CheathamHill
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- Oct 10, 2009
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After researching, lurking, and learning on here for going on 2 years I finally "bit the bullet" and picked up my ACE 350 yesterday. I read and re-read the manual 10 times yesterday and this morning and tested a few items outside of my own...then went down to the riverbank and began my first ever 'hunt'. I live in the area where Sherman crossed the Chattahoochee River in the summer of 1864..HOWEVER any CW items that may still exist around here are masked by 4 or 5 decades of beer cans and bottle caps from being the "party central" area of Atlanta from the 1960's-80's. Right away I was confused by all the settings and discriminations and sensitivities ...like I forgot everything in the manual..so i went to 'none' (preselect mode) and tried to dig everything. The built in pinpointer is clutch b/c it really helped when I started using the trowel. Anyways I found a bunch of can slaw, a 1974 quarter, 3 bottle caps and my BIG find (haha) a shotgun shell primer from the 1940s or 1950s...so junk..but I will say this ..I have absolutely GOT THE BUG! Gotta learn the machine and the differences in all the dings and dongs and thuds and chimes...I was a bit overwhelmed today but in the hour I was hunting was a blast...even as all my neighbors looked at me like I was an idiot. Sorry for wasting yalls time..but I'm loving this...
Here's a pic of my garbage..but at least I know the machine works ...again..its from my first hour ever of MD-ing
Also can anyway point me to a thread about proper plug digging and filling? I want to be a responsible as I can (also threw away all the cans and caps I found today as well...)
Here's a pic of my garbage..but at least I know the machine works ...again..its from my first hour ever of MD-ing
Also can anyway point me to a thread about proper plug digging and filling? I want to be a responsible as I can (also threw away all the cans and caps I found today as well...)
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