Found My First Coin! (Using Headphones)

steelheadwill · Apr 7, 2011

Hello Everyone :hello:

I decided to take the plunge and start using Headphones yesterday :sign13:

It's like using a new detector, the sounds are totally different, but you sure get a better 'look' into what's down there :wink:

I will have to say it makes recovery of signals a lot more time consuming, using the speaker, I can usually dig my target without putting the detector down.
No more digging 150 targets in 3-4 hours :P
I was hunting the 1770 meetinghouse and militia training grounds.
Really soft ground, any metal sinks deep quickly, I opened the sensitivity and scanned the forest in all metal, nothing but recent casings and some lead.
discovered a stone 'Corral', this was full of iron, so I switched to TTF mode.
recovered a heel plate, a 'horn cap' (is this the correct term ?)
And

A Coin

, it's been a while :laughing7:

figured it was a fattie, so I carefully wrapped it in a leaf & headed home.
looks to be an 1860 pointed bust.
just sprayed it with water, dried & dipped in oil.
Toasted, this area is pretty acidic Pine soil.
Whether the scrape came from my shovel or other metal/rocks during recovery I'm not sure, (heck, I'll take the blame :-[

)
I found an 1863 last year in better condition

From what I've read, these are the same alloy (88/12 cupronickle) as the Flying Eagle Cents. they don't look like the same metal to me :icon_scratch:

must be the different ground conditions.
last photos are also a 'todays find', plucked it off my shoulder after it had gotten a pretty good meal, I squeezed him & he popped like a bubble wrap & squirted blood 3 feet onto the wall

They're out up here in NH with snow still on the ground !
Thanks for looking & Great Digs to All :thumbsup:

artyfacts · Apr 7, 2011

Wow that tick nearly drained you, looks like that tick was on a three day binge. I'm originally from CT and grew up plucking those things off of me on a daily basis.

I only use headphones when I have a bud tecting with me, I do not like surprises in the middle of the pine forest.

Arty

steelheadwill · Apr 7, 2011

artyfacts said:
Wow that tick nearly drained you, looks like that tick was on a three day binge. I'm originally from CT and grew up plucking those things off of me on a daily basis.

I only use headphones when I have a bud tecting with me, I do not like surprises in the middle of the pine forest.

Arty

I was on my own, kept my eyes open.
Odd, I kept thinking I heard people talking !!
I'm pretty sure when that beast got me, Between 60 & 72 hours,
You know your ticks :laughing9:

Thanks Arty

wwwtimmcp · Apr 7, 2011

I hear you on the bugs, we got em out here in ohio. I heard frogs at the flea market last saturday, it is like they want an early start. very strange indeed. maybe we are getting an early winter or something. I have also been killing ants by the dozens since the end of february. neat finds and thanks for sharing.

CMDiamonddawg · Apr 7, 2011

'todays find', plucked it off my shoulder after it had gotten a pretty good meal, I squeezed him & he popped like a bubble wrap & squirted blood 3 feet onto the wall

Steelhead Herb , LMAO I know it's not funny and you know we hate them suckers but the way you executed the tick is funny ::)

and head phones and IH coin ...well done my friend :thumbsup:

dawg

steelheadwill · Apr 7, 2011

CMDiamonddawg said:
'todays find', plucked it off my shoulder after it had gotten a pretty good meal, I squeezed him & he popped like a bubble wrap & squirted blood 3 feet onto the wall Steelhead Herb , LMAO I know it's not funny and you know we hate them suckers but the way you executed the tick is funny and head phones and IH coin ...well done my friend dawg

Thanks CMDD,
I've gotten over the worst of 'tick disgust', mostly I just want to know when I got one :laughing9:

CMDiamonddawg · Apr 7, 2011

steelheadwill said:
CMDiamonddawg said:

'todays find', plucked it off my shoulder after it had gotten a pretty good meal, I squeezed him & he popped like a bubble wrap & squirted blood 3 feet onto the wall Steelhead Herb , LMAO I know it's not funny and you know we hate them suckers but the way you executed the tick is funny and head phones and IH coin ...well done my friend dawg

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Thanks CMDD,
I've gotten over the worst of 'tick disgust', mostly I just want to know when I got one

Sick and disgusting parasites are a given and for it to get that much dinner it had to be on you for a few days in a less sensitive area like the top of your shoulder . Those &@$#@rds jump from trees like airborne rangers . I use Deep Woods Off and still had 4 biters on my last hunt in March :icon_scratch:

Bad time of year for woods hunting is all I can figure . Be careful out there killer :violent1:

Woodland Detectors · Apr 7, 2011

Wow, just imagine alll the finds you were missing without phones dude.

And don't let Felinepeachy see that tick.

(she hates ticks)

VOL1266-X · Apr 7, 2011

I rarely use headphones because I mostly hunted alone before Dman and Josh started hunting with me and it was important that I knew what was going on around me as I was hunting remote wooded areas. We usually don't use headphones with the F75s but Dman does with the SE. I know about the ticks and they usually leave me alone (too sour I guess-LOL) but I got a big one off my back last night. I have a friend who I started hunting with and he hunted all one summer and contracted Lyme disease. Be careful, good finds, and HH, Quindy.

ivan salis · Apr 7, 2011

peachy best be glad ticks and spiders do not cross breed .--- a fast moving blood sucker that likes humans --ouch.

floodcitykid · Apr 7, 2011

Nice coin...nice tick too

TFCK

treasurehound · Apr 7, 2011

I always use headphones. When hunting around others I leave on side off or almost off so I can hear the others when they have a good find. Here is a good tick removal trick. Dab a cotton ball in liquid soap and dab on the critter. They will come right off. I hate those things.

steelheadwill · Apr 7, 2011

Woodland Detectors said:
Wow, just imagine alll the finds you were missing without phones dude.

And don't let Felinepeachy see that tick. (she hates ticks)

Thanks All!
Mike, I look at it this way,
All my 'hunted out' sites are now ready for a new go with the headphones :hello2:

Anyone had good experience with a wireless setup ??
all I've heard are sob stories so far :help:

crazyjarhead · Apr 7, 2011

Ticks are sick carnivores. Nasty things , they are. Luckily you found it before you needed a blood transfussion :laughing7:

steelheadwill · Apr 7, 2011

VOL1266-X said:
I rarely use headphones because I mostly hunted alone before Dman and Josh started hunting with me and it was important that I knew what was going on around me as I was hunting remote wooded areas. We usually don't use headphones with the F75s but Dman does with the SE. I know about the ticks and they usually leave me alone (too sour I guess-LOL) but I got a big one off my back last night. I have a friend who I started hunting with and he hunted all one summer and contracted Lyme disease. Be careful, good finds, and HH, Quindy.

Thanks Quindy :hello:

My sister got Lyme disease 3 years back and still suffers. Gotta watch for that bullseye at bitesite. :P

saltyshark2002 · Apr 7, 2011

I love using headphones,It adds to the life of my batteries.That is one nasty Tick,I havent seen any yet in the Manchester area.Nice Indian :icon_thumright:

Woodland Detectors · Apr 7, 2011

ivan salis said:
peachy best be glad ticks and spiders do not cross breed .--- a fast moving blood sucker that likes humans --ouch.
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ivan salis said:

peachy best be glad ticks and spiders do not cross breed .--- a fast moving blood sucker that likes humans --ouch.

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LOL!!!

traverdog · Apr 7, 2011

Nice indian but you can keep the tic.

testing123 · Apr 7, 2011

Hey Herbie, welcome to the headphone club! Once I started using them, I won't go back to not having them.

Nice IHC find! I picked up an IHC today too! an 1861 fatty.