Old Clock on Old Homestead

[MeanGene]

So this is my first post on the board.

Very excited to enter into this new hobby. I have ventured out the past couple of weeks to a few cellar holes.

One HOMESTEAD in particular brought up this old clock i found placed under a stone.
Using my ACE250 I noticed the stone because of its odd placement at the foot of a tree, seemed strange as there were no other stones naturally around it. Upon scanning with the ACE it immediately LIGHT UP like christmas. I knew for sure there was something under the rock.

Underneath was what you see here. There was no faceplate or any glass.

Also pictured are some wheaties, as you guys call them. Oldest from 1920 & 1921. Found in my backyard.


I have a question for you guys....

My ACE is set to COIN with about 4-5 bars of sensitivity and as you can see from the picture it is finding MORE NAILS than anything else. I can determine it is a nail with the pinpoint function and can trace its shape with this function. But from reading through this forum for the last month I have seen you guys say DIG EVERY TARGET. I am starting to think I am just using the wrong machine....

Is it normal for the ACE250 to be ringing on NAILS this much? Any way to get around this?


ALSO ANYONE FROM MASSACHUSETTS HERE?

Thanks.
GENE

 

[spartacus53]

Welcome to the site! I also use an Ace 250 and it took me about a year to get used to it. You can turn the sensitivity down to 4 bars. I normally hunt in the all coin mode and when at the beach I go to a 3 sensitivity. Practice with a few coins on the floor and get used to the distinct rings that will also help. I started last year with little results as I did not practice often enough. This year I have had some interesting finds. Remember pull tabs can be gold!!!

 

[sscindercoop]

Welcome.

 

[Montana Jim]

Welcome to T-Net! Looks like one of my days of hunting.

 

[MeanGene]

Thanks for the tips.

I am easily frustrated by I am sticking to my guns.

Alot of the cellar holes I have found are in terrible shape. Fallen over, heavily wooded, ferns.
Makes for hard searching and frustrating digging when all I get is nails... Haha.

 

[Evan/tn]

keep at it and you will be digging treasure before long!!!

 

[dfx willy]

cool clock!!! sounds like you have some intresting sites to hunt. as far as the ace 250 goes dont no anything about them but im sure someone does here. willy.

 

[allen]

welcome to tnet !!
wtg on that neat old clock !!
I actually enjoy finding the old square nails.
I keep my sensitivity on 4 bars.

 

[Michaelangelo]

Welcome!! Bet you dug a lot of holes for all those nails. Still fun though-heh?

 

[vermonster]

Welcome to the world of MD Its alot of fun ! You need a buddy 2 go with .My brother ''Hogge'' got me started last year .I live in the Green Mt. state but We go alot in western mass. I havent got the courage to go in the woods up here bymyself yet but I do have a big farm up here so I MD in my own yard alot Hey GOOD LUCK !

 

[civilman1]

Thanks for the tips.

I am easily frustrated by I am sticking to my guns.

Alot of the cellar holes I have found are in terrible shape. Fallen over, heavily wooded, ferns.
Makes for hard searching and frustrating digging when all I get is nails... Haha.

That's why you have to stick to your gun's MG....Sound's and look's like you are cleaning the place up for all the good stuff.Best of Luck and keep at it,I know it can get frustrating at time's but when that first Large Cent or Silver show's up......That's when you are HOOKED.Keep at it

 

[titan]

get all those nails out of the way and the good stuff will start to show its self, by the looks of your finds there should be some large cents and indians and some silver there it will show up soon.

 

[slimpickens]

i BET THE CLOCK REALLY HAD THE 250 SINGING

 

[MeanGene]

Thanks for all the replies!

The CLOCK really had the 250 singing loudly as a matter of fact. The minute i heard the chimes it was making I knew 100% sure I had some interesting below it. No mistaking that sound!!!!

SOmeones suggestion of a buddy is a great idea. Someone who I can go around with.

DFX Willy has just offered to come take a roadtrip out here in WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS and show me the ropes...

Thanks.
GENE

 

[hogge]

Gene, I have a Prism IV and turn my sensitivity all the way up when I'm at an old cellar hole. You will pick up deeper targets, but will also pick up more iron targets. I have heard that the Ace 250 is a great machine. I have learned on the Prism IV to distinguish by the tone, and reaction on my readout scale, which is a good target, and which is not. Sometimes you have to dig those iffy signals, that are real deep. As you dig your plug, and are now closer to the target, you can once again determine whether or not to continue. That's how I do it. If you are at an old cellar hole, and don't see signs of previous detecting, there will usually be some good finds there. GOOD LUCK. I am in Pittsfield. "The Hoggester"