1825 farmhouse... what coil to start with? X70 Added some pics...

[Diggincoinz]

Hi, soon I will be detecting a nice 1825 farmhouse. Never been detected before and has been family owned since 1897. Sharing this experience with a friend with his Bounty Hunter Quick Draw and giving him half a chance against me (ha ha) I think I'll start with the 9" stock coil. Then a few days later when we're done go back by myself (I'm the one setting this up and doing all the leg work) and then use my 10"DD coil.

Do you think I can do a good job at "cleaning up this place" using the 9" stock coil then going back with the 10"DD? I'm still learning the best coils to use. I also have the 6"DD coil.

 

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[johnnycat]

Re: 1825 farmhouse... what coil to start with? X70

Looks like you should do alright. I prefer the 9" 3KHz at old homesites using AM and 99 tones. Good Luck, keep us posted on that site.

 

[mikeofaustin]

Re: 1825 farmhouse... what coil to start with? X70

If you have time, start with the smallest coil. I bet you'll soon find that you'll need to tune to specific metals and reject the rest (nails, etc). If it's too noisy right off, tune it to silver only. There is a LOT of trash in old places. You'll swear there's a big iron grate under the ground.

 

[vondrewvious]

Re: 1825 farmhouse... what coil to start with? X70

Personally my approach would be to put on the DD MF coil and cherry pick all the good signals. Then over time you will be able to use a small coil and hit the trashier areas of the yard. Grid off areas and you will find all the goodies.

I did a section of a 1700's yard that measures maybe 30'x30'. I gridded it off in 6 different directions and found coins every time.

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: 1825 farmhouse... what coil to start with? X70

A new site won't matter. The right answer is to use what your most used to.

 

[Sandman]

Re: 1825 farmhouse... what coil to start with? X70

If you have time, start with the smallest coil. I bet you'll soon find that you'll need to tune to specific metals and reject the rest (nails, etc). If it's too noisy right off, tune it to silver only. There is a LOT of trash in old places. You'll swear there's a big iron grate under the ground.

This is the way to do it to clean out all the shallow junk first so it doesn't mask the deeper goodies. Later you can switch to the larger coil. I know it is work, but sometimes you need to rake a site too.

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: 1825 farmhouse... what coil to start with? X70

If you have time, start with the smallest coil. I bet you'll soon find that you'll need to tune to specific metals and reject the rest (nails, etc). If it's too noisy right off, tune it to silver only. There is a LOT of trash in old places. You'll swear there's a big iron grate under the ground.

This is the way to do it to clean out all the shallow junk first so it doesn't mask the deeper goodies. Later you can switch to the larger coil. I know it is work, but sometimes you need to rake a site too.

That's the way to do it if you want your buddy to have the coverage advantage and probably find more good targets. Why would anyone go into a site making the decision it was too trashy before they even got there.

 

[mikeofaustin]

Re: 1825 farmhouse... what coil to start with? X70

If you have time, start with the smallest coil. I bet you'll soon find that you'll need to tune to specific metals and reject the rest (nails, etc). If it's too noisy right off, tune it to silver only. There is a LOT of trash in old places. You'll swear there's a big iron grate under the ground.

This is the way to do it to clean out all the shallow junk first so it doesn't mask the deeper goodies. Later you can switch to the larger coil. I know it is work, but sometimes you need to rake a site too.

That's the way to do it if you want your buddy to have the coverage advantage and probably find more good targets. Why would anyone go into a site making the decision it was too trashy before they even got there.

Well, to be fair, ever old sites ( +50 years), you'll find ever thing under gods green earth. Ever nail, every screw from the kids toys, and every little piece of trash that was thrown out in the yard. Not from the last 10 years, but from when 'throwing trash away' didn't mean anything... if you open your detector up to everything, you'll spend all day finding axles to old toys that rotted in the ground, shoes nails that were thrown out with the shoes, tin lids, zippers, garden rakes, mason lids, roofing nails, crate rivets,..... literally everything in the last 50 to 100 years. If he has time to work the property, I would pin-point for silver with a very tight coil... But if he had days to work it, then it's a gold mine that you and I would love to be a part of. Right?

Edit:
There are some places in austin, tx that still have +150 years behind it. I would love to go out and spend a day searching the property with a fellow miner. But, it's a get in a hope it goes well, kind of thing, Because some of the properties are now owned by commercial (they don't work on weekends), and they are simply waiting for the next boom to bulldoze the site. Contact me if interested....

 

[Diggincoinz]

Re: 1825 farmhouse... what coil to start with? X70, added some pics

Hi, thanks for your replies. Well my buddy says I'll be waiting for ever if I wait for him so he says "you'd better go without me"...

Well if I must then, Okay!

I decided to start out using the 10"DD and found the front yard quite trashy. But once I've covered it with the 10"DD I'll go back with a smaller coil and pick some more goodies out.

I gave it about an hour tonight, got a few memorial cents and a clad quarter but time was not wasted for sure. I'll post pics this weekend in Today's Finds when I have more time and I'll be going back to dig some more Friday evening.

I ended up with a worn Barber Dime 1893, a Silver Washington Quarter 1944 and some kind of pendent or something. On that back has a emblem kind of like the world globe but does not show any continents, only lines going across the globe. The front has a clock symbalic clock with the time reading 6:07, it seems like it would open up as it is not flat but I see not hinge on it.

Here's a couple of cell pics of the house...