tabman
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The weather was absolutely perfect today and the ground was still soft from all the rain that we got this week. I had my heart set on a some big silver but it didn't happen. It comes in spurts, so it's about time for me to find some big silver. The trick is finding a yard with some in it.
The first yard that I detected was really small. I used my Omega with the 10 inch concentric search coil attached. I set the sensitivity at 70, the discrimination at 0, and used 4 tones. I grid searched the yard in one direction and didn't find anything except a bunch of clad coins and some junk. Then I grid searched the yard in the opposite direction and didn't find anything until I got down to last few strips. I got a soft high tone audio response and the ID numbers were rolling back and forth from 85 to 90. I was pretty sure it was going to be a silver dime. I dug down around 7 inches or so and popped a Mercury dime. It pays to grid search in both directions.
I went back over the entire yard again but this time with my Deus. I cornered a Rosie in some thick trash and iron using the 'Sifter' program. I really like using that program when the trash gets thick. It's not that deep, but it does a great job at unmasking targets in first 6 or 7 inches of dirt.
I hit another site on my way home and found a Rosie on my first dig, but it went down hill from there. I guess that was the only piece of silver that got dropped in that yard.
tabman
The first yard that I detected was really small. I used my Omega with the 10 inch concentric search coil attached. I set the sensitivity at 70, the discrimination at 0, and used 4 tones. I grid searched the yard in one direction and didn't find anything except a bunch of clad coins and some junk. Then I grid searched the yard in the opposite direction and didn't find anything until I got down to last few strips. I got a soft high tone audio response and the ID numbers were rolling back and forth from 85 to 90. I was pretty sure it was going to be a silver dime. I dug down around 7 inches or so and popped a Mercury dime. It pays to grid search in both directions.
I went back over the entire yard again but this time with my Deus. I cornered a Rosie in some thick trash and iron using the 'Sifter' program. I really like using that program when the trash gets thick. It's not that deep, but it does a great job at unmasking targets in first 6 or 7 inches of dirt.
I hit another site on my way home and found a Rosie on my first dig, but it went down hill from there. I guess that was the only piece of silver that got dropped in that yard.
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