2Valen

13 hours ago, Skate said:

In moist soil I've had the target stick to the end of my shovel

It just rained today and it was the first time in almost 10 days. The soil was very dry, and I have also had a couple of coins stick to my digger in the past when the soil is moist.

17 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

Did you check your clothes (e.g. pants cuffs) and shoes?

Yes I did and I also checked my wife's bra as she likes to hide money.

42 minutes ago, phrunt said:

something I've worked out very recently to find them is using pinpoint mode, that sucker finds them.

Well I did try that also and still came up with nothing. I think I tried everything except a sluice.

Right now the ground is so dry I have quit digging but I am marking hits with wood skewers for when it does rain.

I figured that when it does I can simply pull up the skewers and find out what is down there.

3 hours ago, fredmason said:

a coin on edge and just out of range can seem to disappear.

When I dug down I also went about 4 extra inches away from the target in case it was off to the side. Once it disappeared I dug down another 3-4 inches deeper and wider still no more signal.

Both detectors just lost the signal as if it was never there. I sat the soil on a piece of cardboard to make it easier to put back in the hole and rechecked it very carefully with the 800 before putting it back in the hole once I gave up.

I have no idea what happened to the target but I could clearly see the imprint of a dime (the back side of it) and that is the most puzzling part of the whole thing. If I had not seen the impression or the second detector getting a hit I would not be concerned.

11 hours ago, 57buick said:

Ive sometimes had that happen. Ive also had seemingly same thing happen and i keep searching the soil Idug very slowly and I will suddenly come across a tiny bent nail or tiny piece of foil.

I have also had that happen, but in this case nothing found. Today I rechecked the same area and had zero hits in that spot.

When I saw the impression of a dime on some dirt I knew that it had to be there, but alas it vanished without a trace.

I was hunting in my backyard again and had a good sounding tone with a TID of 32 on the display so I started to dig.

I got down to about 4 inches deep and my carrot was sounding a close target as I dug.

Carefully sifting through the soil I noticed what looked like the outline of a dime. All that it was, was just an impression of one.

Once again I searched the hole again with my carrot and the target was no longer there.

I tried the 800 again and found nothing within 3 feet in all directions of the hole, checked to see if anything stuck to the scoop, on my shoes, on my clothes and found nothing.

How can a good sounding target with 2 detectors get lost or disappear like that. 

16 hours ago, Smithobx said:

It was the standard 11 in. coil. 

Thanks I will keep an eye on mine.

You really have to check out the Equinox 800 from Mine Lab.

I am new to this but can tell you that it is the best purchase I could have ever made.

Friends have whites and they have ordered the 800 after they have seen how mine has blown them away.

Great unit and the people on the forum are great for help.

What size coil was it?

I will be checking out mine to make sure nothing is wrong with mine.

The thing that I saw right off the bat was the fact the coil on the 600 was really dirty, and the test was on beach mode.

Why not just test on factory field 1 mode? I don't have a Garrett unit but I can tell you right now that I have found a 1902 dime in between 2 metal twist caps off beer bottles and the dime was standing on edge.

That video just seems off to me and it seems someone wanted the Garrett to win.

Friends I know have now ordered their own 800 to be able to go with me on hunts because of how well it works.

They already have a White and they told me that mine just blows their mind on the finds that I have dug up.

On 9/16/2019 at 10:23 PM, 2Valen said:

So there has been 2 churches on this property plus an old house that was torn down over the past 125 years.

Update on this sentence that I wrote.

I have 3 100x150 lots and the house was on the 3rd lot next to the original church. Another church took it over and then a Masonic Lodge had it for 35 years.

That building was torn down and then the church I have now was built at that time. This place has been here since 1957 and is now my home.

So I plan to rid my yard of every single piece of metal in it. I only wish I had know all of this before I built my 36x36 garage.

20 hours ago, Lacky said:

Here it's a very boring answer.

One of my friends who lives on a small farm was saying the exact same thing about his yard. He has a Whites detector and a few days ago I went out to his house and did a little detecting with him. I spotted and he dug. By the end of a few hours he had dug up several coins from the early 1900's also a 1891 $1 gold coin. Granted there was a lot of trash from farm animals and farm equipment that he dug up also.

One can never know what is there until they try to uncover whats below the surface.

Indians did trade gold up until the 1900's and they made jewelry from silver, so you never know what to expect.

1 hour ago, Lacky said:

I'm jealous,  my subdivision was built on farm fields in the late 60s.

Go back 150 years and what was there, could have been a trading post, stagecoach stop, or a mining town.

You will never know until you check local records. Good luck in what you might find in your own yard, and go deep as they have probably brought in new soil to put on top of what was there.

15 minutes ago, phrunt said:

That's pretty cool, I found a silver in my front yard, no match for your finds 🙂

I am still learning this unit and like I have stated in the past, I am only a novice at this. I have only been doing this for a few months, but without this forum and the people here I would have given up before now.

You guys are great and give great information. I am only lucky that in the area that I live in people just don't know what is still buried in the ground.

Some people have seen me panning for gold here and think I am crazy, but I have pulled a few ounces out of the creeks.

Friends have found more than me and even diamonds in the same places that I have done. I think that when I try to learn something I just don't give up, I work out the problem and keep going.

I know that you have found things that I will never find, and only because of where I am at I have gotten lucky.

Today I had to go to the dentist, which I totally hate, and by the time I finally got back home I didn't have much time before company was to arrive.

So I had about 25 minutes to kill and thought I would get rid of more trash from the back yard, so I can put in a test garden.

First hole I dug looked like a freeze plug from the 1920's. Throw it away!

Second hole I dug up a quarter down about 6 inches. KEEPER!!!

Third hole I dug down about 5 inches and I think it came off a bicycle or something. Throw it away!

Forth hole I dug I had to go down about 6 inches and found a penny. KEEPER!!!!!!!!

Did I forget to mention that it is a 1889 Indian Head Penny!!!

Then my company shows up and asks what am I so excited about as I run the penny under the faucet to get the mud off it.

I simply dried it off and laid it on the table and he almost fell over. Now he wants to buy a metal detector and go with me.

He asks where did I find the penny and I told him in the back yard. For 2 hours he kept asking me where did I go to find the penny and I kept telling him in the back yard.

Before he left I showed him the hole that I found it in and then I filled it back in and only then he believed me.

I knew that I had bought an old church, but the old grounds keeper who is a neighbor told me that it was the new church that we are now living in.

So there has been 2 churches on this property plus an old house that was torn down over the past 125 years.

I am going to have to check this place out more carefully every week and get rid of all the trash from the yard. Off to buy more grass seed just in case.

I finally broke the 1900 mark and I couldn't be more excited.

I wish to thank GB_Amateur for all his help and the settings that he shared with a novice like me. I would also like to thank this forum for all the help and input you have given me.

1 hour ago, 57buick said:

went back to same spot today and found another ring

Great finds keep it up and any that you don't want send them my way.:)

If you happen to see someone following you out there in Oregon it might be me. I am just a Tech, and am studying for the general right now.

My brother used to live out there close to you and I know it is beautiful country. Have you tried your 800 on gold out there as I have panned in a few creeks and had found some. I want to get good enough to be able to use this 800 for that in some of those creeks to better my chances.

2 minutes ago, phrunt said:

I am betting nobody ever dug the four coins in one hole

phrunt,

I have found 6 or 7 in the same hole, and it was all over the place.

I was working around a basketball court at a city park where the grass along side the courts was where I found them.

I have yet to find any gold rings, but I am keeping my fingers crossed.

1 minute ago, 57buick said:

Thanks, and I see your a fellow HAM too lol WU6Z

I am KD9LAS.

57buick,

Congrats on the nice finds.

As I learn my 800 I have surprised many people when I show them some of the items that I have found in the areas that have been dug through for the past 25 years.

Wish you luck and have nice digs.

On 9/12/2019 at 6:24 PM, fredmason said:

Will we ever know the rest of this story?

Fred,

I hope we hear something back on what happened, did he find it, did he give up, or is it still missing?

I love a good adventure!

I also love good finds!

Nice finds and great video.

I have to come to your area to hunt with you. I promise not to step on your detector. Just kidding.

I like it and will be looking into getting one of them. That way I can hide it in my car easier, like under my middle seat.

Thanks for posting it and thanks for the link for more info on it Steve.

TechGuy,

1 thing I forgot to mention with the light is that you can't have dew on the ground when you use the light.

7 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

Rubber tire mulch in playgrounds is a thing and is controversial from a health perspective. 

Chase,

Last year our village council remove our playground and all the brand new rubber mulch because a child got a piece of wire and rubber stuck in his knee. It went in about an inch and had to be removed. Our new playground now has a river gravel about a 1/4 inch round and about 8 inches thick.