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Finding myself with a bunch of time on my hands, I decided to finally get around to constructing my test garden.
The first step was to obviously clear the garden area of any stray metal. I selected an old two track path on my property which was fairly clean, except for the expected bits of junk metal here and there.
Getting that out of the way I put together the cache of stuff to go into the ground. I picked out a bunch of stuff one could expect to find on any generic hunt. Some of it was stuff I'd previously dug up like the gold/silver rings and most of the coins. The 1 oz silver round came from my personal collection.
Next I made concrete markers by pouring redi-mix into paper cups. Just before it hardened I put the numbers in the top, 1 through 40.
I made 3X5 cards with the picture of the item I buried, near which marker, how deep and any other notes I wanted.
The items are buried in the two track lane within about 8' of the marker at varying depths. Some spots have a rusty nail near a silver ring or a small piece of rusty metal near a good coin. I even put a couple of fire nuggets in the mix.
The last thing to do is select a detector from the wall and go practice...
Once the CV-19 business has concluded, I'll have a few trusted friends over and let them hone some skills in my Victory Garden.
Good luck to all and stay safe!
The first step was to obviously clear the garden area of any stray metal. I selected an old two track path on my property which was fairly clean, except for the expected bits of junk metal here and there.
Getting that out of the way I put together the cache of stuff to go into the ground. I picked out a bunch of stuff one could expect to find on any generic hunt. Some of it was stuff I'd previously dug up like the gold/silver rings and most of the coins. The 1 oz silver round came from my personal collection.
Next I made concrete markers by pouring redi-mix into paper cups. Just before it hardened I put the numbers in the top, 1 through 40.
I made 3X5 cards with the picture of the item I buried, near which marker, how deep and any other notes I wanted.
The items are buried in the two track lane within about 8' of the marker at varying depths. Some spots have a rusty nail near a silver ring or a small piece of rusty metal near a good coin. I even put a couple of fire nuggets in the mix.
The last thing to do is select a detector from the wall and go practice...
Once the CV-19 business has concluded, I'll have a few trusted friends over and let them hone some skills in my Victory Garden.
Good luck to all and stay safe!
