Digger_O'Dell
New member
Hi all,
Wow, what a blustery morning to be detecting! It had stormed out much of the night and the temperature dropped right before the sun came out. Once I made it t the church yard just after daylight it had dropped to about 34 degrees and the wind was howling at a steady 40+ MPH! But I decided to give it a shot anyway, and before long I got a strong signal that popped out a plumbing part, and soon after half a lead wheel weight-what the heck??
I was getting cold quick and was thinking about heading home after only 15 minutes when I got a really short high tone. I figured it was just another false signal coming off a nail or other iron that I get a lot of, but as always I check for repeatability in both directions. Sure enough-it was iffy and very feint, and iron on both sides. Almost didn't dig it as it showed a 10" depth and it was so sporadic, but triggered the high tone in every direction. Sure enough, about 10" down and under a really big old rusty nail a first year 1946 Rosie!
Soon after at about the same depth and maybe 2 feet away I pulled up a crusty wheatie. I couldn't get a date off it until after multiple baths in the ultrasonic cleaner, and it turned out to be a pretty nice 1937!
Only stuck around another few minutes more, long enough to dig a clad dime. That's when I decided I was freezing my cajones off and I had better head for home. Tomorrow is another day, and I might hit the old factory site where I used to work.
Wow, what a blustery morning to be detecting! It had stormed out much of the night and the temperature dropped right before the sun came out. Once I made it t the church yard just after daylight it had dropped to about 34 degrees and the wind was howling at a steady 40+ MPH! But I decided to give it a shot anyway, and before long I got a strong signal that popped out a plumbing part, and soon after half a lead wheel weight-what the heck??
I was getting cold quick and was thinking about heading home after only 15 minutes when I got a really short high tone. I figured it was just another false signal coming off a nail or other iron that I get a lot of, but as always I check for repeatability in both directions. Sure enough-it was iffy and very feint, and iron on both sides. Almost didn't dig it as it showed a 10" depth and it was so sporadic, but triggered the high tone in every direction. Sure enough, about 10" down and under a really big old rusty nail a first year 1946 Rosie!
Soon after at about the same depth and maybe 2 feet away I pulled up a crusty wheatie. I couldn't get a date off it until after multiple baths in the ultrasonic cleaner, and it turned out to be a pretty nice 1937!
Only stuck around another few minutes more, long enough to dig a clad dime. That's when I decided I was freezing my cajones off and I had better head for home. Tomorrow is another day, and I might hit the old factory site where I used to work.
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