Confederate Bucket Lister On Improbable February Pa Relic Hunt

[Chase Goldman]

Got a coveted invite to a productive PA permission and it resulted in a rare, but awesome couple hours relic hunting in February. Weather cooperated and the ground was relatively soft and not frozen from recent rains so we snuck out for some February relic fun.

Was using the ORX, and though it did not hit on its namesake gold, it pretty much nailed plenty of keeper silver, brass, and lead.

First hit was a well worn, 1854 Seated Quarter - a good omen and kept my silver streak at the site alive. With the skunk out of the way early, the Seated recovery basically set the tone that everything else found would be gravy.

Next hit a 1925 SLQ in decent shape. A couple minie balls later, got a plow damaged Eagle and a nice flat button with some reverse gold guilt.

Finally, hit on my highlight find of the day, my first CW Confederate Infantry Block "I" uniform button in great shape! Was kind of speechless after I realized what I had dug.

Cleaned up with some additional minies including a Spencer carbine (lower left in the group pic, originally thought it was a Merrill)

Couldn't have asked for a more in the three hours we were there (well I could have asked for more, but that would be just plain greedy).

Used the ORX exclusively with the 9" round HF coil and Gold Mode in 14 and 30 khz. It is a very capable and affordable alternative to the Deus for relic hunting and the ORX Gold mode seems to be more refined than the Gold Field on the Deus, such that it is my go to multiple, single frequency machine for relic hunting now.

Enjoy the pics.

[kac]

That is a good take, well done!

I had been eyeing the Orx or Deus for a while but wish they had a real waterproof version.

How's the HF coil vs the X coils?

[GB_Amateur]

Quite the haul for a chilly 3 hour February hunt in Pennsylvania!  I assme no mintmark on the Seated Quarter since you didn't mention it, but still a nice find, and probably dropped during the CW?  Glad to hear the ORX is holding its own.  I realize your Confederate I-button is the key find of the hunt.  All I know about CW relics is that Confederate items tend to be much rarer than their Union counterparts.

 

 

 

[Chase Goldman]

I've always liked the 9" HF coil from the day I got it.  I do have an 11" x35 and it is a great coil, especially since it can be dialed down to just below 4khz for max depth on high conductors, but I always seem to gravitate back to that 9" round, and can't argue with the results.  My hunting partner uses the 9×5" elliptical exclusively and does even better despite the supposed limitation in depth vs. the round.  I have the elliptical too, but reserve it for really tight swing situations.  HTH.

[Chase Goldman]

14 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said:

Quite the haul for a chilly 3 hour February hunt in Pennsylvania!  I assme no mintmark on the Seated Quarter since you didn't mention it, but still a nice find, and probably dropped during the CW?  Glad to hear the ORX is holding its own.  I realize your Confederate I-button is the key find of the hunt.  All I know about CW relics is that Confederate items tend to be much rarer than their Union counterparts.

 

 

 

Chuck,  Alas no MM.  A huge "O" would be nice, several hundred dollars even in that well worn condition.  Probably a CW period drop, but it is pretty worn for an 1860's drop of an 1854 coin.

[2Valen]

Great job and wonderful finds.

Glad to see you hitting on those good targets, by the way how much trash did you have to dig to get those finds.

[Chase Goldman]

8 hours ago, 2Valen said:

Great job and wonderful finds.

Glad to see you hitting on those good targets, by the way how much trash did you have to dig to get those finds.

Not bad, probably 3 or 4 to 1.  Was digging a lot of probable iron signals just to be sure including a long chain and some "cheeto" nails that falsed high.  A few pieces of aluminum here and there.

[DetectorMoe]

Nice job.. is that Block "i" a one piece button?

[Guest calabash digger]

Very nice my friend!

[Chase Goldman]

11 minutes ago, DetectorMoe said:

 

Nice job.. is that Block "i" a one piece button?

 

It is a 2-piece button with a tin or iron back which corrodes easily making it very fragile.  Not uncommon for these to simply disintegrate upon recovery or during restoration. Sealing it up soonest as-is to preserve its integrity.