JohnnyPhoenix
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I’ve been out a couple times in the last week, once while waiting for a tire to be installed and the second time after getting a tire repaired for my wife—bad tire week...
Anyway, hit a fairground and recovered a couple dozen modern coins and a modern “No Cash Value” token, so common there that I try to avoid digging them. Similar story at a school ball field: plenty of clad, nothing unusual. Finally, went back the the “silver mine” and it didn’t disappoint! Two Mercs and a small Methodist Youth Fellowship pin. The pin rang up 20-21 on the Nox and was about 4” deep. It turns out I’ve been running the detector pretty wide open throttle without realizing it. I checked my FE setting and I was in F2-0 with sensitivity at 21. I found a wheat cent at 10-11” with both dimes coming in around 8”. The ground at the site is fairly clean, so I’m sure that’s why I was getting away with it.
JP
Anyway, hit a fairground and recovered a couple dozen modern coins and a modern “No Cash Value” token, so common there that I try to avoid digging them. Similar story at a school ball field: plenty of clad, nothing unusual. Finally, went back the the “silver mine” and it didn’t disappoint! Two Mercs and a small Methodist Youth Fellowship pin. The pin rang up 20-21 on the Nox and was about 4” deep. It turns out I’ve been running the detector pretty wide open throttle without realizing it. I checked my FE setting and I was in F2-0 with sensitivity at 21. I found a wheat cent at 10-11” with both dimes coming in around 8”. The ground at the site is fairly clean, so I’m sure that’s why I was getting away with it.
JP
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