My Explorer SE debut - First 8 Hours of finds - Im impressed

[RaptorSE]

Hi all,

I recently joined the darkside as well, and decided to give the SE a go, and see if I
liked it or not. Yesterday was the first actual hunting Ive ever done with it.

I had the yard of a family member lined up, so I went to town in 30 degrees, wind, and
a little snow Finished the yard today in 2 seperate sessions, adding up to 8 hours on
the nose over 2 days. I think I went from newb to respectable in record time.

Heres the take :

20 Wheats, 2 Indians, 1 Buffalo nickel , Lots of Memorials and some clad. Handful of trinkets.
If this is just the beginning, then

This all came from 1 front yard, that is only 30' x 30' square. Took a while, but this SE can strip mine an entire area, and I basically did. Took longer than I was used to, but got results, which is all I want to see.

Puzzled by no silver here, but I have 100 more yards just like this, many on this same street side by side that I can explore over many years. Hope I can hit a few silver mines along the way.

Thanks goes out to CaptnSE for getting me off on the right foot with settings. Much thanks to GoldenRoyBoy for the great equipment and machine , along with much help in settings as well, and newb questions I had.

I think Im ready for a great summer. Thanks all and have fun swingin'.
Now Im off to watch CaptnSE's videos, to learn a thing or two!

BTW, I did the "boiling Peroxide" treatment on the Buffalo and 2 Indians, and gave a slight
treatment of RemOil (my gun stuff), for looks and preserving. By far the nicest 2 Indians I ever
dug, condition wise !

 

[Bridge End Farm]

nice digs congrats

 

[RaptorSE]

Forgot to mention, previously I used a DFX. I think the transition was a bit easier, as
I was used to listening to "alot" of sounds. This was using the SE in All Metal, Ferrous,
in the Mother of all Iron infestation type ground. 20 nails per sweep, entire yard. Not kidding.

Gonna be hard to sleep tonight. I still hear the Iron rumbles in my brain.

 

[Captn SE]

Wow, Jay, you did very respectable for you first hunt with your SE. Glad I could be of help to you!
I'm really surprised you didn't find a silver. Don't worry. With finds like the one's you just posted, silver is in your near future.

Congrats,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[RaptorSE]

Thanks Captn, I was surprised as well on no silvers. Alot of those Wheats were early too. A bunch
of 'Teens and 20's in there. It'll come no doubt, theres always next time

Youll know it when I dig some... Pictures will be a flyin'. haha.

 

[Harry_Morant]

Wow - What a great first day out with a new detector - my first got three cents

 

[guzz1]

Great finds there guzz1

 

[hollowpointred]

maybe a few of those silvers are masked by the iron signals. some might say to dig all signals but in most instances it just isnt practical. still, it looks like you and that SE are getting along just fine. nice stuff!

 

[Cynangyl]

I am very impressed too!! Nice finds especially for a first time! Wow

 

[Ron B]

Hello Mr. Jay!
What a great way to start the SE PARADE! Got to love those Indians!
It was my pleasure doing business with you!

GRB

 

[Jagdpanther]

Looks like you learned pretty fast!!

 

[RaptorSE]

Thanks everyone for the nice words.

Hollowpointred, you're probably right, Im sure there are targets masked there. I did discover that all this
Iron was deep, in the 7-8" and deeper range. All of these coins were above that, or down to that.

I did like the fact that I could still hear coins, within the jumbled mess. Almost all my digs for coins had decomposed iron bits of red somewhere in the plug. Ill double check it in the future with a smaller coil Im sure, just to see.

It does seem that I picked up on the machine characteristics pretty fast, but I dont believe it is as hard
a machine to learn, as I initially thought from reading forums and message boards. Im sure I will learn
much more, but it wasn't a struggle at all to get coins out of the ground. Cant wait for the next hunt !

Good luck all, Happy swingin'

 

[allen]

way to go on your finds with your new detector...

 

[wyattrr]

Nice Digs...The grasshopper is becoming the master...HH