Silver streak continues....10 hunts straight!

[Scrappy]

Hunted all over and my game plan fell apart. I thought I had found the edge of a filled pond but all I hit were two wheats. Hunted two hours and got a 12-44 on my CTX. Pinpointed and it jumped up to 12-45. Dug out a frozen clump and there it was 5" down.

1927 Merc.

2015 is off to a great start with 10 silvers and also 10 straight trips in a row scoring silver totaling 13 overall.

 

[Pointman]

The CTX loves silver for sure.

My machine has found 8 this year. 6 for me and 2 for someone else. Perhaps by the end of the weekend I can catch up to you. Congrats and keep it up.

 

[Scrappy]

Ok this is getting ridiculous bro! First off I hope your T2 did not hear you just now....cause it will be super pissed. But here's the ninjas thoughts on things. I think machines can certainly thrive depending upon the conditions. Vino hunts places that have a million targets. So he uses a Deus because it's like a machine gun in the trash. The T2 SE is perfect for the middle of nowhere sites that I hunt. I am far away from electricity and I'm in areas that normally aren't too trashy. I'm also looking for targets that can be 350 years old. They tend to be very deep. The T2 run wide open deeeeeeeep as hell. Nobody can dispute that. The CTX is said to be incredible at sniffing out silver coins and also gives much more stable vdi's than the T2 SE, especially at depth. All I know is that you're killing it and I hope it continues. I also know that I've found some super old and super deep stuff that I believe very very few machines would have hit. So basically all is right in the universe and this is gonna be an INCREDIBLE season. But now I got some catching up to do :-)

Abe, in the middle of nowhere I reach for the T2. I found that 1685 James 2nd coin 11" down I believe. Rang in as a 78. I'm not sure what would have happened with the CTX.

I use the CTX, and for that matter bought it, for the trashy ferrous garbage parks that I hit 90% of the time. I realized I love detecting but haven't much time for long hunts with two little ones. I'm lucky if I get an hour to hunt so trashy local parks is all I have time to hunt. I take days off from work when I hunt the old & far spots. Then it's T2 time!

Anyway, every day detecting is a blessing as I'm sure many on here understand. Feast or famine (6 weeks without a silver for me last sept/oct) we all share a common bond of the outdoors, a bit of dreaming, half-full glasses, and dirty dirty dirt. I'm stoked to have this streak, but pulling anything from the ground is awesome!

 

[Doc Arey]

Keep it up!

 

[mnixon]

GO SCRAPPY GO ...maybe a nice piece of gold will interrupt your streak !!

 

[Scrappy]

GO SCRAPPY GO ...maybe a nice piece of gold will interrupt your streak !!

Um....yeah, no thanks. If rather go for #11 and skip those lame gold coins

 

[Metal Illness]

OK Scrappy, I threw down the Gauntlet of my streak of 10 and you answered!!!!!!!! Now set the bar for us all to chase. Great going buddy, i hope it keeps going for you!! Will be watching to see! Big Congrats!

 

[Scrappy]

I also found a 1915 and 1919 wheat in great condition. I soaked them and was very surprised. I'll clean 'em up and take a snap to post.

 

[Ahab8]

I also found a 1915 and 1919 wheat in great condition. I soaked them and was very surprised. I'll clean 'em up and take a snap to post.

Just how bad is the digging there bud? Last February I was out with a hatchet in the woods. But it has been so cold this winter that I can barely chip the top.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Your off to a great start.

 

[Scrappy]

Just how bad is the digging there bud? Last February I was out with a hatchet in the woods. But it has been so cold this winter that I can barely chip the top.

Abe it's pretty brutal. The last few days the ground hasn't been frozen as "hard" but everything still comes out as chips and blocks. On average it's frozen 4-5" by me.

 

[Scrappy]

Here are those wheats I pulled. Compared to the ones I usually pull these are in great shape. Just wish it were a 1914-D or 1909 vdb-s

 

[WHADIFIND]

Just how bad is the digging there bud? Last February I was out with a hatchet in the woods. But it has been so cold this winter that I can barely chip the top.

Time to break out that electric blanket. Just let it thaw out the ground for you and you at least can dig a hole to cure the itch.

Hang in there!

 

[NJ Garrett]

Congrats Scrappy!

I agree with previous posts. No one gets a 10- streak without off-the-charts tenacity. You're out there chipping blocks long after I threw in the towel until the spring thaw.

Way to go!

Kev

 

[park pirate]

Nice merc..

 

[RobRieman]

10 straight is one killer streak Scrappy!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

What ever it is Scrappy, Go with IT, congrats!

 

[MackDog]

Is it the CTX or the places you haunt or you

The CTX helps and so does the places you hunt, but the most important is how you search

 

[Scrappy]

The CTX helps and so does the places you hunt, but the most important is how you search

absolutely. How do yu search through 12-18" of snow? Lol

 

[Scrappy]

Man, I was looking today and realized I have not hunted since the 23rd. Lord help me! I need to go to detectorist's anonymous!

16 days without a hunt. And there's 5" of snow on the ground covered by 1/4" of ice. Noooooooo!

 

[Pointman]

I just found my tenth silver for the year today. All but 2 had been at places that I've hunt before. The one today was in a 2 foot wide easement that I had hunted before and I'm surprised I had missed it.

The key is that I am now running my CTX wide open and listening to the faint sounds and barely moving the coil to pick past the nails and junk. I have been digging a lot more nails, but also a lot more coins because of this. I dug a silver quarter last week and I had been over the spot 2-3 times before and I couldn't hardly tel it was there and it was only about 4 inches deep. The CTX is a great machine, but it has limitations in areas where there are nails.

I've found silver in about 6 of my last 9 hunts.