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. 😁

[Chase Goldman]

19 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Hope I get a few points for presentation anyway. 😁

We're not keeping score.   Great saves.