2 hours with ET

[coinnut]

Had two hours to detect before dark, so I went to my favorite spot. Not a lot there, but did get some keepers. Trash is everywhere and I picked though it pretty well. The E trac seems to do well in trash. Still nothing over 5-6" in depth. Didn't think I found silver until I got home and found this nice Sterling piece. I think It's a collar piece??? Seems to be complete and shows signs of being crimped on each corner, to cloth I would imagine. I have found dozens of 1909 Wheats at this place and not one with an "S". Oh well!! Still lots of fun.

[Carol K]

2 hours with ET

Hahahaha... I thought you had a close encounter of the third kind!

Nice digs!

[RickO]

Yep..... I figured his glowing finger tip turned pulltabs into gold
Nice finds... RickO

[del]

i agree George it looks like a ornate collar piece probably turn of the century , hey nice story and pictures on this months whites website . congrats , Dan

[MetalmanMatt]

That title looked like a one nite stand gone bad.

[fugazi]

woo hoo im sorry the thead title was misleading got a bit excited on that one.

[thedeserttortoise]

Hi Coinnut. I just read that Minelab set the sensetivity quite conservately in the coin mode. The post reccomends running it up into the high 20's. He too said that he was only getting about 6 inches but after the adjustment started digging 9 to 11 inches. Hope this helps.

[coinnut]

Originally Posted by thedeserttortoise

Hi Coinnut. I just read that Minelab set the sensetivity quite conservately in the coin mode. The post reccomends running it up into the high 20's. He too said that he was only getting about 6 inches but after the adjustment started digging 9 to 11 inches. Hope this helps.

Thanks, Been running at about 24 on average, sometimes higher when I can. I think it's a matter of location. This area is really mineralised. It will take a while to figure this one out. It took years to get the most from my DFX, so why should the E Trac be different? But I love this machine so far. Just can't get any deep silvers yet. HH

[wolf-n-wa]

Nice finds coinnut, Way to go. WOLF

[shadowball]

Nice finds...I like the before and after pics. They cleaned up really nice. Did you tumble them?
Dave

[coinnut]

Originally Posted by shadowball

Nice finds...I like the before and after pics. They cleaned up really nice. Did you tumble them?
Dave

No a tumbler would pretty much kill them. It's ok for clad and memorials but I use a brass brush and dish soap for these. They are not valuable, so it works well and fast. Sometimes I use Hydrogen Peroxide, but it takes longer. HH