Last hunt till cropping starts

[pepperj]

I drove around yesterday, planted, planting, planted......
I went down to the another end of the farm.

Just walked up to the site, here came the tractor to tickle 4 inches of the soil.

Quick catch up chat, detected for 3.5 hrs.

A few things from this hard hit spot. Trying different programs that folks swear buy that are the best in heavy iron.
Jury is still debating on the results.

1881 LC, A Bug, 4" sad iron, hammer, weird rock, another part of the Tomback bell I have been digging for yrs
A president suspender clip.
Usual array of homestead stuff.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Great finds - the Large Cent is in beautiful condition !

As far as programs go, I'm 100% sold on the "Tekkna" program.
Didn't try the "Legacy" program yet but I know a lot of people really like it.
It's like the old argument - what's better a Ford, a Chevy or a Dodge - there really is no correct answer.
I think the best program is the one the operator is really "tuned into" - that just takes time.

 

[pepperj]

Great finds - the Large Cent is in beautiful condition !

As far as programs go, I'm 100% sold on the "Tekkna" program.
Didn't try the "Legacy" program yet but I know a lot of people really like it.
It's like the old argument - what's better a Ford, a Chevy or a Dodge - there really is no correct answer.
I think the best program is the one the operator is really "tuned into" - that just takes time.

I went over the the same ground using the Tekkna, then switched over to the other programs to see if they heard the signal.

Then I would detect for a while in one of tge other programs, check when I got a signal.

The sad iron and hammer wasn't a Tekkna signal. Both were a solid 52, all directions.
But I wanted to see what they were even though the X/Y was saying iron, Tekkna was grunting.
That setting might come in handy for iron relics.
In that setting it did pick up a couple of surface brass pieces, where the Tekkna really struggled.
The watch frame, LC, spoon came after the farmer scratched up the area.
The LC had 6 nails in the loose dirt around it, when I used the magnet.
I wanted to clean up a few sites before the new coil arrives so then I can test it's abilities later this year.
I have 10 sites ready to test it on.

 

[billb]

Great finds - the Large Cent is in beautiful condition !

As far as programs go, I'm 100% sold on the "Tekkna" program.
Didn't try the "Legacy" program yet but I know a lot of people really like it.
It's like the old argument - what's better a Ford, a Chevy or a Dodge - there really is no correct answer.
I think the best program is the one the operator is really "tuned into" - that just takes time.

I drove around yesterday, planted, planting, planted......
I went down to the another end of the farm.

Just walked up to the site, here came the tractor to tickle 4 inches of the soil.

Quick catch up chat, detected for 3.5 hrs.

A few things from this hard hit spot. Trying different programs that folks swear buy that are the best in heavy iron.
Jury is still debating on the results.

1881 LC, A Bug, 4" sad iron, hammer, weird rock, another part of the Tomback bell I have been digging for yrs
A president suspender clip.
Usual array of homestead stuff.

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outstanding Pepper
Congratulations

 

[ironhorse]

I hate when the fields are all planted up.
Your hammer is actually a pipe wrench piece

 

[Sandog]

I drove around yesterday, planted, planting, planted......
I went down to the another end of the farm.

Just walked up to the site, here came the tractor to tickle 4 inches of the soil.

Quick catch up chat, detected for 3.5 hrs.

A few things from this hard hit spot. Trying different programs that folks swear buy that are the best in heavy iron.
Jury is still debating on the results.

1881 LC, A Bug, 4" sad iron, hammer, weird rock, another part of the Tomback bell I have been digging for yrs
A president suspender clip.
Usual array of homestead stuff.

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I believe the hammer may be part of a vintage adjustable wrench. Had a couple like that. Should have kept 'em.

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[ncsuwolf]

Looking at the base, I’d say it’s a spud wrench…..if not it does favor.

 

[pepperj]

I hate when the fields are all planted up.
Your hammer is actually a pipe wrench piece

It's a long 4 months now till the crops come off.
Though the ones planted in winter wheat is early August.
Thanks for the ID

 

[oldmxrat]

That's a good haul, congrats!
You're weird rock looks to me a mano, or hand grinding stone for use with a metate.

 

[Sandog]

If your "hammer" were from a pipe wrench would it not have serrations in order to bite into the pipe vs smooth for the flats on a bolt/nut?

 

[pepperj]

That's a good haul, congrats!
You're weird rock looks to me a mano, or hand grinding stone for use with a metate.

Thanks, it was the first return hunt using the Tekkna program.

It was in the middle of the field, just laying there. Maybe I should go post it up on the NAA forum.

 

[pepperj]

If your "hammer" were from a pipe wrench would it not have serrations in order to bite into the pipe vs smooth for the flats on a bolt/nut?

Ironhorse got it right.
It has the same knotch for the adjuster.

 

[ncsuwolf]

If your "hammer" were from a pipe wrench would it not have serrations in order to bite into the pipe vs smooth for the flats on a bolt/nut?

Not to be too technical, but that is a monkey wrench, not a pipe wrench. A pipe wrench would have teeth inside the jaw for gripping pipe (as you mentioned). This has no teeth (that I can see) so therefore was an adjustable wrench used on nuts/bolts. Monkey wrenches were one of the first types of adjustable wrenches. They just look similar to a pipe wrench

 

[Sandog]

What I was picturing in my mind.

 

[CoilFisher]

I drove around yesterday, planted, planting, planted......
I went down to the another end of the farm.

Just walked up to the site, here came the tractor to tickle 4 inches of the soil.

Quick catch up chat, detected for 3.5 hrs.

A few things from this hard hit spot. Trying different programs that folks swear buy that are the best in heavy iron.
Jury is still debating on the results.

1881 LC, A Bug, 4" sad iron, hammer, weird rock, another part of the Tomback bell I have been digging for yrs
A president suspender clip.
Usual array of homestead stuff.

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I would trade an indian head for one of those old Canadian coppers any day! Nice!

 

[scruggs]

love the color of the LC and the old beetle object! Good hunt!

 

[djackson7348]

Pretty impressive for 3.5 hours. Thanks for sharing them.

 

[Trezurehunter]

I like that LC and the flat iron.