CyberSage
02-23-2011, 10:43 AM
Well, I have managed a few trips so far this year to local playgrounds to dig in the wood chips and find some clad, but the ground in the local parks has remained frozen solid. The temperatures have been in the 50's for a week now, and I thought I would head down to the city park by my house to check the ground. I had a couple of hours of sunlight left at the end of the day, so I loaded up the gear with hopes of finding an old coin at the park. I parked the car and grabbed my brass coin probe and headed for the grass. The probe pushed easily into the ground in multiple locations, The ground had thawed! :clapping:
I chose an area that I knew had a lot of trash and deep iron. I thought I would just hunt a straight line between a large cottonwood tree and cluster of trees made up of ceder and spruce. I have hunted this area well with the DFX in the past and a little with the V3. It always seems to give up new stuff each time I go, so I keep coming back.
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o187/CyberSageBH3300/2011%20Finds/Isite.jpg
I worked my way down to the group of trees, my only find being a part of an old Silver bracelet buried deeply at 7 inches or so. A large piece of rusty iron rested in the hole with it. The signal broke heavily, but the pin point felt good so I dug. As I approached the stand of trees I noticed the city workers had cleared all the brush from under the boughs. I quickly got under the tree and started to swing as best I could in the tight space. It was not long and I was rewarded with my first Keeper of the year.
FirstKeeper2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNYHAlFB0RE#)
The Indian Head is actually an 1896. My eyes don't work the way they used to I guess. I picked up a deep 1944 Wheat Penny on the pass back to the Cottonwood. My tme was used up for the day so I headed back to the house very happy to have a few keepers in my pouch. Here is a photo of the keepers after a warm soapy water bath.
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o187/CyberSageBH3300/2011%20Finds/Igroup.jpg
The old park has been good to me, and it is just a few blocks from my house. This gives me a chance to hunt in between the occasional weekend trips out. I am happy to be digging again. Life is good.
Jack
I chose an area that I knew had a lot of trash and deep iron. I thought I would just hunt a straight line between a large cottonwood tree and cluster of trees made up of ceder and spruce. I have hunted this area well with the DFX in the past and a little with the V3. It always seems to give up new stuff each time I go, so I keep coming back.
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o187/CyberSageBH3300/2011%20Finds/Isite.jpg
I worked my way down to the group of trees, my only find being a part of an old Silver bracelet buried deeply at 7 inches or so. A large piece of rusty iron rested in the hole with it. The signal broke heavily, but the pin point felt good so I dug. As I approached the stand of trees I noticed the city workers had cleared all the brush from under the boughs. I quickly got under the tree and started to swing as best I could in the tight space. It was not long and I was rewarded with my first Keeper of the year.
FirstKeeper2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNYHAlFB0RE#)
The Indian Head is actually an 1896. My eyes don't work the way they used to I guess. I picked up a deep 1944 Wheat Penny on the pass back to the Cottonwood. My tme was used up for the day so I headed back to the house very happy to have a few keepers in my pouch. Here is a photo of the keepers after a warm soapy water bath.
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o187/CyberSageBH3300/2011%20Finds/Igroup.jpg
The old park has been good to me, and it is just a few blocks from my house. This gives me a chance to hunt in between the occasional weekend trips out. I am happy to be digging again. Life is good.
Jack