachother. Plus about 30 clads and a few whatnots that I haven't a clue as to what they are. Anyway, nothing really old but it was fun! Now I'm even more excited about detecting the yard of the 19th century house!
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wtg sounds like a good hunt , nice finds
