U.K. Brian
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- Oct 11, 2005
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- XLT, Whites D.F., Treasure Baron, Deepstar, Goldquest, Beachscan, T.D.I., Sovereign, 2x Nautilus, various Arado's, Ixcus Diver, Altek Quadtone, T2, Beach Hunter I.D, GS 5 pulse, Searchman 2 ,V3i
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Having found an almost mint condition First World War army badge on a local beach and a couple of Victorian copper coins that were unfortunately in very poor conditions due to wear before they were lost I decided to concentrate on the area in the hope of silver coins of the period.
As it happened they were one thing that didn't turn up but the Sovereigns did.
The first two were found with a Deepstar P.I. (11 inch coil). Not especially deep, six inches or so, but the beach sand was low at the time with metal girders showing that are normally under a foot or more of sand.
Needless to say with a turn of the tide, sand was piled in and I found no more gold with the exception of a couple of rings.
It took a few weeks before the sand shifted again and the first find got me excited as I could see the golden edge of a coin in a crack in a rock under the cliff face. When I managed to leaver it out with a lollipop stick it turned out to be Greek Owl coin but light for gold. It turned out to be a replica from a bracelet when I found the remains of the rest of the bracelet.
My detecting partner and myself then spent hours over the next couple of weeks to little effect....not even many modern coins.
We gave up at that point and concentrated on an area further up the coast that had produced hammered silver coins.
I kept an eye on the Sovereign site and every time I passed by, ran a detector over it. Eventually another Sovereign appeared, again found with the Deepstar. Unfortunately the rechargable battery though the size of a brick, decided it was time to drop into the red at this point (five hours detecting time at full power).
Back to the car for a back up detector, Minelab Sovereign with SunRay 12" coil. Rear mounted control box to balance the coil, Andy's U.K. straight shaft, U.S. stainless steel arm rest, remote mode change and a few other mods. Also a change of headphones. I prefer Greyghosts for the P.I. but Mole Superphones for the Minelab.
A scan of the whole area produced one pulltab and several bits of shrapnel left over from the war. I then returned to the spot that had produced the coin and dug off the drier top six inches over a large an area as I could until I ran out of energy. Getting to old for this game ! Detected the spoil...nothing. Into the hole and the last couple of coins decided to appear from five/six inches down.
Re the use of the Sovereign. On this beach there was little or no depth difference between all metal and minimum discrimination apart from the fact discrim. seems deeper due to the louder audio. I used all metal for the shaper pinpointing and because if there was any junk metal I wanted it out in case it was masking anything good.
The coins are George the Fifth 1913-1914. Good condition except for the milled edges that have some small chips/scuffs. One has sat against iron and has some staining that should come off.
Meanwhile the sand is back in and the beach is dead for the time being. I've even cleaned out the cliff top above in case the coins were lost there and had been washed out.
Roll on the winter storms.
As it happened they were one thing that didn't turn up but the Sovereigns did.
The first two were found with a Deepstar P.I. (11 inch coil). Not especially deep, six inches or so, but the beach sand was low at the time with metal girders showing that are normally under a foot or more of sand.
Needless to say with a turn of the tide, sand was piled in and I found no more gold with the exception of a couple of rings.
It took a few weeks before the sand shifted again and the first find got me excited as I could see the golden edge of a coin in a crack in a rock under the cliff face. When I managed to leaver it out with a lollipop stick it turned out to be Greek Owl coin but light for gold. It turned out to be a replica from a bracelet when I found the remains of the rest of the bracelet.
My detecting partner and myself then spent hours over the next couple of weeks to little effect....not even many modern coins.
We gave up at that point and concentrated on an area further up the coast that had produced hammered silver coins.
I kept an eye on the Sovereign site and every time I passed by, ran a detector over it. Eventually another Sovereign appeared, again found with the Deepstar. Unfortunately the rechargable battery though the size of a brick, decided it was time to drop into the red at this point (five hours detecting time at full power).
Back to the car for a back up detector, Minelab Sovereign with SunRay 12" coil. Rear mounted control box to balance the coil, Andy's U.K. straight shaft, U.S. stainless steel arm rest, remote mode change and a few other mods. Also a change of headphones. I prefer Greyghosts for the P.I. but Mole Superphones for the Minelab.
A scan of the whole area produced one pulltab and several bits of shrapnel left over from the war. I then returned to the spot that had produced the coin and dug off the drier top six inches over a large an area as I could until I ran out of energy. Getting to old for this game ! Detected the spoil...nothing. Into the hole and the last couple of coins decided to appear from five/six inches down.
Re the use of the Sovereign. On this beach there was little or no depth difference between all metal and minimum discrimination apart from the fact discrim. seems deeper due to the louder audio. I used all metal for the shaper pinpointing and because if there was any junk metal I wanted it out in case it was masking anything good.
The coins are George the Fifth 1913-1914. Good condition except for the milled edges that have some small chips/scuffs. One has sat against iron and has some staining that should come off.
Meanwhile the sand is back in and the beach is dead for the time being. I've even cleaned out the cliff top above in case the coins were lost there and had been washed out.
Roll on the winter storms.
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