tabman
Bronze Member
I took the Cibola out for an early morning swing to beat the heat. I arrived at the site at 6:15 only to find that the grass hadn't been cut like I was told it would be, so I went down the street where I've found those silver half dollars to see if there was anything else left.
I didn't find any silver, but I did find a few more clad coins and a couple of wheat pennies. Finally I said what the heck, I'm going to swing my coil over that tall grass on the lot down the street to see what I can find.
My second target was a 1943 War Nickel. Most places the grass was about 4 inches above the dirt, so I really had to pay attention to those faint audio signals. I heard a faint soft whisper in the discriminate mode and then switched to all metal and I was still hearing the faint whisper. I dug down into the dirt about 5 inches or so and popped a 1942 Mercury Dime.
I also found 6 more wheat pennies and few clad coins. I know that this yard has more silver in it, but the heat, high humidity and tall wet grass from a heavy dew was taking its toll on me. So, at a little before 9:00 o'clock I decided to head for the house and wait for the grass to be cut, before going back to that site.
My settings were: discrimination was set just high enough to discriminate out nails, a slight hum on the threshold, a little negative on the ground balance and full sensitivity. Coil: NEL Sharpshooter.
On my way home I found another place to detect, but from the looks of the ground I won't be detecting there until we get some rain. The ground is getting rock hard!
tabman
I didn't find any silver, but I did find a few more clad coins and a couple of wheat pennies. Finally I said what the heck, I'm going to swing my coil over that tall grass on the lot down the street to see what I can find.
My second target was a 1943 War Nickel. Most places the grass was about 4 inches above the dirt, so I really had to pay attention to those faint audio signals. I heard a faint soft whisper in the discriminate mode and then switched to all metal and I was still hearing the faint whisper. I dug down into the dirt about 5 inches or so and popped a 1942 Mercury Dime.
I also found 6 more wheat pennies and few clad coins. I know that this yard has more silver in it, but the heat, high humidity and tall wet grass from a heavy dew was taking its toll on me. So, at a little before 9:00 o'clock I decided to head for the house and wait for the grass to be cut, before going back to that site.
My settings were: discrimination was set just high enough to discriminate out nails, a slight hum on the threshold, a little negative on the ground balance and full sensitivity. Coil: NEL Sharpshooter.
On my way home I found another place to detect, but from the looks of the ground I won't be detecting there until we get some rain. The ground is getting rock hard!
tabman
