Surprises From a Pounded Yard

BigWaveDave

Gold Member
Nov 22, 2013
9,324
16,999
Mountain Maryland
🥇 Banner finds
2
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
4
Detector(s) used
Garrett AT Pro, AT Max, Minelab
Equinox 800
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
My last hurrah of a 2 week vacation was to visit Gary’s place.... I’ve beaten the snot out of this permission for the past 2 years. There is nothing left.
Then I got the AT MAX, proof that no place is hunted out.
4 hours of reaching for the deepest signals I could find, I couldn’t believe that I squeezed out another silver.... the ugliest Mercury dime I’ve ever found!:laughing7:
5 wheats, little lipstick, a bullet, and a mini coke bottle, it’s been a while since I’ve pulled on of those...
Now I’m curious what’s left in previous places I’ve cleaned out....
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Thanks for looking!:hello:
 

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relic nut

Silver Member
Nov 29, 2014
4,000
7,275
VA
🥇 Banner finds
1
Detector(s) used
Minelab CTX 3030 TELEKINETICS 4000 GARRET AT PRO
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Nice hunt. I don't think we ever completely clean a place out.
I'm hoping this hard freeze we've had will percolate a few more goodies at some of our old sites.
 

Peyton Manning

Gold Member
Dec 19, 2012
14,541
18,698
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
MXT-PRO
Sandshark
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
apparently you will keep posting threads until I say good job

ok, good job, now go to sleep for the winter like us yanks
 

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BigWaveDave

Gold Member
Nov 22, 2013
9,324
16,999
Mountain Maryland
🥇 Banner finds
2
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
4
Detector(s) used
Garrett AT Pro, AT Max, Minelab
Equinox 800
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
This will be it for a while Jeffy, back to work tomorrow, but then the 3 day weekend upcoming.....
I might play golf though....
 

Peyton Manning

Gold Member
Dec 19, 2012
14,541
18,698
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
MXT-PRO
Sandshark
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I'll be in gulf shores AL for a week
 

Calabash Digger

Gold Member
Apr 18, 2016
5,300
11,756
🥇 Banner finds
2
Detector(s) used
XP DEUS II ,XP DEUS, EQUINOX 800, EXCALIBUR II,
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
any silver is good congrats!
 

thrifty76now

Silver Member
Mar 18, 2009
3,987
3,723
Sunman Indiana
Detector(s) used
Whites XLT MINELAB SE
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
BigWaveDave, You did well on that hunt,but remember this condition change on sites do weather conditions and the wetness or dryness of the soil and many other factors come into play here? That is why you missed those some times before Good luck with your new max.
 

HighVDI

Silver Member
Feb 16, 2017
2,765
4,594
Pa
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Nice merc and wheats. Even better feeling when you pull a goodie from a worked over site. The max is definitely no slouch in the depth department.
 

Truth

Gold Member
Apr 13, 2016
14,332
32,142
Abita Springs La....Born in New Orleans
🥇 Banner finds
2
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
EQUINOX 800
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I’ve gotten foot deep 3 ringers with my Max but singles are scattered a lot of the times. But once you’ve learned those good bad signals it pays off some of the time. Problem can be about going deep you have to DIG deep and this Louisiana clay can get rough on the shoulders.
 

Tired Rooster

Hero Member
Nov 6, 2011
710
706
Alabama
Detector(s) used
Minelabs and Tesoros
Several of them....
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Great job with some good finds! Isn't it something how a different machine or sometimes just
a different coil can pull finds that we just knew were no more.
 

WaterScoop

Bronze Member
Sep 12, 2017
2,181
3,710
SW Washington
Detector(s) used
Nox 800,
CTX 3030,
XP DEUS,
Excalibur II
Garrett AT Max,
Whites DFX,
Vanquish 540
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting

civil_war22

Relic Recovery Specialist
Dec 5, 2008
3,215
2,810
NW Arkansas
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Fisher F75 SE/LTD2, minelab Etrac, whites classic id, spectrum xlt, fisher f7, fisher 1266, king of all Tesoro Cibola, Tesoro Vaquero, Fisher 1280-X, minelab equinox, Fisher F75+ Garrett AT MAX
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
What year is that merc
 

TWray

Full Member
Sep 5, 2016
148
189
Roanoke VA
Detector(s) used
Garrett AT Pro & Pro Pointer
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
That some good sloppy seconds. Congrats.
 

treblehunter

Gold Member
Jun 18, 2013
9,675
11,295
New Jersey
Detector(s) used
Minelab Excalibur II
XP Deus
Garrett pro pointer
XP Deus MI-6 pinpointer
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Nice work Dave, I still find stuff at some of my honey holes. I used to alternate between my AT Pro, XP Deus, Excalibur II and CTX 3030. I sold my CTX and AT Pro and now just alternate with different programs on my Deus and use my Excal. My one lake spot during the summer I hit on a daily basis and still occasionally find some goodies. I have found ugly Mercs also. I found two that were kindof corroded and flaking off in pieces. That's the only way I can describe it, I thought maybe it was a bad silver mix (after all they are 90% silver, 10%???) I love that coke bottle.
 

pepperj

Gold Member
Feb 3, 2009
37,673
139,747
🥇 Banner finds
1
Detector(s) used
Deus, Deus 2, Minelab 3030, E-Trac,
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
Nope there's nothing ugly about a hundred yr old (1916)? old silver especially from a beat site, well done on the latest recoveries that you missed.
 

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