Shooting Silver In The Barrel

[Ricardo_NY1]

That is sort of what it felt like today. I decided to stay away from the spot where I found the SLQ this past weekend until tomorrow so Tom and I can go over it together, so the idea was to move around from place to place. Each and every spot I went to spit out a coin or two. I think almost two hours went by before I got the first, and kept thinking it wasn't going to be as productive a day, but once the ball rolled, it just kept on rolling. I started the day at around 9am, had four by 1:30ish pm, had eight by 3ish, and from that point, I was concentrating on getting one more to set a personal best (Over 8 ). I managed about three or four on video, so I'll be making one tonight. My only regret was not getting more of it on film.........Instead I ended up with lots of clad and junk getting caught on camera. I ended the day at 4:30 with a total of 11.
I wil say that the Explorer armed with an 8" coil seems far more productive than with the stock. I've been doing alot better since I got that coil a couple of months ago. Photos enclosed.

 

[kimsdad]

Holy cow! Look at that! Another bevy of gorgeous Mercs!!!

You are killin' it, my man!!

A great bunch of silver - congrats!

 

[MrBling]

7 Mercs in one day
Great work

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Sounds like a good day Ricardo. Looking fwd to the video,i always enjoy them,
Jerry

 

[MT]

Veeeeeeery Nice
HH,
MT
Tom

 

[tymcmurray]

Nice coinage and great silver to clad ratio!

 

[extractor]

Wow nice digs

 

[49er]

on the merc's

 

[pistol perfect]

Amazing!!!!!!!

 

[nascarfan]

Nice Ricardo!!! Way ta go dude!!!!! I too use an Explorer XS! Could you tell me which coil that is that you are using? I might have to invest in one. Also, what are your settings on your machine? I run wide open in Ferrous mode, I think I've got both deep and fast turned on, gain is 6.........I can't remember the rest of my settings right off the cuff..........They are great machines though aren't they!!!! Nascarfan

 

[watercolor]

Ricardo, can you say "park robbery?"

That new coil (and of course, your superior detecting skill ) really did a wonderful job

Take care,
watercolor

 

[DougF]

Outstanding - what a day! Minelab ought to sponsor an exhibition match between you and CaptnSE on neutral territory. I know I'd pay admission just to watch. "The World Series of silver coin shooting".

 

[Mirage]

Sweet. You made a great haul. That's my best for a day - 11. And that was a long day.

What's the best merc of the bunch you found?

The 8" coil is great - I can detect much longer with it over the stock. Only thing I have found with it is I tend to get a little more falsing on that deep iron. You do loose a little depth but not much. I use the small coil about 50% of the time.

Bob

 

[wagbert]

Great job detecting! Nice silver haul! You must have pounds of the stuff by now. I am glad for you,
but please do us a favor and smile a little bit. You always look so serious. I enjoy your posts, and I wish you continued good luck MD'ing!

 

[oddcoins]

WOW man! 11 silver coins in one day! THAT'S AWESOME! The best I've ever done is 5 in one day.

My buddy Ron has an SE ~ he always uses the 8 inch coil ~ he loves it! He finds all kinds of good stuff with it!

 

[Detectingfreak]

Very awesome job on the silver!!!

 

[Captn SE]

Ricardo, your finds are getting better and better!!

11 silvers....Wow!!! Yes, the 8" coil holds its own, and exceeds the stock coil, especially in trashier areas.

Whatever you're doing, don't change a thing...you're in a zone, buddy!!

Nice Job!!

CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

RIGHT ON !!

 

[Mike95inNJ]

Wowsers!!! Your killing em. Ping on my friend. Great stuff.
Take care, Mike

 

[Ricardo_NY1]

Nice Ricardo!!! Way ta go dude!!!!! I too use an Explorer XS! Could you tell me which coil that is that you are using? I might have to invest in one. Also, what are your settings on your machine? I run wide open in Ferrous mode, I think I've got both deep and fast turned on, gain is 6.........I can't remember the rest of my settings right off the cuff..........They are great machines though aren't they!!!! Nascarfan

Conduct
Gain@7
Audio Normal
Manual Sens @24
Deep On
Variabilty at 8 and limits 10 That is the Minelab 8" coil, not the sunray (I heard the sunray coil is better)
Also, I've got the Iron Mask set at -6/Not the default pattern.

It's my understanding that deep and fast should not be turned on. I've managed to do well with both turned off.