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.

 

[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.

 

[AusTexDude]

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

That'd be nice lol

 

[AusTexDude]

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

4 to 6 inches... problem is, it's all rocks. Can only use a screwdriver to dig.

 

[AusTexDude]

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.

It is a little bit of a wash. The targets are so thick when I run my detector over an area it's just all tones, not counting the iron tones.

 

[desertgolddigger]

That'd be nice lol

Totally amazing!

 

[ncsuwolf]

Hands and knees with pinpointer and screwdriver. Let us know the outcome in 12-18 months

 

[1637]

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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what numbers are most of the good stuff coming up as? i have days that i dont dig anything from 0 to 45. what a great place,good luck,thanks

 

[AusTexDude]

Hands and knees with pinpointer and screwdriver. Let us know the outcome in 12-18 months

More like 12-18 years... some areas I have cleaned fairly well and can hardly find a signal. I'm over 75 lbs of lead, a few pounds of brass mostly screws, few pounds of copper, over 5 lbs of pull tabs, 35 rings, 5 being gold, 13 silver, various other jewelry.

 

[AusTexDude]

what numbers are most of the good stuff coming up as? i have days that i dont dig anything from 0 to 45. what a great place,good luck,thanks

Thing is... gold rings can ring up from a 14 all the way to 50 because they are alloys. The more silver plus the density of the ring is going to make it ring higher. The sweet spot for gold being around the nickel range of 26 on the Legend. Most pull tabs ring in around 28 but the variations are vast.

 

[AusTexDude]

Just to do a path as wide as my detector sweep moving uphill from bottom to top will take 2 days.

 

[cudamark]

4 to 6 inches... problem is, it's all rocks. Can only use a screwdriver to dig.

Wait for a good rain and then go over the area with a good quality detecting spade to break it up. Maybe rent a backhoe or dozer with a ripper to break up the ground.