...I take a day off work and you think there would be relaxing? I was busy until 10p which is why I post today. Yesterday I got out with Lou and Drew out to some cellar holes to a place Drew checked Monday. There were about five or so cellar holes there. Anyone know why there would be a 40-50 ft section of a wall doubled thick, unlike the rest? When I disappeared from Lou and Drew and went about, I covered a large area but not very thoroughly. I ended up finding some big piece of metal in an old logging trail without the use of a detector. It was right on the top at the removed section of the wall and seems like it could have been a part from a big logging truck.
I thought I had a good signal once, but it was caused by nearby iron. Once I pulled out the wagon wheel, the good signal (that was near but not on top of the iron) was gone. There were two other ‘good’ signals I had to give up on. One was large, but under three different roots, all crisscrossing. Both I just could not get out but were so big I just covered the hole back up.
I started out near the biggest cellar hole where it seemed to have some large square rock frame in the ground. Maybe some large hearth? I found some early 1900's cosmetic case, and if you haven't realized this story is not sequential. I was near Drew by a cellar hole when he found his first copper and tombac. Right on the edge of the hole I found a big ornate piece. It’s possibly a decoration from a door or side of a carriage. When Drew found his second copper, I went over it with my machine at each step of clearing and digging he went through. It didn’t seem like a clear signal to me, and maybe thinking from the recent parks I visited with steady signals being junk I was trying to apply it to a cellar hole dig... obvi not a good thing to do.
Afterward I went near where I saw a hole in a field boundary wall. I realized it was intentional, and not something removed by logging. I saw some bear scat and deer scat and happened to actually swing somewhat near it (like a foot away). It was the location I was checking, not because what was on top of the ground. I did get a hit, and it was not clear, but it was like the one checking with Drew. I most likely would have passed it up. And to think I would have passed it up, yet my other copper was right near iron and I didn't pass on that one?? I did scratch it while digging. It was shallower than I thought. Also, while out, I realized I should do two things. Not only null where the is no signal for pinpointing to determine the detect area (to pinpoint and see if possible trash), but to also null on the outer halo to get a more precise location. Here are the pics. Drew's CT copper rang up as somewhere around 100 (like a dime.. solid copper pennies are 88-90, but the larger size accounts for a larger reading) and his other copper was high 80's like a solid copper penny. My coin rang up as 56-58 like a zincoln. I also found a large and baby ox shoe.
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http://www.americandetectorist.com/f...m-Join-the-Fun
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) ...sometimes I scrape that green coating off, wet the coin, then details emerge. Sometimes it makes it worse, but in this case worse wouldn't be too bad 
Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew
. I didn't happen to notice any steps but I do know it was pretty much at the middle of the side facing the old road. It was no more than a few inches in the ground and literally within a few inches of the foundation rocks. 
