West Jersey Detecting
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- Nokta Legend, Excalibur 1000/II (hybrid) , Teknetics T2 SE
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I don't post much, but I still read the posts here on a regular basis and still get out when I can.
Last weekend I hit a well known detecting spot here in New Jersey, swinging my Minelab Manticore with the M15 coil. There aren't many signals, so I lowered the recovery speed down to 4 and raised the sensitivity up to 26 or 27 and put her in all metal mode using the high conductors setting. I dug the usual amounts of shotgun shells, but some of the the deep signals that sounded like shotgun shells turned out to be tombac buttons, thimbles and the usual stuff. After a few hours in the thorns and brambles I got a faint but repeatable chirp reading 91 at maximum depth, with the circular dot right on the center line of the Manticore. I dug an 8 or 9 inch plug, but there was nothing in the plug and the Garrett Carrot didn't pick up anything in the hole. I dug a bit deeper and still nothing in the plug, but the pinpointer picked up a strong, small target in the bottom corner of the hole, about 11 or 12 inches down. I took out the Lesche and carefully dug a small plug around the target. I pulled the rectangular metal piece from the hole and for a split second, based on its weight thought I had a piece of lead. Then I saw the castle and lion and it hit me!
I've identified this as a 1752 2 reale (6.38 grams) from the Guatemala mint (KM-10), which has been confirmed by an expert in Spanish colonials. Some doubters said it was a cut piece, but apparently these are actually stamped cobs, despite the nearly perfect rectangular shape.
The key was a nice bonus!
Last weekend I hit a well known detecting spot here in New Jersey, swinging my Minelab Manticore with the M15 coil. There aren't many signals, so I lowered the recovery speed down to 4 and raised the sensitivity up to 26 or 27 and put her in all metal mode using the high conductors setting. I dug the usual amounts of shotgun shells, but some of the the deep signals that sounded like shotgun shells turned out to be tombac buttons, thimbles and the usual stuff. After a few hours in the thorns and brambles I got a faint but repeatable chirp reading 91 at maximum depth, with the circular dot right on the center line of the Manticore. I dug an 8 or 9 inch plug, but there was nothing in the plug and the Garrett Carrot didn't pick up anything in the hole. I dug a bit deeper and still nothing in the plug, but the pinpointer picked up a strong, small target in the bottom corner of the hole, about 11 or 12 inches down. I took out the Lesche and carefully dug a small plug around the target. I pulled the rectangular metal piece from the hole and for a split second, based on its weight thought I had a piece of lead. Then I saw the castle and lion and it hit me!
I've identified this as a 1752 2 reale (6.38 grams) from the Guatemala mint (KM-10), which has been confirmed by an expert in Spanish colonials. Some doubters said it was a cut piece, but apparently these are actually stamped cobs, despite the nearly perfect rectangular shape.
The key was a nice bonus!
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