tabman
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I arrived at one of my permission sites this morning, a 1954 home. The front yard grassy area was approximately 30 x 50 feet with part of it on a steep slope.
I first grid searched it with my Omega using the Sharpshooter search coil. I was finding a bunch of clad coins and some wheat pennies, but no silver coins. Determined, I pulled out my F75DST with the Sharpshooter search coil and grid searched the front yard again but from a different direction.
I was finding more clad coins and more wheat pennies. By this time I had around a dozen or so wheat pennies and I was convinced that there was a silver coin in that front yard. Finally I got my search coil over a 1941 Mercury dime.
Rather than go to my second permission site, I decided to pull out my Tesoro Outlaw with the 5.75 inch search coil and go over the front yard once again. The ground became alive with targets. I was finding a bunch of coins, but there weren't any silver coins left. The Outlaw runs super smooth around trash and nails and does great at unmasking targets.
I ended up finding 98 modern coins, 17 wheat pennies, around 30 trash targets and one silver dime. That many targets and being on a slope took its toll on my legs, so I saved the big corner lot for tomorrow.
This was my 46th hunt for the year and my silver coin total for the year now stands at 137. All done without getting skunked on a single hunt.
My F75DST detector settings: 9.0, Sensitivity 85, DE Mode, 3H Tones, Disc Level 0, GB 63.
My Omega version 6 settings: Sensitivity 60-70, 4 tones, 0 discrimination, GB 61.
Tesoro Outlaw settings: Full sensitivity, a slight threshold hum, and minimum discrimination (ED120- just above nail rejection).
tabman
I first grid searched it with my Omega using the Sharpshooter search coil. I was finding a bunch of clad coins and some wheat pennies, but no silver coins. Determined, I pulled out my F75DST with the Sharpshooter search coil and grid searched the front yard again but from a different direction.
I was finding more clad coins and more wheat pennies. By this time I had around a dozen or so wheat pennies and I was convinced that there was a silver coin in that front yard. Finally I got my search coil over a 1941 Mercury dime.
Rather than go to my second permission site, I decided to pull out my Tesoro Outlaw with the 5.75 inch search coil and go over the front yard once again. The ground became alive with targets. I was finding a bunch of coins, but there weren't any silver coins left. The Outlaw runs super smooth around trash and nails and does great at unmasking targets.
I ended up finding 98 modern coins, 17 wheat pennies, around 30 trash targets and one silver dime. That many targets and being on a slope took its toll on my legs, so I saved the big corner lot for tomorrow.
This was my 46th hunt for the year and my silver coin total for the year now stands at 137. All done without getting skunked on a single hunt.
My F75DST detector settings: 9.0, Sensitivity 85, DE Mode, 3H Tones, Disc Level 0, GB 63.
My Omega version 6 settings: Sensitivity 60-70, 4 tones, 0 discrimination, GB 61.
Tesoro Outlaw settings: Full sensitivity, a slight threshold hum, and minimum discrimination (ED120- just above nail rejection).
tabman
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