bob_e99
04-25-2013, 02:32 PM
I managed to hit two sites today and while I didn't get a whole lot of stuff, it was varied enough to make it enjoyable.
The first site I hit has (like everywhere of late) been well detected but out of a mess of shredded cans and pop tops I was able to pull out a silver rosie. I bought a CTX over the winter and have been going back and forth between that and the e-trac. Up until now I really haven't seen a huge difference but I'm not sure the E-trac would have picked up the dime in this trash. Maybe my son (Z118) could have done it but I think in this case the CTX was good for me. I picked up a few clad quarters and some dimes before heading out to my second site.
The second site I hit had just been detected with a couple of dozen fresh holes (probably from this morning as this didn't show any signs of the rain we had last night). I stayed because I was hitting some nickels and a few dimes. Apparently the previous detectorist suffers from the same inability that I had last year in not recognizing the nickel tones. I'm doing much better in that area this year. In any case, I'm glad that I stayed because under this big root I got a really nice signal and pulled out a 1798 draped bust large cent. It's not in great shape and I nicked it trying to get it out from under the root :crying02: but with the sparsity of finds this year, it made my day if not week.
Thanks for looking and good hunting.
The first site I hit has (like everywhere of late) been well detected but out of a mess of shredded cans and pop tops I was able to pull out a silver rosie. I bought a CTX over the winter and have been going back and forth between that and the e-trac. Up until now I really haven't seen a huge difference but I'm not sure the E-trac would have picked up the dime in this trash. Maybe my son (Z118) could have done it but I think in this case the CTX was good for me. I picked up a few clad quarters and some dimes before heading out to my second site.
The second site I hit had just been detected with a couple of dozen fresh holes (probably from this morning as this didn't show any signs of the rain we had last night). I stayed because I was hitting some nickels and a few dimes. Apparently the previous detectorist suffers from the same inability that I had last year in not recognizing the nickel tones. I'm doing much better in that area this year. In any case, I'm glad that I stayed because under this big root I got a really nice signal and pulled out a 1798 draped bust large cent. It's not in great shape and I nicked it trying to get it out from under the root :crying02: but with the sparsity of finds this year, it made my day if not week.
Thanks for looking and good hunting.