paleomaxx
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- Upstate, NY
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- Deus XP
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I've been using the AT Pro for nearly a year and it's been fantastic for all around hunting, but lately I've been hitting more and more spots that have highly mineralized soil or large iron patches where I know I'm missing good targets. After a long period of back and forth in my mind I finally bought a new Deus XP two weeks ago and I've been practicing a bit between regular hunts. I have way further to go learning about this machine; there are definitely some crucial differences in response compared to the AT Pro (that's just using the factory programs and not even touching the ways I can configure it myself), but I really wanted to dig at some real targets so I took it to a colonial hole that I've been hunting for over a year now.
This isn't the site where I just found the half-cent, but a smaller cellar hole that has probably been hunted a few times by people other than myself. The only time I found much was in the dead of winter when the brambles were flattened by the snow. I did pull two large Georgian shoe buckles and two large cents (1832, 1817) so it has produced, but for a long while it's been nothing but iron signals. So how did the Deus do?
Seems I missed a few pieces!
I'm almost embarrassed; I just set the Deus to program 3 (fast) and swing over some of the ground I've already hit. I didn't even have to get clever and try new spots; all of this was under ground that has been checked and re-checked.
The parasol sleeve, thimble, and harmonica reed are the first I've found at this site, but I've found a few spoon fragments before. Since I'm still learning, I'm digging pretty much every repeatable signal, but even that has proven to be worthwhile since this is my first whole stove iron and I'm very happy about that! In general the non-ferrous signals have been well above the iron levels so I'll be confident moving forward that not much is masked in the iron range.
The best find of the hunt I can't believe I missed. This was barely four inches down in a particularly clear area.
This is the second civil war token I've found at this site. The other was in much better condition, but there's still enough detail to identify it as a George Washington "New York" 1863 token. Below is a picture of a non-dug example:
This was from less than 2 hours, so the takeaway is that I need to revisit every one of my old sites and retrace every step! Some of the yard permissions will also be exciting since ground mineralization made whole sections impossible to detect and there may be some very nice finds if the Deus can cut through that too. My long-term goal is to try and master the depth capabilities of the Deus too, but for now I have a lot of sites to rework!
This isn't the site where I just found the half-cent, but a smaller cellar hole that has probably been hunted a few times by people other than myself. The only time I found much was in the dead of winter when the brambles were flattened by the snow. I did pull two large Georgian shoe buckles and two large cents (1832, 1817) so it has produced, but for a long while it's been nothing but iron signals. So how did the Deus do?
Seems I missed a few pieces!I'm almost embarrassed; I just set the Deus to program 3 (fast) and swing over some of the ground I've already hit. I didn't even have to get clever and try new spots; all of this was under ground that has been checked and re-checked.
The parasol sleeve, thimble, and harmonica reed are the first I've found at this site, but I've found a few spoon fragments before. Since I'm still learning, I'm digging pretty much every repeatable signal, but even that has proven to be worthwhile since this is my first whole stove iron and I'm very happy about that! In general the non-ferrous signals have been well above the iron levels so I'll be confident moving forward that not much is masked in the iron range.
The best find of the hunt I can't believe I missed. This was barely four inches down in a particularly clear area.
This is the second civil war token I've found at this site. The other was in much better condition, but there's still enough detail to identify it as a George Washington "New York" 1863 token. Below is a picture of a non-dug example:
This was from less than 2 hours, so the takeaway is that I need to revisit every one of my old sites and retrace every step! Some of the yard permissions will also be exciting since ground mineralization made whole sections impossible to detect and there may be some very nice finds if the Deus can cut through that too. My long-term goal is to try and master the depth capabilities of the Deus too, but for now I have a lot of sites to rework!
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