Ace400
Full Member
After reading a couple of things and watching some more videos this week, I realized I wasn't doing myself any favors going out clad hunting with my machine set on coins in the old parks I'd been hitting. Sure, I was getting to the point where I was pulling out 6-10 coins per piece of trash, but you guys made me realize I was probably missing the bigger picture (dirt gold) with my technique. The fact that I had a grand total of ten nickels from my first 3 weeks, out of a few hundred coins, is quite telling.
So I went out tonight to a tot-lot and detected around the swing-set for about an hour as the sun was setting. I have to say, it's a little disconcerting that the first thing I found when I got there was that shell casing. Anyway, using the Sniper coil I set the Ace on Jewelry mode with the iron audio on and dug everything that made a noise. I was in deep wood chips so it didn't matter what the depth read, I was digging it up. Low and behold, I pulled up almost as many nickels tonight as I have since I started detecting! I'm not sure what the broken earring is made of... Might be my first (white) gold, might not.
Look at that tiny little silverish rivet! That thing was about 4" down and rang loud and clear, the Ace continues to impress me. Interested to see how it will do on the beach, my first scoop should be here tomorrow (And we've had a storm blow through today).
A big thanks to all here who give advice so freely to us noobs... You really do knock out a big chunk of the learning curve.
So I went out tonight to a tot-lot and detected around the swing-set for about an hour as the sun was setting. I have to say, it's a little disconcerting that the first thing I found when I got there was that shell casing. Anyway, using the Sniper coil I set the Ace on Jewelry mode with the iron audio on and dug everything that made a noise. I was in deep wood chips so it didn't matter what the depth read, I was digging it up. Low and behold, I pulled up almost as many nickels tonight as I have since I started detecting! I'm not sure what the broken earring is made of... Might be my first (white) gold, might not.
Look at that tiny little silverish rivet! That thing was about 4" down and rang loud and clear, the Ace continues to impress me. Interested to see how it will do on the beach, my first scoop should be here tomorrow (And we've had a storm blow through today).
A big thanks to all here who give advice so freely to us noobs... You really do knock out a big chunk of the learning curve.
