So CC (Catskill Comics) told me 2 weeks ago that he was hooking up a hunt with coinnut and del, so I was looking forward to it. CC did all the research, emailed me the map and really did the due dilligence!
I however, did not expect the day to begin at 5:30 am, so I let them handle the sunrise and I joined them at ~ 8:30. Actually I caught them leaving the 1st location as the grass was too long. We headed to location #2 (of at least 4 of 5).
When we got there, I wanted to check out a trashy area with the lowered variability setting so when coinnuit found his walker, I was quite a ways away. He had 4 silvers in the 1st 15 minutes! I had nothing until about 11 am when I did find a merc hiding in the iron. Yup i had been over the spot before but the new settings revealed her.
I listened to at least 1 pre-dig signal coinnut encountered, just for the learning....clear as a bell to me. Wish I had listened to the wlaker which was much deeper.
After a few more hours, I decided to alter my open screen as I couldn't listen to the blam of iron anymore, so I switched to conductive and went to 22 IM. Soon after, I hit another merc. Then another setting change to ferrous and I hit the barber
. They have been hard to come by this year for me.
Anyway, I also found 7 or 8 wheaties, some religious items, a musketball , a watch buckle, a tag, and the IH penny. Of course some large copper items as well. Not much clad, maybe 1 or 2 pieces. All in all, not a bad day for me. Yesterday on a short hunt, i found a 46 rosie so I am at 29 silver coins YTD.
It was really cool hanging out with other forum members and learning from them. I was really impressed that they had driven all night, immediately began hunting and never stopped. I thought we might soon move, but at 4:30 pm, CC literally threw in the towel! I didn't see del for about an hour and thought he may be back at the truck resting, however, that was not the case. There were resilliant; glad their no hockey opponents! These guys have some serious staying power
; if they were professional fighters, they'd be ready for 50 rounds!
Anyway, Scott and I hope to go out their way and hunt with them in their terrain (actually, I am originally from MA)
If you generally hunt alone, you should go out with someone else, it's a rush to watch someone else find something because it lets you know what is really there. I rarely hunt alone....just not as interesting.
CheersAaron
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Starting the hunt at 5:30 in the morning is nothing to Dan and George. Now you know why relics are never safe from them. lol
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