Don in SJ
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I went out yesterday and even though the lawns and open areas are frozen solid like cement, the woods usually stay diggable if you have enough leaf litter on the ground and have something to break through a thin crust of frozen earth up to about 3 inches. Mostly the ground was only crusted in ice beneath the leaf litter.
So, after seeing that it was huntable yesterday, my son and I went out this afternoon to get some fresh air.
We were at a site that is horrible for iron hits but with the temperature hovering just at 32* he decided to use his Garrett ACE 250 in lieu of his Fisher CZ70, which acts up in below freezing temps.
We did get to do some comparisons between our detectors and his Garrett and his lack of a lot of hours with it in a heavy iron area showed, the ACE 250 was having trouble telling iron hits from iffy coin hits. Just a note for all you 250 users. My old Explorer XS, which I have a zillion hours
of useage with did not lie to me and everytime he called me over to compare readings, I got to say the bad news and was right every time, Iron or shotgun casing. 
Needless to say this was not a real good hunt, Dan found nothing other than a piece of lead and many shotgun casings. I had a bit better luck and got 3 buttons, all which appear to be in line age wise with when my 1724 Wood's Hibernia coin was lost, around 1800. The buttons, one a blow hole type and the other a cast and one largie all have no backmarks and appear 1790's and earlier.
No coins today, but this area has been very stingy in the oldies coming forth so we did enjoy the scenery, the ice on the river, and explored the one big cellarhole where bottle diggers left some nasty reminders of their work.
The keyhole cover I found on Saturday while checking out the area for digability.
HH
Don
So, after seeing that it was huntable yesterday, my son and I went out this afternoon to get some fresh air.
We were at a site that is horrible for iron hits but with the temperature hovering just at 32* he decided to use his Garrett ACE 250 in lieu of his Fisher CZ70, which acts up in below freezing temps.
We did get to do some comparisons between our detectors and his Garrett and his lack of a lot of hours with it in a heavy iron area showed, the ACE 250 was having trouble telling iron hits from iffy coin hits. Just a note for all you 250 users. My old Explorer XS, which I have a zillion hours
of useage with did not lie to me and everytime he called me over to compare readings, I got to say the bad news and was right every time, Iron or shotgun casing. Needless to say this was not a real good hunt, Dan found nothing other than a piece of lead and many shotgun casings. I had a bit better luck and got 3 buttons, all which appear to be in line age wise with when my 1724 Wood's Hibernia coin was lost, around 1800. The buttons, one a blow hole type and the other a cast and one largie all have no backmarks and appear 1790's and earlier.
No coins today, but this area has been very stingy in the oldies coming forth so we did enjoy the scenery, the ice on the river, and explored the one big cellarhole where bottle diggers left some nasty reminders of their work.
The keyhole cover I found on Saturday while checking out the area for digability.
HH
Don
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