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- Colorado Springs CO
- Detector(s) used
- XP Deus All Three Coils (9" currently), Tesoro Vaquero 8x9 and 5.75" DD coil, Fisher F70, White's Spectrum XLT, White's IDX, Garrett AT Pro, Fisher 1265-X, Fisher CZ5, Fisher CZ6, White's TM808, White
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Went to Pueblo today to visit with the family who happen to live in an older 1800s neighborhood. They have one of the newest houses on the block, which was built in 1950. Across the street from them I have been eyeballing a 15-foot wide curb strip for a long time, and today I unleashed the Deus on it.
First target blew me away - it indicated a "75" in my usual 4kHz program, although I upped Reactivity to 3 and put Sensitivity down to 80. The ground was very sandy, and was very mild...my ground readings were 85-87. I was very surprised to see a silver quarter staring back at me from less than an inch down - and wondered why it read "75"! Rescanning the hole I was still getting a 74-75, and then out came a nice 1924 Wheat, also just under the surface. I thought it was a fluke until ten feet down the strip I pulled a 2" deep 1936 Merc that indicated 78-80....it dawned on me then that this little area had likely never seen a coil, and that even the older drops didn't settle too deep!
I've never detected in Pueblo before, but much of the town is older, especially south of the Arkansas River which used to be the northernmost boundary of Spanish territory, and then later Mexico before the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. There are a LOT of Victorian-era houses within walking distance of this site, and since it is a drier climate than what I'm used to many if not most coins won't be deep.
Managed to find two aluminum tax tokens that didn't fare well over the years - I'm going to try and tumble these to get more detail. I remember getting a 66 which turned out to be a sterling silver ring, and then a little later a 61 indication turned out to be a US Navy pin. There was a smattering of everything in this curb strip - coins, jewelry, tokens, and of course junk; but not enough junk to get discouraged!
I have a feeling that the curb strips are holding much older coins, not too deep, and tomorrow instead of the park I'm returning to this area to see what else turns up. Just a block away I noticed a few smaller sidewalks that used to lead up to some houses, which were torn down in the 1960s to make way for another larger building. Maybe I'll get lucky and score a permission while I'm at it! May have found a whole new area to concentrate on!
First target blew me away - it indicated a "75" in my usual 4kHz program, although I upped Reactivity to 3 and put Sensitivity down to 80. The ground was very sandy, and was very mild...my ground readings were 85-87. I was very surprised to see a silver quarter staring back at me from less than an inch down - and wondered why it read "75"! Rescanning the hole I was still getting a 74-75, and then out came a nice 1924 Wheat, also just under the surface. I thought it was a fluke until ten feet down the strip I pulled a 2" deep 1936 Merc that indicated 78-80....it dawned on me then that this little area had likely never seen a coil, and that even the older drops didn't settle too deep!
I've never detected in Pueblo before, but much of the town is older, especially south of the Arkansas River which used to be the northernmost boundary of Spanish territory, and then later Mexico before the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. There are a LOT of Victorian-era houses within walking distance of this site, and since it is a drier climate than what I'm used to many if not most coins won't be deep.
Managed to find two aluminum tax tokens that didn't fare well over the years - I'm going to try and tumble these to get more detail. I remember getting a 66 which turned out to be a sterling silver ring, and then a little later a 61 indication turned out to be a US Navy pin. There was a smattering of everything in this curb strip - coins, jewelry, tokens, and of course junk; but not enough junk to get discouraged!
I have a feeling that the curb strips are holding much older coins, not too deep, and tomorrow instead of the park I'm returning to this area to see what else turns up. Just a block away I noticed a few smaller sidewalks that used to lead up to some houses, which were torn down in the 1960s to make way for another larger building. Maybe I'll get lucky and score a permission while I'm at it! May have found a whole new area to concentrate on!
