SittingElf
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- Joined
- Feb 25, 2018
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- Detector(s) used
- Equinox 600, Equinox 800, Garrett Ace 300 (x2 For Wife and Son), Ground Hawg, Garrett Carrot, Minelab Pro-Find 35, SoundClean9 APTX LL Headphones
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
My wife and 10-year-old son got back from church and I asked him if he wanted to go out on his second training session with his new ACE 300. (Recent gift after he showed intense interest with his earlier $60 ultra-basic detector). He said yes, and then asked if my wife could come too. I looked at my spouse who had generally never shown an interest, and she said yes as well. Shocker!
So out we went just a few blocks away from our current on-base family housing unit, to an area of small, old, and vacant military family housing units that will be demolished in the next couple of months, and being replaced with modern, upgraded housing.
We spent 2 1/2 hours in four small front yards. After the first coin, my wife was hooked, and my son diligently started teaching her how to use the detector! (He had watched the Garrett instructional video about 20 times by then!). In the meantime, I was swinging my GTI 2500 with a new coil I just got. Super deal! A guy had bought the $256 12" GTI imaging coil, thinking it would work on his AT Pro. NOT! So he put it on a facebook forum for $100, New and Never Used. Lucky, LUCKY me! I had always wanted that coil, but didn't like the high price. He also sold a new Treasure Hound "Eagle Eye" dual box coil for $100 as well, but I already own one. These housing areas have very little trash due to military standards of cleanliness on base, so the big coil was not a problem...and it really does go deep. Pulled a clad dime from over 11". Also first use of my new White's Ground Hawg digger. What a great back saver! Slices into the gound like butter, and very easy plugs. It' ain't orange anymore though...Painted it an olive-green rustoleum color. The orange was just too bright and attention getting.
Wife and son were having a great time, and got really excited by a small penny and nickel coin spill in one yard. Beep, coin, swing, beep again, coin, swing, beep again...all in the same 20" diameter. They alternated between who was swinging and who was digging and pinpointing. Fun to watch (without laughing)! That did it for my wife and I'm sure she'll be participating more soon...and maybe with another ACE! Nice to have a family activity that all enjoy...finally!
Results were all clad and pennies, and earliest a 1969 quarter under my coil, but all looking forward to our next outing, and now that they know a little about what they're doing, I'll take them to some fields here on base where even earlier homes from the 40's and 50's were long-ago demolished, with open ground remaining, and silver in the ground!
Results:
So out we went just a few blocks away from our current on-base family housing unit, to an area of small, old, and vacant military family housing units that will be demolished in the next couple of months, and being replaced with modern, upgraded housing.
We spent 2 1/2 hours in four small front yards. After the first coin, my wife was hooked, and my son diligently started teaching her how to use the detector! (He had watched the Garrett instructional video about 20 times by then!). In the meantime, I was swinging my GTI 2500 with a new coil I just got. Super deal! A guy had bought the $256 12" GTI imaging coil, thinking it would work on his AT Pro. NOT! So he put it on a facebook forum for $100, New and Never Used. Lucky, LUCKY me! I had always wanted that coil, but didn't like the high price. He also sold a new Treasure Hound "Eagle Eye" dual box coil for $100 as well, but I already own one. These housing areas have very little trash due to military standards of cleanliness on base, so the big coil was not a problem...and it really does go deep. Pulled a clad dime from over 11". Also first use of my new White's Ground Hawg digger. What a great back saver! Slices into the gound like butter, and very easy plugs. It' ain't orange anymore though...Painted it an olive-green rustoleum color. The orange was just too bright and attention getting.
Wife and son were having a great time, and got really excited by a small penny and nickel coin spill in one yard. Beep, coin, swing, beep again, coin, swing, beep again...all in the same 20" diameter. They alternated between who was swinging and who was digging and pinpointing. Fun to watch (without laughing)! That did it for my wife and I'm sure she'll be participating more soon...and maybe with another ACE! Nice to have a family activity that all enjoy...finally!
Results were all clad and pennies, and earliest a 1969 quarter under my coil, but all looking forward to our next outing, and now that they know a little about what they're doing, I'll take them to some fields here on base where even earlier homes from the 40's and 50's were long-ago demolished, with open ground remaining, and silver in the ground!
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