First Hunt with new Etrac = First Civil War Button!!

[Bootyhunter1971]

Hi guys and gals, I decided to use my hard earned tax return to treat myself to what I think is the best detector available, the Minelab E-trac. Now I had never used any of the other Minelabs so it is totally new to me but I decided if I'm going to spend my time doing this hobby that I love that I needed the best detector to make the most of my time. So I got the detector a week ago along with a new Excal II (being divorced has it's advantages i.e. not having to justifiy the money) so anyway had to wait a whole week to finally get to go detecting. Took it to a site of an old house where a friend and I had hunted several times before and gotten several wheat cents, a couple of silver coins and some watch fobs. I had hit this yard from every direction in all metal mode and felt that I had gotten all I could from it. I had not hunted it in several months but thought it would be a good place to try out the new Etrac. Turned the Etrac on and it was like the first time I had ever metal detected with all the new sounds and the different screen and all but I had read the owners manual a couple times already and Andy Sabischs new book and got familiar with the new machine fairly quickly. Anyway in just a few minutes I had my first coin with the new machine, a 1940 Wheat cent. I was happy. Found a few more coins and some trash of course then I found something I had never before found metal detecting. I got a good sounding signal, dug a plug and soon found the target in my hand, the first thing I saw was the shank and recognized that I had a button. Tuned it over and immediately recognized the Palmetto tree on the front and just sat there in disbelief.... A South Carolina CW button, how we had missed this one all the times we had been over this yard I do not understand. It has a Backmark of Horstmann and Allien and according to a CW Relic field guide I have is worth about $185!! I am a complete newb with this machine but I am confident that with the proper time to learn it some great finds are sure to be made. Now I can't wait to go to all the places I have ever hunted before just to see if I missed anything else. HH

 

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[wildcatman71]

Thats a great button! Many more good things to come!

 

[scrounger d detector collector]

GREAT FIND. i too got lucky find a gold ring 1st time w etrac,. keep going once u get used to the way it pinpoints.u will find a ton.hh

 

[Detectingfreak]

wow!!!!! Awesome find!!! Congratulations on the button! I wish you good luck with the E-trac!

 

[davidtn]

Man that button looks almost brand new. WTG!

 

[John (Ma)]

Nice find. It is always nice when you start finding nice finds with a new machine, because it only gets better!

 

[jeff741972]

Thats great!

The more I read about those etracs..... makes me want 1 !!

 

[Woodland Detectors]

GRRRRREAT find HH. And good choice on the e-trac! If you need help with it Ill be glad to help as much as I can. You can also go to Minelabownerstv.com And check out Tony Hunts settings and videos...it helped us!

 

[seger98]

Nice find, you gotta love minelabs,


4-H-staff, I'll checkout the site see what they say about the X-terra

 

[Jason in TN]

Cool button. I like them relics.

 

[ivan salis]

starting off with a bang -- love it !! nice SC button too.

 

[cwdigger]

Very nice button, its hard to pull one out thats not messed up, and that one looks perfect, I hope you have many more to come

CW
www.wedigdixie.com

 

[allen]

congrats on that beautiful button....

 

[Tn Dirt Digger]

Sweet Button!...Congrats!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Very nice button. Like it