Bill D. (VA)
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Yesterday's hunt with Joey and my experiences with the new Fisher F75 Special Edition
After securing permission to hunt a new site a couple weeks ago we finally had an opportunity to hunt it after the beans were recently cut. We knew where the original brick foundation for this colonial house was located, and went right to that spot to start the day. Things were a little slow but we were steadily pulling out a few items. Joey's research had indicated this site should date back to the 1600s, but it looks like our finds were mostly 18th and 19th century. My best find was an 1839 LC which was in pretty nice shape for a field dug coin, especially the reverse. I finally spent some significant time at this site using my new F75 special edition detector, and did a little experimenting. I was extremely impressed at how well the boost mode worked, and it seemed I could get 3-4" more depth but had to put up with a bit of extra noise. But I'm used to that so it wasn't a big deal. When I found the LC the signal was extremely strong like a shallow aluminum can, but it ended up being a copper coin from at least 8". Pretty impressive!
Near the end of the day we went back to one of our old sites to hit the very heavy iron patch. On recent visits there it had become almost impossible to pull anything else from that spot, so I was anxious to try my new machine with the 5" sniper coil as well as using the new FA mode with fast recovery speed for better target separation in trashy areas. And I was quite impressed as I was able to dig a couple of buttons, 2 tacks, a buckle piece and numerous pieces of lead in about 30 minutes. I will definitely be taking this machine back to some of my old sites. Before we left for the day we spent some time on the slope adjacent to the field where we had found an early trash pit last year with the help of a groundhog. We did some probing a short distance from that spot and soon found another promising area where we dug test holes. Both were loaded with brick, oyster shells, bones and some 18th century pottery and window glass. Its a huge area that will take a lot of work to dig out, and I hope we can get back there soon. Had a ball again Joey - let's do it again soon.
After securing permission to hunt a new site a couple weeks ago we finally had an opportunity to hunt it after the beans were recently cut. We knew where the original brick foundation for this colonial house was located, and went right to that spot to start the day. Things were a little slow but we were steadily pulling out a few items. Joey's research had indicated this site should date back to the 1600s, but it looks like our finds were mostly 18th and 19th century. My best find was an 1839 LC which was in pretty nice shape for a field dug coin, especially the reverse. I finally spent some significant time at this site using my new F75 special edition detector, and did a little experimenting. I was extremely impressed at how well the boost mode worked, and it seemed I could get 3-4" more depth but had to put up with a bit of extra noise. But I'm used to that so it wasn't a big deal. When I found the LC the signal was extremely strong like a shallow aluminum can, but it ended up being a copper coin from at least 8". Pretty impressive!
Near the end of the day we went back to one of our old sites to hit the very heavy iron patch. On recent visits there it had become almost impossible to pull anything else from that spot, so I was anxious to try my new machine with the 5" sniper coil as well as using the new FA mode with fast recovery speed for better target separation in trashy areas. And I was quite impressed as I was able to dig a couple of buttons, 2 tacks, a buckle piece and numerous pieces of lead in about 30 minutes. I will definitely be taking this machine back to some of my old sites. Before we left for the day we spent some time on the slope adjacent to the field where we had found an early trash pit last year with the help of a groundhog. We did some probing a short distance from that spot and soon found another promising area where we dug test holes. Both were loaded with brick, oyster shells, bones and some 18th century pottery and window glass. Its a huge area that will take a lot of work to dig out, and I hope we can get back there soon. Had a ball again Joey - let's do it again soon.
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