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Hi folks,
It has been a while from the last time I was able to post because my back has been killing me, and work always has to be done. But, today while I was reading some posts it got my brain working
. I was reading a post about new machines compared to old machines. Well I have been around for over 4 decades so, I have been able to use all sorts of machines.
With my back feeling better and, having had a "LOT"
or rain yesterday today was the day to get my fat old butt back into the game. With my wife still sleeping I got out all of my gear and, headed out to a local school yard. Our area has some nice old school so, I picked one and headed out. After arriving to a deserted parking lot I was able to fire up the Etrac and head into the yard.
I have not had a chance to use the new 6x8 coil I got until now so, I was hoping this would be a good place to try it. I did a quick noise cancel on the Etrac and headed into a nice "quiet" hunt. It sure is nice to be able to slip on the headphones and just disappear into our own little treasure filled world.
Taking a few steps the sounds started to fill my ears again telling me to slow down and, to listen to what the machines is telling me. I got a couple of pennies in the pouch when, I hear a nice low tone reading 12/07. After checking the depth it reads 3 inches and, thinking this is another pull tab but, lets look and see. After all, I had not been out for a while and even a nice sound that will be a pull tab is still fun to dig. 8)
Sliding my hunting knife into the dirt I cut a nice sharp square plug and pop it open.
Checking the plug with my pinpointer I get nothing. So, I check the hole and in the right bottom side of the hole the pinpointer gives me a nice strong sound and vibration.
I slide the knife above and behind the spot where it sounded off and pop out a nice little plug of dirt. I recheck the hole and it is gone.
I pick up the plug and see a glint of gold and think "yea right another pull tab" but,
when I start to pull the dirt away "this aint no pull tab!!!" Now, I can not get the dirt out of the ring fast enough . lol 
Time to do the "happy dance" in the middle of the yard with cars going by on their way to church. I sure am glad I dug this 12/07
After, the shock of the ring I really start to go slow now lol and, listen to each and every sound. I pick a few more pennies, 4 nickles, 3 dimes, and a quarter before I hear that beautiful silver sound the Etrac does so well. Looking down I see 12/45 and for my machine that is either a big piece of junk deep or, a silver dime.
I look down and see it is 5" so, now lets pinpoint this bad boy 8) and see what we have. It pinpoints nice and small which is a good thing. Now, I am pretty sure I have a nice little rosie or merc. I cut my square plug and lay it back looking for any signs of silver lol Taking my Garrett pinpointer I check the hole and sure enough the right bottom side of the hole again I get a hit. Sliding the knife again above and behind where
I "think" it is. This time when I slid the knife in I went a little shallower then I "thought" and, when the dirt popped put I saw a nice edge of silver.
I drop the knife and, pull the dime out by the edge to see a barber dime
1914. I carefully flip it over to see the face of the dime and, dropped it into my pouch.
I have had a great morning and, my thoughts went back to the posts I read today about the old machines verses the new machines.
So, now I think ok I take the dime back out of my pouch and put it back into the hole.
I know I know lol. But, I wanted to hear the dime again. lol I close the plug and sweep across the hole and guess what ![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
The sound is not as good. I lift open the plug and pull out the dime again and, take my pinpointer and stick it into the hole. I have another target in the hole with the barber. "A Nail" was off to the top right side of the plug. After getting the nail out of there I did it again. lol 
I put the dime back into the hole for the 2nd time lol
and close it up. Again, I sweep the coil over the hole and, this time sure enough there is that loud silver scream again!! and 12/45. 8) I lift open the plug and pull out the dime again and slip it back into my pouch. I know, I know it does not take much to make an old man happy. 
Looking down I see it is almost 10 am and, time to head to the house with my sweet little finds from "another worked out spot". I just love the way people always assume that a place will not have anything fun left to find in it. When we go slow and listen to what our machine tells us there can be stuff left to make an old man like me do the happy dance in a school yard.
When I get home I go to show my wife the finds for the morning and, get a nice quick hug and kiss. 
Time to get out the cam, and make a nice post I think. Going to the kitchen to gently rise off the ring and see that it is 14kt. Time to rise off the barber dime. The dirt falls off the dime to show that I gave the barber a shave 
lol oh well lol even a barber needs a shave every now and then. lol
I guess when I slid the knife above and behind the dime I did not go high enough lol or, deep enough. lol Only good thing is that it was not a key date. lol Plus it could not be "my" fault that I put the scratch in the dime. After all, there wasa bird above me making noise, and a car drove by, and there was an ant walking close to the hole,and there was a lady walking 5 blocks away but coming my way, and oh yea there was a jet 30,000 ft above me so, you see it was not "my fault"
I hope everyone has a great fathers day.!!!!!
hh dan
It has been a while from the last time I was able to post because my back has been killing me, and work always has to be done. But, today while I was reading some posts it got my brain working
. I was reading a post about new machines compared to old machines. Well I have been around for over 4 decades so, I have been able to use all sorts of machines.With my back feeling better and, having had a "LOT"
or rain yesterday today was the day to get my fat old butt back into the game. With my wife still sleeping I got out all of my gear and, headed out to a local school yard. Our area has some nice old school so, I picked one and headed out. After arriving to a deserted parking lot I was able to fire up the Etrac and head into the yard.I have not had a chance to use the new 6x8 coil I got until now so, I was hoping this would be a good place to try it. I did a quick noise cancel on the Etrac and headed into a nice "quiet" hunt. It sure is nice to be able to slip on the headphones and just disappear into our own little treasure filled world.
Taking a few steps the sounds started to fill my ears again telling me to slow down and, to listen to what the machines is telling me. I got a couple of pennies in the pouch when, I hear a nice low tone reading 12/07. After checking the depth it reads 3 inches and, thinking this is another pull tab but, lets look and see. After all, I had not been out for a while and even a nice sound that will be a pull tab is still fun to dig. 8)
Sliding my hunting knife into the dirt I cut a nice sharp square plug and pop it open.
Checking the plug with my pinpointer I get nothing. So, I check the hole and in the right bottom side of the hole the pinpointer gives me a nice strong sound and vibration.
I slide the knife above and behind the spot where it sounded off and pop out a nice little plug of dirt. I recheck the hole and it is gone.
I pick up the plug and see a glint of gold and think "yea right another pull tab" but,
when I start to pull the dirt away
"this aint no pull tab!!!" Now, I can not get the dirt out of the ring fast enough . lol Time to do the "happy dance" in the middle of the yard with cars going by on their way to church. I sure am glad I dug this 12/07 After, the shock of the ring I really start to go slow now lol and, listen to each and every sound. I pick a few more pennies, 4 nickles, 3 dimes, and a quarter before I hear that beautiful silver sound the Etrac does so well. Looking down I see 12/45 and for my machine that is either a big piece of junk deep or, a silver dime.
I look down and see it is 5" so, now lets pinpoint this bad boy 8) and see what we have. It pinpoints nice and small which is a good thing. Now, I am pretty sure I have a nice little rosie or merc. I cut my square plug and lay it back looking for any signs of silver lol
Taking my Garrett pinpointer I check the hole and sure enough the right bottom side of the hole again I get a hit. Sliding the knife again above and behind where I "think" it is. This time when I slid the knife in I went a little shallower then I "thought" and, when the dirt popped put I saw a nice edge of silver.
I drop the knife and, pull the dime out by the edge to see a barber dime
1914. I carefully flip it over to see the face of the dime and, dropped it into my pouch.
I have had a great morning and, my thoughts went back to the posts I read today about the old machines verses the new machines.
So, now I think ok I take the dime back out of my pouch and put it back into the hole.
I know I know lol. But, I wanted to hear the dime again. lol I close the plug and sweep across the hole and guess what The sound is not as good. I lift open the plug and pull out the dime again and, take my pinpointer and stick it into the hole. I have another target in the hole with the barber. "A Nail" was off to the top right side of the plug. After getting the nail out of there I did it again. lol I put the dime back into the hole for the 2nd time lol
and close it up. Again, I sweep the coil over the hole and, this time sure enough there is that loud silver scream again!! and 12/45. 8) I lift open the plug and pull out the dime again and slip it back into my pouch. I know, I know it does not take much to make an old man happy. Looking down I see it is almost 10 am and, time to head to the house with my sweet little finds from "another worked out spot". I just love the way people always assume that a place will not have anything fun left to find in it. When we go slow and listen to what our machine tells us there can be stuff left to make an old man like me do the happy dance in a school yard.
When I get home I go to show my wife the finds for the morning and, get a nice quick hug and kiss.
Time to get out the cam, and make a nice post I think. Going to the kitchen to gently rise off the ring and see that it is 14kt. Time to rise off the barber dime. The dirt falls off the dime to show that I gave the barber a shave lol oh well lol even a barber needs a shave every now and then. lolI guess when I slid the knife above and behind the dime I did not go high enough lol or, deep enough. lol Only good thing is that it was not a key date. lol Plus it could not be "my" fault that I put the scratch in the dime. After all, there wasa bird above me making noise, and a car drove by, and there was an ant walking close to the hole,and there was a lady walking 5 blocks away but coming my way, and oh yea there was a jet 30,000 ft above me so, you see it was not "my fault"
I hope everyone has a great fathers day.!!!!!
hh dan
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