If only it were real...

Hit "my never ending Juicebox"...a open lot I have hunted extensively over the last 2 years...Call me nuts, but I like the challenge...
I hit a signal that rang up 95 on the 9x12 AT Pro coil at 6 inches, and I am thinking...OH YEAH BABY!!!
I dug my flap, and saw the glint of shiny at the bottom of the hole...My heart started to pound as I saw the "roundness" (Oh my God I am quoting them)...
I reached in and pulled out what was as big as a Silver dollar, but THIS is all I found...cheap tin...

I think it came off a snuff can...a Promo maybe???


Happy Hunting,

Trying out my new coils

I started out with the 5x8 DD on the AT Pro today, and I think I am in LOVE!!  I thought the 8.5x11 was the shiz, but the little brother is the Bomb....He was raking coin after coin out of areas I have pounded with other machines...I was back in my athletic field I have hunted since 2005...Just when you think it is empty...SURPRISE!!!...I must have raked in 2 bucks in clad in an hour...not bad for a place that is supposed to be hunted out...I then switched to the 9x12 Concentric...This thing is a bear to swing...I thought the AT Pro was front heavy before...Let me tell ya man, you ain't seen heavy till you throw this monster on the rod....I could only handle about an hour with it, then my arm was cramping....I raked in another buck or so with it...I never imagined a clad dime sinking to 9 inches....I then switched to the 4.5 sniper...What a little gem of a coil...right up to metal poles, and right under metal fences...It was the ONLY coil I could turn the SENS up all the way and it stayed quiet...I was hitting 6 inch dimes with it easily...I could not get in the tot lot today, as the kiddies took it over from me...I was stuck to the open fields...It was a great sunny 62 at 1:30pm EDT in Central NY...I actually got sunburn on the back of my neck...
I did manage a 1956 Wheat, a few Canadian coins, 2 1966 Dimes and a 1966 Quarter as well...I also found a small junk toe ring...I think the electronic device is the switch for the lights in sneakers, according to the patent numbers....

HH,

Wednesday in the Sun!

The sun was shining, the temperature got up to 65, and I was out hunting...Spent 3 hours in my pounded out athletic field I have been hunting since 2005.  It still surprises me every time I go there...NOWHERE is EVER hunted out!
1964 Nickel, 1965 Quarter, 1966 Dime...
I also got the rest of the coils for the AT Pro, so now I have the full set of 5...

HH,

I must be absolutely nuts!!!

The temperature was 31 degrees...The winds were mild, and out the door we went to a park with history back to the Revolutionary War...Troops had marched thru this area, and a grist mill was located on the creek there at one time...There just had to be good finds there right??  WRONG!!!  The place was a trashpit...LOADED with pull tabs, screw caps, cans, foil, and every other junk target you can imagine...This is what happens when historic sites are turned into picnic groves and city parks...I did manage a 1938 wheat, and some clad before the snow started to fly...It was a near whiteout for about an hour...The ground became a Bloody Muddy Mess, as well as the detector, my gloves, and anything I touched...I sure am glad I had the AT Pro...I brought the detector home and through it in the tub and hit it with the sprayer to clean it off...I had to wash everything I used...It was caked in mud...Well, I guess it was better than a day of work...We were out for about 3 hours, and this is all I found...

HH,

I can think of Worse ways to waste 2 hours

Went to a park about 20 minutes drive north of me today thinking I might find something good...
The Park is maintained by a Lion's Club that has a building there where they hold meetings....
It is also a Boy Scout Camp, Boat Launch, and Ball Fields...
The place was loaded with so much foil, pull tabs, screw caps, and iron junk, I was glad that I had the DD coil...
I managed a bit of clad, a cool tag, and a stainless steel spinner ring...
The Ground was wet and covered in about 1/2 inch of heavy wet snow...All readings were about 5 points higher on the VDI than usual...Screw caps were coming in solid 80-82, where they usually drop out at about 78...I kept thinking dime when I first got there, then later I was doubting myself and did not want to dig them anymore, but knew I had to....Arrrrghhhh!!!!

HH,

Sunday Hunt in February???

The sun was shining, the wind was not too bad, and the temps were tollerable...Who would have thought this in February in New York?
Hunted a Middle School near me for 2 1/2 hours...not much to be had...Saw another hunter, but when he saw us on the field, he retreated...His loss I guess...
Oldest coins were 1941 and 1953D wheats...Have no idea what the half a bearing race looking thing is...It bends like pewter, but looks like a bearing race...pretty design for that though. It rang up a solid 70 on the AT Pro.

Happy Hunting,

Getting Ready for Water Hunting

My new long handled scoop...This was custom made for a friend of mine who found that with his health problems, that he could no longer use it, so I offered to buy it from him...I got this for a fraction of the price of a new scoop online...It is built like a tank and a very good job on the welds and anodizing of the bucket....

I look forward to getting wet this year...

Happy Hunting,