njnydigger
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- Jun 4, 2009
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- I've swung White's (MXT), Minelab (Safari) & currently run with an Omega 8000 by Teknetics & Fisher CZ-3D (1021 Model)
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hey treasure hunters,
Went back to the same park as yesterday. Another super day. Couldn't do another all-dayer again. The humidity here in NJ is just brutal. Plus, the missus was with me and she gets bored real fast. Managed to squeeze in a good 3 hour hunt though.
After turning on my machine and deciding to stay close to my lady, figured I'd hunt the picnic area where we set up shop. Wasn't expecting much, but, wouldn't you know, literally my first signal I got on my MXT was a solid 70. Dug the plug figuring a penny or dime. Boy was I shocked, from only an inch under the soil I pooped out my first shield nickel, or, what I think it is anyways. Pretty sure it is. Sure you guys will let me know. I thought it was a quarter at first due to the size and the VDI reading. When I looked real close though, I vaguely made out the stripes of the shield on it. The rest of the coin is not decipherable.
After that, was just finding some modern clad for a bit. Then, I found a super nice 1947 wheatie. I LOE finding old wheaties!!!
The rest of the day was more modern clad and lots of junk. Thought my three hunt jewelry streak was gonna end with a fizzle. Well, surprise - surprise. My lady went to go drive the car from where we originally parked it to where we migrated from. I told her to let me dig a couple more good signals. As she was pulling up, I found this really neat friendship charm. These are the charms that come in two pieces. You wear half and your friend or whoever wears the other half. Boy was I happy! Not only did I find a nice piece, but, kept my streak alive...barely.
BTW, just some quick observations from the field. Maybe it'll help some of you. On my last two hunts, I turned the gain to the max of +3. I was also in relic mode with the trigger forward. The added depth from turning the gain into the positive numbers seemed unreal. Me likes ALOT. Bear in mind, the ground wasn't too trashy, so, that helped. And yes, the machine was a little noisy. But, for the added depth, well, I'll deal with the chatter anyday. To compensate on not missing those "whisper" signals, I slow waaaaaaay down and dig mostly everything. Finally, on the VDI numbers, my personal experience has been that when the numbers jump "all over the scale", the target almost always tends to be junk. If the VDI locks on to a number, or, jumps withing the same general range, the machine is almost surely accurate. As always guys, take it for what it's worth. Thanks for looking. Enjoy!!!!
Went back to the same park as yesterday. Another super day. Couldn't do another all-dayer again. The humidity here in NJ is just brutal. Plus, the missus was with me and she gets bored real fast. Managed to squeeze in a good 3 hour hunt though.
After turning on my machine and deciding to stay close to my lady, figured I'd hunt the picnic area where we set up shop. Wasn't expecting much, but, wouldn't you know, literally my first signal I got on my MXT was a solid 70. Dug the plug figuring a penny or dime. Boy was I shocked, from only an inch under the soil I pooped out my first shield nickel, or, what I think it is anyways. Pretty sure it is. Sure you guys will let me know. I thought it was a quarter at first due to the size and the VDI reading. When I looked real close though, I vaguely made out the stripes of the shield on it. The rest of the coin is not decipherable.
After that, was just finding some modern clad for a bit. Then, I found a super nice 1947 wheatie. I LOE finding old wheaties!!!
The rest of the day was more modern clad and lots of junk. Thought my three hunt jewelry streak was gonna end with a fizzle. Well, surprise - surprise. My lady went to go drive the car from where we originally parked it to where we migrated from. I told her to let me dig a couple more good signals. As she was pulling up, I found this really neat friendship charm. These are the charms that come in two pieces. You wear half and your friend or whoever wears the other half. Boy was I happy! Not only did I find a nice piece, but, kept my streak alive...barely.
BTW, just some quick observations from the field. Maybe it'll help some of you. On my last two hunts, I turned the gain to the max of +3. I was also in relic mode with the trigger forward. The added depth from turning the gain into the positive numbers seemed unreal. Me likes ALOT. Bear in mind, the ground wasn't too trashy, so, that helped. And yes, the machine was a little noisy. But, for the added depth, well, I'll deal with the chatter anyday. To compensate on not missing those "whisper" signals, I slow waaaaaaay down and dig mostly everything. Finally, on the VDI numbers, my personal experience has been that when the numbers jump "all over the scale", the target almost always tends to be junk. If the VDI locks on to a number, or, jumps withing the same general range, the machine is almost surely accurate. As always guys, take it for what it's worth. Thanks for looking. Enjoy!!!!
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