My first colonial buttons

Papa Bear · Mar 10, 2012

I had the privilege of being invited to detect at the site of a colonial church (1730's to 1811) in Duplin County today. It was a satisfying day and I am glad to have saved some history.

Papa Bear · Mar 12, 2012

Pull tabs come in at around a 58-59 on my G2 so I had mine set high at 60. I was digging anything higher than 60. The button came in around 72ish..Next time I will turn it down and dig more....Its a new machine for me so I am still trying to figure out all the numbers.

umrgolf · Mar 12, 2012

Papa Bear said:
Pull tabs come in at around a 58-59 on my G2 so I had mine set high at 60. I was digging anything higher than 60. The button came in around 72ish..Next time I will turn it down and dig more....Its a new machine for me so I am still trying to figure out all the numbers.

yes, on a site that old, there are many good finds that will register below 60.. keep us updated :icon_thumleft:

adventureswithjim · Mar 12, 2012

umrgolf said:
those are oldies, I guess the G2 setup is different if you set disc to 40 on old sites... On my Gold Bug Pro, the square nails hit around 25-28, so I set the disc to 31 and dig everything that even halfway chirps... hell, I even dig the nails

foil comes in around 42 on mine, what about the G2? the kepi letter A (stamped brass) from 2 days ago was a solid 40

umrgolf...same set up on the two machines...I just run mine at 40 in old sites, I probably should go lower, but I'm having great success diggin anything that halfway chirps, so I'm gonna ride that setting awhile longer.

Papa Bear...yes, go back and drop that discrim! You're missing good things hiding out in those lower numbers. Old stuff made of different alloys, plus 200 years of corrosion, plus tons of things together means you can't rely on ID at all. Don't watch the screen, just dig :-)