The Sheer Number of Targets Can Get Overwhelming Sometimes

[AusTexDude]

Here is a place I detect. In that red square I marked I found to be the densest area of buried metals. I'm talking 5 or more signals per square foot. Problem is, a pull ring tab can range anywhere from 17 if it's a half a beaver tail, all the way to 36 if it's a modern tab.

It literally sounds like a monkey playing the keyboard when I run my detector over the area. I have been avoiding it but I know there has to be like 100 rings in there. I have pulled well over 10,000 targets out of this site and have not even scratched the surface.

 

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[AusTexDude]

I should have made the square much bigger. This whole area is infested with 75 years of pull tabs, sinkers, and screws

 

[ncsuwolf]

Only one thing to do…..start digging

 

[pepperj]

I should have made the square much bigger. This whole area is infested with 75 years of pull tabs, sinkers, and screws

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Can you give us a sense what dimensions the big red square actually is?

 

[AusTexDude]

Can you give us a sense what dimensions the big red square actually is?

About 140 feet by 180 feet which is about 25,000 square feet @ 5 targets/foot

 

[ncsuwolf]

About 140 feet by 180 feet which is about 25,000 square feet @ 5 targets/foot

To quote capt quint……you’re going to need a bigger shovel.

 

[Limitool]

To quote capt quint……you’re going to need a bigger shovel.

Or a couple of hired trusted diggers....!

 

[cudamark]

How deep is the metal layer? Might be better to scoop and sift.

 

[desertgolddigger]

Looks like a wash of some kind. I'm wondering if there's a town or possibly a rest area near a road crossing/bridge. People always toss junk, and it will move down stream like anything else. If that's a wash, dig on the inside of the bend, and sift with half inch screen. Detect as you go. Maybe farther down you'll hit something worthwhile.