Diggin' It

Sorry, I think I forgot to say which one I chose...the Equinox 600. Thanks, I think I have a 1926, I found at a church with the MX7, these are the two oldest for me.

Tried it out for just 15 minutes day before yesterday, to look at/get used to the controls...found only a nail. Got it back out today, for only 30 minutes, and found a 1928 penny! The oldest coin I've found here yet!

Thanks ya'll... Didn't even know they made multi frequency detectors. The Equinox 600 is within my price range, found one on Amazon with two coils, for $600. Still doing more research, and comparisons.

Hey ya'll...I have a White's MX7, which I like, but debating on another detector, specifically the Garrett AT Pro. It's supposed to have a fast recovery speed, and my MX7 doesn't. I don't want the AT Max, I don't use headphones, so don't need the wireless, and looking at cost also. I live in an old farm house, with LOTS of iron all around, which is a challenge. I wish I knew someone with an AT Pro, so I could try it in my yard. I have never found any coin older than 1940 here, I wondered if anything older was deep, and masked by iron. Plus, just would like to see how another detector works, compared to my White's. Anyone used both? or can tell me more about the Garrett?

Thanks...that sounds like a good choice, I had no clue. No lettering, it has a flower design on it.

I have the 950 and the 13" Detech Ultimate DD MX Sport Coil. I always read the smaller worked better in high trash areas, hence the six shooter. Both of the others gave wild readings, but maybe I didn't have them dialed in right. I went yesterday for about an hour and a half, took the tracking lock off, and ground balanced manually, and tried the sensitivity at 2, and 1. It took a lot of other signals out, but the ones I got still were crazy. Swinging in one direction, it would show penny/quarter or half dollar, when I swung back, the it showed iron, or pull tab most of the time. there are a good bit of old pull tabs around, so that was correct. Here is some of the stuff I found, lots of thin pieces of metal were in the hole with the brass geared shaft...wondered if it went to a clock, or music box maybe.

Thanks... the farthest record I can find was the sheriff auctioning the land in 1867, but I also saw in later years, where the folks had their land auctioned for taxes, and another family member purchased and resold it back to them. I found them in the census in this area in 1850, and they have a son buried right down the street in 1861.

 I've dug tons of iron, I have no problem with that at all...one of my treasured finds is the cast iron can opener. I used electrolysis and cleaned it up, coated it in wax, and it's in my box of "treasures".

 I get out a good bit, I haven't much this summer, because of a very productive veggie garden, that definitely kept me in shape...lol I can only detect an hour, maybe two at the most.

 I have found tons of iron horse tack buckles, a brass one, lots of old shotgun brass from the 1800's....I even found two 1861 Henry 44 caliber shell casings laying together with a harmonica reed. 

 Thanks for the good luck....

Yeah, I've been told that before...but look at all the older coins other folks find...Check out the SilverSlingers on Youtube, they find 1700's coins, maybe even 1600's can't remember, at old colonial sites.

 I have found an 1926 penny, but it was by an old church right down the road from me.

Thanks ya'll.... I had considered,but wasn't sure about turning sensitivity down, it's always on 4, as it is...won't that affect depth? Hate to be surface detecting on 1...lol If I go above 4, then I start getting false signals.

 Read the manual first about tracking, and tried that...Most of the rock I have is quartz, but surprisingly, not had any signals on rocks, even though some are rusty with iron. Iron is everywhere here, around the house, you can't walk out in the yard and swing anywhere and not get an iron signal...horse shoes, nails..I found a place looked like someone dumped a bucket of nails, I kept pulling them out by the handfuls, then said forget it, covered the hole, and stay away from that area.

 Nails all around close to the house, where they probably done repairs, or roofing/shingles etc, some horse shoe nails too...1867 or older farm house. I'm not sure what it was for, but find lots of bits of sheet copper too.

 One thing that puzzles me, is the only coins I have ever found here, are no older than 1940's...wondered if maybe I couldn't get deep enough because of all the iron...found model T hubcap, damper from coal burning stove, tractor parts, a cast iron can opener patented in 1892, I think it was..

 Another detector is out of the question for me, I am disabled, on fixed income. I like my MX7 too... 

Oh, I forgot to add, I'm in Georgia, topsoil mixed with red clay...I'm also getting a lot of "Ground" and hot rock signals, that I usually hardly ever see.

Hi ya'll... I have a White's MX7, and noticed when the ground is really dry my signals are all over the place. I use the six shooter coil, because at the moment the only place I have to detect is at my house, which is eat up with iron. I'll get a hit, and it shows, penny/iron/dime/copper/iron...stuff like that. I do the wiggle, and circle the spot and eventually it will show iron, which is most things I find. I tried a couple different settings yesterday without any change. I only have the sensitivity at 4, because of so much iron trash, and run the coin /jewelry program.

 Anyone have any tips that might help?

This is about as good as I could get it...it has a lot of fracture, and the bottom almost looks like quartz, so the light didn't shine through it so much. I used the flash and you can see the red specks in it.

I have had this for many years, not even sure where I found it, I think the point was sticking up in my driveway in Georgia. The pics don't do it justice, it looks kind of like quartz, but is a beautiful deep purple, at one time I thought it might be Amethyst, but I have never seen any this dark. If you shine a light on it, there are bright red speckles inside....

Thanks... I was planning a hunt on another property my uncle was getting permission for me, unfortunately my back decided to show out.

I was using White's MX7....the "hasp" on the locket continues inside, I think it did lock at one time. Once I cleaned it off a little, there is a gold color plating on it, but it is rusting/corroding.

Thanks.... well, I use the White's 6 shooter most of the time, and have sensitivity at 3-4...I'm on a fixed income so another detector is out of the question.

 I mostly go slow...sometimes I can pick up three targets in a foot or less...I've probably taken a few hundred pounds of iron out of the ground, and there is still a ton....horse shoes, nails, pipe, tractor parts, you name it. 

I have a White's MX7, and I mostly hunt an 1860's farm house...I have found coins from 2000 to 1940, nothing older than that... There are tons of iron objects all over the place, I have read maybe faster recovery speed might help in a situation like this, I also know the MX7 has no recovery speed setting. Are there any settings I could use that would help in recovery speed, or finding older coins under all the iron? 

2 hours ago, Rick N. MI said:

I like that the MX7 will hit on iron relics. My Equinox, XP Orx and Gold Kruzer don't like iron much. I enjoy digging those iron relics. Might have to pick up that detector sometime.

How is the weight and balance? I had the MX Sport twice but was to heavy for me.

 It seems pretty good on balance to me, it only weighs 3.5 pounds..

14 hours ago, Old Farm Hunter said:

Was that bottom picture a container and did you open it ?

I was told it could be a soap tin. It's only the top, no bottom.

I knew my house was old, but just recently found out the owners had this property in 1850. So far no silver, or old coins even, but some interesting finds. I just bought a White's MX7 back in May, and haven't had the opportunity to use it a lot, but I'm giving it a workout lately.

I just took the batteries that came in the detector out. It was a brand I had never heard of, Nuon, they are just alkaline, not rechargeable. They held all four dots for along time, then just recently went to two. I haven't been able to use it a lot since I got it, until lately. The Rayovac's I have are 1350 mAh...I have used them about 3 hours, and they are staying the same.

What kind of batteries ya'll use? I used to buy nothing but Duracell rechargeable, then in the last year I couldn't find any. I just bought some Rayovac with a charger, but they don't seem to hold a charge. I charged them, put them in, they showed full charge as I hunted for about an hour, then the next day only see two dots on the power gauge. I recharged them hoping they needed a break in, but they did the same thing. Now I have used them for 3 days, with only two dots showing, they don't seem to be going any lower, but I don't trust them. I just did a search and found a bunch of Duracells, I might of been looking for the same charger I used to have, that died, and couldn't find it. I hate to go spend more on a different brand...I didn't notice until now, the rechargeable's are 1.2 volt, whereas the regular are 1.5 volt, would that make a difference?

 I don't want a battery pack, at least not a NiCad...

 Hi ya'll.... I got into gold prospecting in 2003, bought a Bounty Hunter Quick Draw II. Never really used it much, until 2006, we moved into an old farm house, and then not very much. Fast forward to 2016, I became disabled and was bored sitting around the house, so broke out my Bounty Hunter. I found a few interesting things, then in May 2019, I got a White's MX7, loving it so far...my problem is I haven't had any luck getting permissions, mostly finding the right person to talk to....I would love to go to a Civil War sight, especially in my neck of the woods, or old mill site, there are a lot around...another problem is, I can only hunt between an hour, to two hours and have to stop. Still lovin' it though, it got me to reading up on history in my town, found some really cool info.