PanheadDan
Junior Member
Having got my EQ800 last Thursday, I have been losing sleep to get this thing out and learn it. Digger27 and I hit the park by my house, scored a silver Rosie spill with some memorials tucked in there. That I believe was in Feild 2 factory settings running in 5 tone. I decided I needed to go ahead and tweak my own stuff since as we've mentioned, how insane the soil is here in Bama. I fooled around with some recovery and iron bias settings, made my self listen to 50 tones, and see what happens. Hitting the trails at the old park, had a little squeaker that was repeatable, dug it up and saw a tiny little silver pin with some scrolling and a little stone. Jumping into Sunday, I got Dave and Tate, and we heading outside the city to what was an early natural fed spring resort in the day. Used heavily in the 1800's, it had probably seen even earlier travelers and settlers for Centuries based on the history. A large fire that destroyed multiple structures turn of the century, had been evident by some of the charred rocks and dirt we were seeing, and signals were not jumping out either, fighting tons of iron. We all split up a good while and I headed for a low lying area covered in ticks and poison.. While side stepping down a bank I swung and caught a scratchy 21 -22 on the Nox, plowed my shovel in and turned a chunk out. Found a small square nail, which had 2 others in the hole as well, but also seeing the small circular metallic shine, I called Tate being the nearest to me and held still. Together, I filmed and he sprayed, hoping to not reveal a beaver tail, or some other let down of a target. I had already seen a small reeded edge but was not processing any of it. Slowly it showed, Half Dime, then flipped it, 1839....! Such a tiny amazing find for us.. Seated coins are scarce in Alabama. The details and condition of this one, suspect it was dropped not long after being minted. Bucket lister for me. And my oldest coin! Still have a lot to learn with this detector, Coming from my Garrett machines. But this coin will suffice for the few months haha. Thanks for Looking!! Happy Hunting
and that first pic is awesome composition!
