Cold And Windy Relic Hunt

[F350Platinum]

Looks like I'm following a bunch of better acts today but hey. Got out for another day with the Deus 2 and the 13x11".

It started out at about 44 degrees and just got colder, 10-15 mph wind and cloudy. 😵 Not a fan of this weather but I was at least prepared for it. I have some insulated digging gloves that I switch out for electric heated gloves when my hands go numb. At least the D2 can tune out the EMI from the gloves. My Equinox cannot.

This is a different field than the one I've been hunting, I came here to try and test separation with the big coil. I went to a spot that's very trashy, and really didn't find anything worth digging! That means there was nothing worth digging for the most part. 😀

Using this coil in another spot showed me that using it feels kind of like using the 10x5 on my Equinox, despite the large size.  Separation is quite good.

This field was planted with corn, and they knocked down most of the stalks, but the big coil did manage to get caught now and again 😀

Got nothing but trash for the first 3 hours, so I went to a spot I knew would have something. Finally got some finds in the bag, not much for 7 hours but I'll take it:

2 D buckles, a "Merry Widow" prophylactic tin top. I've read people find these all the time, I found it just off the old road near a church, ironically. 🤣

Here's a link if you're interested 🙄 they're from the early 1900s:

https://www.mnhs.org/blog/collectionsupclose/3-merry-widows-tin

The next item to the left of the broken key I'm not sure of but it is pretty ornate:

Could be part of a shoe buckle but it's really heavy.

Bottom row is a cufflink, two buttons and an odd buckle fragment. The cufflink broke easily, the concave bottom was attached. It's not a rivet.

Buttons were cool, one London warranted treble, and a fancy Scovill with some gold still on it.

I've found these English buttons here before.

I want to mention something I've noticed with this coil. I'm running reactivity at 0 for maximum depth, you would think I'd have to slow down. Gotta say you don't have to if the field isn't all that trashy. I'm using Full tones so every time I hear a high tone I investigate it, if it dives to low once centered for sure it's iron, if it still insists on remaining high with a low blip, I'll dig it. It seems quite accurate and I don't dig much iron at all. One particular scenario is an 81 around a low tone, every time it's falsing iron. Changing sweep angle gives it up immediately. You can "grab" signals with this coil.

Most of my large pieces of trash today were sight picked, the rest were the usual suspects. 

Hope I get a few points for presentation anyway. 😁

[geof_junk]

Interesting finds, go get some more for me to drool over.

[kac]

44 is nice out, you need to move north 🙂

Cool finds!

[Cal_Cobra]

Nice hunt, like the key!

[Valens Legacy]

Another hunt and another great day of finds.

Hope the weather holds out for you to make some more finds before the cold weather sets in.

Are your feet staying warm when your out there as I seem to remember you saying that when they get cold they hurt.

Good luck on your next hunt.

[F350Platinum]

4 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Are your feet staying warm when your out there as I seem to remember you saying that when they get cold they hurt.

Thanks VL. I've mentioned it before that I have Raynaud's syndrome in my hands and feet. When the temperature drops below 50, all the blood leaves my fingers and toes, the vessels shrink. Some people I know get it in just a few fingers, my wife has it in her nose. 😀 (Ray-nose)

If I stay in that condition for too long, two things are possible. In extreme cold (anything below freezing) I can get frostbite faster than other people. Luckily that has never happened but it's been close, I've had them turn blue. I have to wear mittens when shoveling snow.

The worst thing to me is somewhere in the middle there before frostbite, if I don't get my hands and feet warm enough, when the blood returns it is extremely painful. I've had sciatica in my leg, but this is the most pain I've ever felt in my life. It's like having your hands and feet in a vise that keeps getting tighter. 😵 And of course my fingers don't tan 🤣 As they warm up it stops.

I've had it all my life but didn't know what it was until a few years ago when I talked to a doctor about it. Always wondered what it was. There are some heart meds that help a little bit by opening up vessels and capillaries. Other drugs work but they do damage.

Last year I got the new generation electric heated socks and gloves that last all day, they are a huge help and allow me to get out in the cold more. The only problem with that is they generate EMI, and affect the pinpointer too. The Equinox can't find a clean frequency, but the Deus can.

If anyone is interested in heated stuff I'll post some links, Amazon has a lot of them. Get the ones with the long lasting LiPo batteries and run them on the lowest settings you can stand.

The ground rarely freezes here so I can hunt all winter.

[F350Platinum]

8 hours ago, kac said:

44 is nice out, you need to move north 🙂

Cool finds!

Thanks kac, 🤣 I moved South hoping it would help. Didn't move far enough. Had a rough time up there in the winter.

[F350Platinum]

8 hours ago, geof_junk said:

Interesting finds, go get some more for me to drool over.

Thanks, I'll be here all winter 🥁 (Ba dum tishhh) 

[F350Platinum]

7 hours ago, Cal_Cobra said:

Nice hunt, like the key!

Thanks! Wish I found the whole thing, but it probably wouldn't have been there, kinda hard to lose one that big. 😀

[Joe D.]

Hey Bob,

   Your detector and coil testing always keeps me interested; and of course,  finds! Even when I don't own a Deus! 

   BTW, you don't have to worry much about Raynaud's in Florida!!🌞😁 Now heat exhaustion, that's another story!! But relics can be a little scarce here!!😔👍👍