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    AT Pro at the gun club site--3rd time

    Monday I took the AT Pro back to the park to see if any more old items where still in the ground from the 1880's-1940's gun club activities. There was !!!!!!!!!! thumbsup01 Still digging everything to get all the junk out of the way I came up with some nice items between the...
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    Where's Mel :huh:

    Haven't seen Mel's posts on here lately................... :dontknow: Hope he is Ok and just possibly on a extended outing, looking for outlaw caches. thumbsup01
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    AT Pro found silver !!!

    Short video on my hunt today with the Garrett AT Pro. AT Pro Finds More Silver
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    AT Pro at the gun club location --2

    Took the AT Pro to the old gun club location( now a public park) for about 3 hours. The gun club had shooting matches and picnics from the 1880's until the early or mid 1940's. I had dug some lead rifle bullets and a couple of old rifle casings from this section of the park grounds in the past...
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    Just finished 5th hunt with the F5

    Been on 3 outings since I last posted on the Fisher F5. thumbsup01 Learning the numbers and VDI screen setup and I like it very much. Really like the big numbers and rarely have to use the pinpoint mode--the coil is thin enough to get a good signal and while swinging back and forth move the coil...
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    My 2nd hunt with the F5

    Fisher F5 -- 2nd time out This morning I brought the F5, to 2 park areas, and at each one, did a quick scan of the totlot, then hit the grass areas. The F5 worked great in the totlot area, as I could get very close to the metal equipment with the thin width, 5 1/2 X 10 inch coil. I like the 4...
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    F5 VDI number test---coins

    Fisher F5-- coin VDI number tests tested an assortment of coins and tested multiples of each kind of coin COIN VDI Asst. Buffalo & Jefferson nickels----------------30 Asst. Indian Head cents------------------------58-60 Asst. 10's-30's wheat...
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    New test on gold items

    Tested a new gold item on my detectors and other gold items on them also. The new item is a US $1 gold coin--I cashed in my 1st 1/4-- 2011 clad finds, after cleaning them all up. :yes: If your DISC is set too high, look what you could be missing out on digging. :omg: :omg: 2 peso gold coin...
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    First Fisher F-Five Finds

    Got my F5 yesterday from my local dealer, at a small group hunt we had, and took it out this morning for it's 1st official hunt. Went to school SPARK PARK( SPARK PARK--schoolyard area where after school and weekends a fenced schoolyard area,with a totlot, is used as a public park)--- I know I...
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    New toy coming-- F5

    Ordered a Fisher F5 from my local dealer and hope to have it this weekend. 8) After I get it and do some trial searches and getting familiar with it a couple of days---I will post some reviews on it ---probably late next week sometime. :yes:
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    Hello Kitty--3 months end

    Got out to 3 park areas this morning for a 125 coin total of clad..no older ones. But had fun doing it anyways !!!!!!!!! :grin: Figured the clad totals up for YTD so far---------Jan- Mar 2150 clad coins----- $215.75 Ain't bad for a little excercise locating someone elses dropped coins...
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    Just clad today.....

    Got out this morning and searched the grass area in a favorite park of mine. I have hunted this park many many times over the years. I took the AT Pro to see what it could locate. No old coins today but did manage to get some clad coins to add to my total. About $5, to bring this years total...
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    Weekend searches

    Last Friday and Saturday I went out to 4 park areas on each day looking for lost coins. Hit the totlots 1st then searched the grass areas, afterwards, in each park I went to. Friday I retrieved almost $5.00 in clad, and Saturday got 131 coins and exactly $14.00 in clad. Among all the can slaw...
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    Only 88 coins this morning

    ...in 2 totlot areas. The park grounds keepers were mowing so I searched the totlots hard. Got a garbage disposal wrench, a gold plated faux diamonds ice cream cone charm and $8.89 worth of germ filled clad.
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    School back in session--regular park hunts

    Well last week the kids used the regular parks during their free time off on Spring Break. thumbsup01 I went to 3 parks this morning, hitting the woodchips, then the grass areas. In a little over 3 hours I retreived 106 coins,( $12.12 worth) also some assorted junk items, and a pair of plated...
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    Schoolyard hunts during Spring Break

    For the last 2 days I have been out searching the schoolyards and hunted at 6 school park areas. Since my old detector has a smaller coil and it can get closer to the metal poles and fence lines-----I used the IDX and 6 inch coil. 3 schools yesterday and 3 today--searched about an hour at each...
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    1880-1940 gun club location

    Took the AT Pro to a park area that used to be the location of a German gun club. They held picnics, competition shooting matches and general target practice there. A 8 foot tall hill of dirt with different targets placed all over the hill to shoot at, were used. As I was mostly looking for...
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    Playing King of the quarter Hill...

    Remember when you used to play King of the Hill on a dirt pile:huh: Some parks have these dirt piles....I guess the game is still being played. A 1930's park has built one of these hills behind the totlot area, and it was built in the park maybe 10 years ago. I had searched it a few times...
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    Nine dollars on number 11

    Nine dollars on number 11 Spent 4 hours this morning, searching in 4 different park areas, looking for some older coins. I missed them this time, but did get a good amount of clad in the ground. I thought I would have to dig to China to get one of the quarters as it showed 8 inches on the...
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    18KT gold ring------but it's plated

    Went out this morning to 3 schoolyard park totlot areas to increase my clad count. In a little over 2 1/2 hours I had dug 98 coins, a dozen pulltabs, a few junk targets, a game token and a cheapy-cheapy ring. I also dug a ring that had my heartbeats per minute going faster for a few minutes...

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