I thought moles were hard on the yard.

[Blackfoot58]

2 hours sweeping the yard. I tried hard to discriminate. Simplex on Park 2 mode. ID 0-15 for ferrous metals. I dug nothing lower that a 24 ID. Everything in the photo is ferrous except the little brass buckle. The buckle rang up at a solid 45. I destroyed my yard digging mostly IDs between 55 and 93. I really don’t expect a rusty nail to be an 88 ID. It is hard to not dig a 50 or higher. You could be passing on silver, copper or brass. I don’t think it’s due to soil mineralization. The screen reads none. The head stamp (magnetic) is a Western Xpert No. 20. That little buckle moves freely and in great condition. Hard to believe it was buried 6” down for years.

 

[Whynotnow?]

Yeah nails will do that sometimes. I have decent results sussing them out by sweeping over it from a different angle, but I still end up digging them anyways. No way Im not digging a high tone, even if Im pretty sure its a nail.

 

[cudamark]

Destroyed your yard? Sounds like you need some tips on how to cut a proper trap door plug. Once you get the method down, you shouldn't be able to tell where you've been.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Destroyed your yard? Sounds like you need some tips on how to cut a proper trap door plug. Once you get the method down, you shouldn't be able to tell where you've been.

I can on smaller items sometimes. I find steel fence posts, chunks of tin roofing, farm machinery pieces that are large. Those leave big voids. I found a steel tractor seat the other day. I think it was around 10” deep. But you are right, I need to get better at the normal size stuff. 👍🏼

 

[Lenrac2]

You didn't hurt your yard! I call it aerating! I like the buckle!

 

[oldmxrat]

The Simplex just doesn't discriminate very well, but I've found a lot of great stuff with it. Just gotta dig it all!

 

[Blackfoot58]

The Simplex just doesn't discriminate very well, but I've found a lot of great stuff with it. Just gotta dig it all!

Amen to that. Still a lot of fun for under $300

 

[Digger RJ]

2 hours sweeping the yard. I tried hard to discriminate. Simplex on Park 2 mode. ID 0-15 for ferrous metals. I dug nothing lower that a 24 ID. Everything in the photo is ferrous except the little brass buckle. The buckle rang up at a solid 45. I destroyed my yard digging mostly IDs between 55 and 93. I really don’t expect a rusty nail to be an 88 ID. It is hard to not dig a 50 or higher. You could be passing on silver, copper or brass. I don’t think it’s due to soil mineralization. The screen reads none. The head stamp (magnetic) is a Western Xpert No. 20. That little buckle moves freely and in great condition. Hard to believe it was buried 6” down for years.

Nice!!! Congrats!!!