midas
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As many of you may know, I don't usually hunt parks. I'm mainly a water hunter. But, thought I'd share my park finds from Sunday. This was a 3 hour hunt. The weather was a little brisk for the water! I went to a park that Angel and I had hunted a couple times. The ground is very difficult - lots of trash and iron. After the first 2 trips, Angel had his ETrac tuned for the old stuff. I was still learning the V3i (this was only about the 8th time I used it). This Sunday, I was determined to get the V3i to punch through the iron and in between the trash. I used the standard Coin Jewelry setting with some other settings from the forum and was getting only zincolns an inch or two deep. I remembered what Angel said about the ground in this park - the Barber half he found at 3 inches did not sound or FeCo like a half at all. I spent the next hour tweaking the frequency, delay, tracking and such. Then I got it, the V3i magic began. The next 1.5 hours produced 5 Indians, 4 V Nickels, a Buffalo, some old wheats and a nice 1903-O barber dime. I did not dig much trash at all except for some bullet shells and an old spoon at 8 inches. I was getting the good signals between the trash and a couple of V nickels had a rusty nail in with the coin. Good thing I have the DX1 pinpointer. I am amazed at what a versatile machine the V3i is. It's exciting pulling up old coins, especially the silver, from the parks.
The ground at that particular park has been a challenge for both of us, but we have pulled our share of good finds from there. thumbsup01 You did quite well with the new settings. :yes:
