DocWatson
Full Member
I was working along side of an old dirt access road in eastern Colorado and not having much luck. It took me longer to find the road than I had thought it would, and longer still to find the traces of the old buildings I had been told were there. I'd been on site for about an hour and covered about 20 yards along the road in front of the foundations and so far had only recovered some unidentifiable iron bits, a couple of cans and a few brass shell casings, (I'm really starting to hate those).
I got a clear signal, clean consistent audio and 80 to 84 on the VDI, showing to be around 6 1/2 inches down. I tried to dig gingerly, but it's been a while since we've had a real rain, and the ground here is fair to middle hard. I dug and checked with the probe until I got down around 6 inches and pulled up some rotted leather. Checking the hole I pulled up two Indian head cents. Checking again I found two more. Running the probe over the hole one last time I also checked the dirt I'd removed and found a Barber dime. I didn't find any trace of a clasp, but I'm sure I found the remains of a change purse.
Here's the day's finds:
As a side note, I got one more really solid signal before leaving. I dug about 7 inches and was looking at a slightly tilted cylinder about 3 1/5 inches across and 1/2 inch tall, with something solid extending further below it. Fresh off my mini cache I half convinced myself it was a Mason jar, and had visions of it being filled with Barber quarters and large cents dancing in my head.
It was an oil filter.
I got a clear signal, clean consistent audio and 80 to 84 on the VDI, showing to be around 6 1/2 inches down. I tried to dig gingerly, but it's been a while since we've had a real rain, and the ground here is fair to middle hard. I dug and checked with the probe until I got down around 6 inches and pulled up some rotted leather. Checking the hole I pulled up two Indian head cents. Checking again I found two more. Running the probe over the hole one last time I also checked the dirt I'd removed and found a Barber dime. I didn't find any trace of a clasp, but I'm sure I found the remains of a change purse.
Here's the day's finds:
As a side note, I got one more really solid signal before leaving. I dug about 7 inches and was looking at a slightly tilted cylinder about 3 1/5 inches across and 1/2 inch tall, with something solid extending further below it. Fresh off my mini cache I half convinced myself it was a Mason jar, and had visions of it being filled with Barber quarters and large cents dancing in my head.
It was an oil filter.
