Some day are just good & Bad but good enough.
I did get out a couple this weekend. At the last site, new to me just found a Zincoln. Yes, not all days are banner days. You don't hear about most of them. LOL
parsonwalkers Hut Site find' & did not want to mention my day on his post so ill 'hijack'
Since yours is the 2 ed post i'm typing on , ill explain my day yesterday, ' first post was yours.
Naa You mention the days nobody hears about, as I have many '95%' actually.
Anyway; walkers post got me wanting to go detect yesterday.
So I did got to my site around 2 pm , took the old 1266-x as it goes deeper , IMHO with the stock coil than my other machines , that all use stock coils. + The heavy loop hugs the ground.
I have hit this area hard , I barely get chirps , lucky to find a SG Shell, 22 bullets & Cases are the norm. About 4 I dug a nice section of a Cannon ball but not as thick as the other 'Ball' frags from the area. Cool!
Using the 1266-X I have to have my headphones plugged in a certain way or ill loose sound , I had walked about 25 feet (in the Woods) W/O hearing anything ,checked the sound and got -silence , adjusted my plug , & turned to recover the area I had just went over, within 3 feet I got a STRONG signal.. Man I don't know what happened as I really don't recall using the shovel on that first & only plug , I rechecked the signal and it had moved , so out came the pin-pointer & boom right in the pile of dirt was a Sweet Dropped Enfield ( I love Enfield's BTW) BUT! With a BIG Stab Mark & a Shiny new quarter inch all the way to the bottom from the initial strike. OUCH!!!
No touch up to be done on this one & then I noticed The Box Wood plug was still in it.
I have only dug 2-3 of this type in all my years. I did not want to even see what mark might be in the cavity. Just carried it in my hand cussing myself for 30 min , while looking for another.
. Well it was getting dark & the Sprinkles were coming down.
So like any cherished Item ,I found a Special place (that I hopefully can remember ) & reburied it at about 2 feet in a stump hole. Swung my loop & only heard the Chirps of the High Sensitivity I had set on the machine.
So I left sad & happy that I did get a nice shell frag. Oh ! finally got that last good signal I was looking for (over an hour) near the Car & at 8 inches comes a a a Copper Memorial
well was thankful It was not zinc came home & promptly had a Panic Attack. 'Really tho'
I could go on about this but Why ?
Like other Nice Minnies I have 'Nailed' in the past ; That I recall , like it was yesterday ( 1 being almost 20 years ago). November 1 st 2017 will be an 'OCD' Scar on my mind.
Had to let this out as the wife was like "hmm Oh -well , you got some $".
Happy Hunting , Did you mention Civil War Buttons ?
Ill check.
