Quick hunt today - nice silver

Nice dime, George!
I thought those GPX's didn't have great discrimination/tones, but were mainly good in highly mineralized soil. Sounds like a lot of work but glad that it paid off.
 
kray said:
Nice dime, George!
I thought those GPX's didn't have great discrimination/tones, but were mainly good in highly mineralized soil. Sounds like a lot of work but glad that it paid off.
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Ray, The GPX only goes high to low or low to high for tones. It only discriminates with a DD coil. Mono coils are non discriminating. The discrimination is basic but it does ID quite a bit of iron, within a certain depth. I'm not sure how deep it discriminates yet. Just learning this thing, but so far I really like it. Way easier to use than I thought it would be. It loves lead.
 
George, I hope it works out for you. Its supposed to be a DEEP machine.
Seems a lot of people use them down here in the red iron-rich soil of Va. They dig a lot of iron though.
 
kray said:
George, I hope it works out for you. Its supposed to be a DEEP machine.
Seems a lot of people use them down here in the red iron-rich soil of Va. They dig a lot of iron though.
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Thanks Ray. I'll love it as long as I can keep borrowing it :lol: Then I'll have to save for a while to buy my own. I see the VA videos and they dig monster holes. :shocked03: I guess it's worth digging the iron to get to those deep belt plates :drool:
 
We don't have the great age you have to hunt in your area but we definitely have quantity in Wisconsin. Not exactly the same but I have seen multiple instances where I removed a zinc penny or a strong pull-tab signal only to uncover an Indian or silver signal. Last year I dug a solid Clad quarter at about an inch or so and rechecked the hole to see a 12-45 signal deeper and found a Merc literally right under the quarter but quite a bit deeper. I don't know how you clean out all the junk but from your recent find it seems like a worthy challenge. Nice find. WD
 
Very nice coin George! Totally agree on the digging iron concept. It boils down to two things IMO. 1) how much energy you're willing to spend, and 2) how much you put value on the old coin/relic. I've had times when I'm willing to go for it, others in which I admit defeat and try the quieter surrounding yard/stone walls. Congrats again on the find.

John
 
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