Oooo....
Um, it's the CTX I think. I have hunted every inch of these parks with my T2 already. But then again maybe it was me not using my T2 right? What I know is I know a bunch of guys that have hammered these parks with their VLF's and missed them also. The soil here is just so ferrous and full of red clay.
Abe the ninja is going to hop in now and karate chop my post after this comment.
First of all, let me congratulate you on your current successful run! It is awesome by any standards!
But let me make a guess about the why. You said that this dime was down at about 5 inches, almost ANY modern
detector can punch that deep. Even with adverse conditions.
I believe it is mostly your skills allowing for these finds. Your detector might have helped in this particular soil condition but
it's still up to you to hear what it's trying to tell you. There are an awful lot of reasons that make it appear that an "obvious"
target has been missed by all those other times the place had been hunted. We then start to try to figure out how that could
be possible. The usual things that are considered are soil mineralization, type of detector, skill of the user, trash in the ground.
Here's a few that are not usually considered:
That there had been a piece of foil laying on top, masking the target until a wind came up and blew it off.
That the coin had been on edge to the surface and freezing/thawing caused it to lay flatter.
That there was a lessening of some sort of electrical interference, allowing the find to be detected.
That the nail that had been just over top the coin had finally rusted through.
That a dog had just done his duty right over top the coin and the target was still "moist".
And that is just a few off the top of my head. I am certain that others could contribute even more. LOL
This isn't directed specifically at you Scrappy, but rather something for others' to think about next time out.
WTG!
