Got permission to detect on a field that saw civil-war activity, including a field hospital. Well-picked over for decades, I'm told. In fact, groups of people used to come to this site. The soil has not been 'turned over' in quite a while but it used to be and that's when the best stuff was found supposedly.
I've spent maybe 6 hours there so far with very little to show, except for a cool button that I just posted on the "help me Id" forum here.
MUCH of what I've had to dig is 10 inches deep or so. Much of it is little bits of twisted metal. Some tillage implement tips (iron). Two modern coins. Two .32 bullets.
AT Pro
Pro - Zero
Iron Disc 35
Iron Audio ON
Sensitivity highest setting.
Ground balanced regularly as soil seemed to change with topography.
I dug a LOT for VERY LITTLE. Sometimes it seemed like my Pro Pointer just wasn't helping.
So, here's the question: If I want to find artifacts - anything from buffalo nickels to buttons to bullets to buckles, etc., what will I have to consider as far as VDI is concerned? Dig everything?
I have seen the thread with all the VDIs posted from 0-99 (roughly) for all sorts of things found but I find that not everything is necessarily on there and results may vary maybe? Looking for practical advice.
Thanks.
I've spent maybe 6 hours there so far with very little to show, except for a cool button that I just posted on the "help me Id" forum here.
MUCH of what I've had to dig is 10 inches deep or so. Much of it is little bits of twisted metal. Some tillage implement tips (iron). Two modern coins. Two .32 bullets.
AT Pro
Pro - Zero
Iron Disc 35
Iron Audio ON
Sensitivity highest setting.
Ground balanced regularly as soil seemed to change with topography.
I dug a LOT for VERY LITTLE. Sometimes it seemed like my Pro Pointer just wasn't helping.
So, here's the question: If I want to find artifacts - anything from buffalo nickels to buttons to bullets to buckles, etc., what will I have to consider as far as VDI is concerned? Dig everything?
I have seen the thread with all the VDIs posted from 0-99 (roughly) for all sorts of things found but I find that not everything is necessarily on there and results may vary maybe? Looking for practical advice.
Thanks.