Got out to a park I've pounded hard in the past where I found an 1870s harness buckle guard and a few other things which were all deep and at the edge of detection range. Dug LOTS of holes today and got duped by many large bent nails and wire coils.
But I got 1 really beautiful consistent deep sounding signal. Took a while to get down to depth, but at about 11 inches I found a neat old pocket knife!
Equipment:
Minelab: CTX 3030, GPX 4800, X-Terra 705. Whites TDI SL.
2024: Silver 1, Gold 0
Best finds: 28 silver dime spill, 1800s Dutch customs seal.
Oldest/best coins: Late 1700's Chinese Cash Coin, 1837 Upper Canada large cent, 1877 Seated Dime
Oldest Relic find: 1800 Sailors Luck token
You Tube: Rediscovering America
Quote: Treasures are like potato chips, you can never have just one!
Neat find! Bent nails.....the bane of all detectorists.
Oldest find: 5,000 year old copper spearhead
Oldest coin: 1699 William III halfpenny
Purdiest coin: 1832 Capped Bust quarter
Coolest find: USA button with blue threads still on shank
"He who would search for pearls must dive below."
Looks like your gonna like that machine Chris . Bent nails fool almost every machine out there . congrats
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so don't expect it from cheap people"
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So true about the nails. Just didn't figure there were so many of them!Originally Posted by del
Equipment:
Minelab: CTX 3030, GPX 4800, X-Terra 705. Whites TDI SL.
2024: Silver 1, Gold 0
Best finds: 28 silver dime spill, 1800s Dutch customs seal.
Oldest/best coins: Late 1700's Chinese Cash Coin, 1837 Upper Canada large cent, 1877 Seated Dime
Oldest Relic find: 1800 Sailors Luck token
You Tube: Rediscovering America
Quote: Treasures are like potato chips, you can never have just one!
nice find
Best finds GW Button and John Adams Cufflink.
Trust in the Lord...
They sure are. Bane to every machine, esp flat stock iron. Hit that flat stock and I can get a repeatable dime signal only to be disappointed. Bent nails at least are small enough in the sweep pattern that to me just seems like either a bent nail or a really iffy target. So, since I don't bother, I may be actually giving up a few finds but ignoring them.
Few of my nicer Shoe buckles sounded like a bent nail or worse , you pass them up and your leaving them for someone else Jim .
"Honesty is an expensive gift ,
so don't expect it from cheap people"
XP Deus II , DFX ,TDI sl -
Click here to view my finds album
I did get one other copper item, sort of looks like a top bezel off a ring that would have held a good sized oval stone. Hit that at about 10 inches as well. But it's pretty corroded and have to try a heavy cleaning to maybe got any idea. Most likely going to be another whatsit.
Equipment:
Minelab: CTX 3030, GPX 4800, X-Terra 705. Whites TDI SL.
2024: Silver 1, Gold 0
Best finds: 28 silver dime spill, 1800s Dutch customs seal.
Oldest/best coins: Late 1700's Chinese Cash Coin, 1837 Upper Canada large cent, 1877 Seated Dime
Oldest Relic find: 1800 Sailors Luck token
You Tube: Rediscovering America
Quote: Treasures are like potato chips, you can never have just one!
Pocket knives are always a neat find. Yours looks to be in pretty good shape.
V3i- Prism IV- Pro Pointer
2020 GOAL: Any Flowing Hair coin
TOTAL 100 YEAR OLD COINS - -280
2020:
Silver: 11
Oldest U.S. Copper - 1795 Liberty Cap
Oldest U.S. Silver - 1829 Capped Bust Dime extra large 10C
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I dug a bent nail today.
Seems like you're learning that machine!
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It's a nice start Chris!
It sounds like your already learning it's little nuances.
Congrats on the knife!
Ahh yes, the bent nail.The detectorists Achilles heel!
Some days you get the corn, some days you get the cob
Oldest coin: 70 B.C. "Harlow Flyer" gold qtr. Stater
Oldest U.S. coin: 1814 Capped Bust Dime
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