Mayo South Elgin
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- Joined
- Feb 5, 2007
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- 383
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- Location
- South Elgin IL
- Detector(s) used
- MineLab
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
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I told Tim we gotta hit the woods before they're too overgrown so after weighing the three local options, we decided on C - as in A, B, C or C for Calcium carbonate. All over the hillsides were chunks of calcium that looked like lava rocks. It had a strange effect on my detector - in some places it completely nulled or blanked out (which may just have been heavy iron concentration also)
and in other areas it would give me false signals. Those short high pitched chirps that scream SILVER but then they get clipped or lost entirely. I'm learning to dig these kinds of signals when I want to find nails. Especially DEEP nails.
It was a beautiful day to be digging in the woods. Fortunately I only spied two condom wrappers and one lube tube in 4 1/2 hours. The shooting gallery coughed up some brass and some lead for me and I also got half of a tin that was maybe for sardines or rations or tobacco - or maybe it was for ammo.
Silver has been eluding me so far this year with the exception of the ring a couple weeks ago.
Todays oldies have temporarily satisfied me though - the 1874 Indian head penny is real crisp and the 1912 D V-nickel only has a small amount of the typical surface pitting. Maybe the calcium in the ground is easier on these kinds of coins.
At one point I got a loud signal and it sounded really good. I dug down carefully, put the probe in and located the target. Wow - this is the fattest "fattie" I've ever seen! Once I got it cleaned off it became clear that it was actually 3 memorial cents welded together with corrosion. That would have made a good video. The great signal, the excitement of the dig, and the let down of the reality that mem cents are going to plague me forever regardless of where I hunt!
Anyone here read Chinese or Japanese? I don't know if they're right side up or upside down in the photo, but it's on the bottom of a piece of a cup or bowl.
and in other areas it would give me false signals. Those short high pitched chirps that scream SILVER but then they get clipped or lost entirely. I'm learning to dig these kinds of signals when I want to find nails. Especially DEEP nails.
It was a beautiful day to be digging in the woods. Fortunately I only spied two condom wrappers and one lube tube in 4 1/2 hours. The shooting gallery coughed up some brass and some lead for me and I also got half of a tin that was maybe for sardines or rations or tobacco - or maybe it was for ammo.
Silver has been eluding me so far this year with the exception of the ring a couple weeks ago.
Todays oldies have temporarily satisfied me though - the 1874 Indian head penny is real crisp and the 1912 D V-nickel only has a small amount of the typical surface pitting. Maybe the calcium in the ground is easier on these kinds of coins.
At one point I got a loud signal and it sounded really good. I dug down carefully, put the probe in and located the target. Wow - this is the fattest "fattie" I've ever seen! Once I got it cleaned off it became clear that it was actually 3 memorial cents welded together with corrosion. That would have made a good video. The great signal, the excitement of the dig, and the let down of the reality that mem cents are going to plague me forever regardless of where I hunt!
Anyone here read Chinese or Japanese? I don't know if they're right side up or upside down in the photo, but it's on the bottom of a piece of a cup or bowl.
