parkgt
Full Member
- Feb 19, 2013
- 183
- 63
- Detector(s) used
- NOX 800, XP Deus, previous CTX and 705
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Thanks to a great deal deal from Bart at Big Boy Hobbies I got a Deus to go with the CTX he sold me.
Over the last three weeks a small 40' by 60' front yard of a family members 1902 house has yielded a bunch of stuff to a 705 with a "Digger" coil and the CTX. The coin haul included 31 Wheats, 3 Mercs, 1 Silver Rosie, a 1901 Barber dime, a very nice 1905 Indian an some neat relics. The Minelabs went over this yard for well over 20 hours and that included the 17" CTX coil.
I have only had the Deus two weeks with much to learn. I decided to give 4 hKz a try; 3 Tones, Disc 5, Reactivity 1, Silencer 0, and most everything notched except silver.
After a half hour sweep of a third of the yard I was beginning to think there was nothing good left when I got a faint quick sweet note that repeated 2 ways. The numbers bounced all over from the low 90s down into the 70s with only a small sliver on the right side of the horseshoe.
In other places I may not have persisted in trying to figure out this signal, but took the advice to trust ones ears. Pinpointing gave the small narrow blip that usually indicates a coin. A dig to 7" inches revealed a 1942 Merc in nice condition.
Put the plug back in over the dime and the 705 Digger also yielded a signal and numbers that probably would not have been dug. I will now be trusting my ears more and the screen less.
Luck, persistence or the magic of the Deus?
Over the last three weeks a small 40' by 60' front yard of a family members 1902 house has yielded a bunch of stuff to a 705 with a "Digger" coil and the CTX. The coin haul included 31 Wheats, 3 Mercs, 1 Silver Rosie, a 1901 Barber dime, a very nice 1905 Indian an some neat relics. The Minelabs went over this yard for well over 20 hours and that included the 17" CTX coil.
I have only had the Deus two weeks with much to learn. I decided to give 4 hKz a try; 3 Tones, Disc 5, Reactivity 1, Silencer 0, and most everything notched except silver.
After a half hour sweep of a third of the yard I was beginning to think there was nothing good left when I got a faint quick sweet note that repeated 2 ways. The numbers bounced all over from the low 90s down into the 70s with only a small sliver on the right side of the horseshoe.
In other places I may not have persisted in trying to figure out this signal, but took the advice to trust ones ears. Pinpointing gave the small narrow blip that usually indicates a coin. A dig to 7" inches revealed a 1942 Merc in nice condition.
Put the plug back in over the dime and the 705 Digger also yielded a signal and numbers that probably would not have been dug. I will now be trusting my ears more and the screen less.
Luck, persistence or the magic of the Deus?