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Welcome to the Dark Side Redneck, It'll take a while but I suspect you will love the D2. I'm so used to it now it's like hammering nails with a trusty hammer, I use Tekkna, Relic and Beach Sensitive. That's all I need.

I've found stuff I missed here and there LC, but thanks for the reaction. 🙂 This week I'm in Roanoke Island, going to hit the Outer Banks beaches. Really looking forward to getting back to it! I have a couple of other prior posts I may put back. I'm glad Steve is getting it sorted, tough job. 👍

Yikes, yeah the wind got really brutal. It was warm, around 67, but ya wouldn't have known it ? yep it's all yours now. I put most things I find in display cases, I have quite the collection now, and common objects like shotgun head stamps and bullets, especially buckshot, get round filed. The larger brass that's identifiable goes in a box. If I ever get up there I could bring the box... ?

Thanks VL, I'm beginning to wonder if it's time to cut and run for the year ? a recap would astound me, I think. ?

Thanks JCR, Another possibility for all these different buttons and no coins could be that it was a training spot for the militia around 1776. ? There is an account of one being raised in this area. Could have been active, like combat training, which could explain why buttons fell off. Shame we will probably never know. ?

In my opinion yes, it's still on my Equinox. Ran it against the Deus 2 9" in a real scenario, and really can't say which did better. There are some who like the 6" and some who like the 10x5. The 10x5 did great for me especially around trees and in tight spaces. ?

I thought it was going to be a nice day today, sunny and in the 60s with a bit of wind, but not what it ended up being. There was no wind at all when I got there, it was cloudy and kinda cold, in the 40s. My goal was to check out the last spot Chase and I didn't get to, about an 8 acre spot. I found nothing there. ? Nothing. But, in 7 hours and 7 miles of walking, I managed to get a few things, random stuff here and there: 7 more buttons, two of which may not be, the octagon and the misshapen one 3d from the left. A few buckle bits and a whole buckle. Only 4 came from the button hotspot. What really stands out is the smallest thing in the button row, I've found plenty of buttons with no shanks, but never a shank with no button! It was about 4" deep, a solid 51. The Deus hit it like it was on the surface. Also dug a 1945 wheat. I don't get much trash using relic with the 13", and today was no exception. By the end of they day the wind was blowing 20mph with gusts to 35, I really couldn't hear targets through the WSA II headphones, so I called it early.

Great hunt, looks like you're getting back to typical now ? ? Ok, I didn't know what your going to do after this, but the thing you asked about is indeed lead, it's a Shamans' medallion. ? I already dug an Indian artifact that may have changed the rain to the work days, but that thing may put it back on the weekend! Yikes! ?? https://www.shamansmarket.com/products/lead-amulet-figures-pagos-de-plomo Apparently they have different configurations, but the central figure from yours is missing. ?

I completely dislocated my left shoulder back in November, the orthopedic specialist I went to see poked and prodded a bit and told me I could get back to detecting immediately. He said it would be better for me to use it than keep it in a sling, that's the new way. He simply said "if it hurts too much don't do it". Digging makes it feel better, it still hurts from time to time. I'd get a doctor's advice for a rib.

Thanks kac, Now ya got me wondering... ? ? Mebbe I should put it back. ? On second thought, I did possibly move the rain to weekdays instead of weekends, so... You're welcome. ?

Thanks Ghound, Between us we got 27 buttons total. I'm thinking that because I found an Indian artifact in the same place, it must have been a place where goods were traded, not sold. Not one button found is the same as any other. Buttons were a premium item 250 years ago, so they were no doubt reused. If the field had been cleared better we would have dug more, the deeper stuff was evading us unless the spot was clear or between rows. Bean stalks dry out and become tough. Relic is the only program to use in that situation because we had to keep the coil over 4" above the ground where the stalks were, that's what it is best at. Could be there aren't any coins at all, or that the heavier stuff sank deeper. Tekkna is great for really trashy spots but Relic is the best choice where we were. ?

They did ask me to include a copy of the original receipt, glad I had it. XP doesn't really have warranty registration which could be a problem. ?

2000 BC. Panticopea

First off, I'm sorry you have had to give up on the Deus 2, so close to perfect and yet so far. ? I completely understand your dilemma and hope that you find the right machine, seems that the Manticore may be worth a shot, I wish you the best of luck. ? If the person who bought your coil is in the USA, there is one place they can call to get warranty work without going through a dealer, at least I had success with them, and they turned my remote around in a week. Detector Electronics Corp. 23 Turnpike Road Southboro, MA 01772 508-460-6244 That's all I have, if you can specify the country you sent it to that would help others who may know a similar warranty fulfillment company.

... And sometimes we just get a "goose" from the duck... ? Sounds interesting Doc, yes even with the lightest of detectors fatigue is noticeable. Nice of you to award Valens Legacy, he is a prescient individual more than he knows sometimes.?

One of the things that I haven't mentioned about farms is that there are so many conditions and stages happening that it is difficult sometimes to choose where to go. When Chase comes down I try to think of a spot (or let him pick, saves guilt ?) that will almost guarantee some decent finds to make the trip worthwhile. Personally I can go to any of these places, hunt all day and not find much. Unless I get some interesting item or many, I might not post. It is still fun and does not bother me. Posting a crap hunt sometimes does keep it real though, and makes me more credible. ? Here farmers plant mostly corn or soybeans with either winter wheat, barley or "cover crop" after harvest. The cover crop they don't care about. Some farms are so big that they rotate two crops. With corn, if they don't knock the stalks down with a bush hog or tiller it is almost impossible to hunt, so a field with corn can be a two year wait to revisit. Soybeans are preferable as if conditions are good they will cut them short. This field was not so good, but we toughed it out knowing it would be a two year wait if we didn't. Not only is it fresh but also putting it off might make the aged owner forget he gave permission. Add to that other strategic difficulties, some farms have very little to offer or are extremely trashy. I have one really big one that has literally nothing on it despite its age, or at least I found nothing while scouting it for a whole day. Others have hotspots, some of which have been wiped out and I am awaiting some sort of tilling to refresh the place ? But yes, having a lot of places to go does lead to getting still more. If I pass a farm of interest and it feels like the time is right and the farmer is out there, I'll stop and ask. Most are curious as to what I might find, and thankfully appreciate the desire for some reward for me should I do all the work to dig it up. Establishing a friendship of sorts goes far, they will try to think of other places to look, or even ask someone else for me. There are 2 rules for getting permissions: 1. Start out with a question about the history of the place and a compliment about how nice it is, then Listen to the farmer after asking to hunt it, no matter how long they talk. It's the most important thing, if you act hasty or impatient, you're not doing to get it. If they say no, be prepared to calm their fears of leaving holes and damage. Make them say no more than once. 2: See rule 1. I guess you could just say it's complicated ? but I do hope to inform as well as brag ? information is a bit more important here.

I was asking Alexnov what he found, but very cool stuff man ? I translated his post.

That's about all I get most times when I hunt a very small beach nearby, but paying attention to the tides and going when they are the lowest possible can turn some stuff up. Of course my beach is on a big sandy river, and the only rocks I encounter are the imported rip rap they use to keep the parking lot from being swept away. ? Forgive me for kidding ya, but congrats on the gravity-defying photo and the sidelight to bring out the detail. At least you won't wonder where the hemostat is now. ?

Translation: "I love tekkna. I don't know what it is, but I'll take Gary's word for it that there's some magic going on with it! Lol some kind of witchcraft! Lol,,,,?" Alexnov, Can you identify the objects you found and the age of them? Very interesting. They look very old. Do not do so if it is not in your best interest. ?

Thanks Doc, A lot of people use fast, I tried one version of it but they blanked out iron, which while relic hunting is useless to me. I'll have to mess with it some. ? I like the Tekkna program and am excited to see what they will do for it with beach hunting, but it is specialized and too soft in the clean places. I use it to get a break from the harshness of Relic. ? Relic makes a distinctive sound when passing over something good, even with low reactivity. With the 13" coil battery it lasts all day, I don't think it was as good in versions before V2. I rarely find Indian stuff, here they didn't use copper before the settlers arrived unlike some lucky hunters out west. I hear many tales of arrowheads everywhere but have yet to find one of them either. ?

Thanks Colonel, I ran sensitivity and audio response high with reactivity low. Goes really deep. Really great in relatively clean areas, but prone to false on forged iron. It holds ID down to no signal.

Hey, I resemble this remark! ? For sure at first the D2 did not rule at finding small stuff, but now I'm shocked at what it finds now under V2, even with the 13". ? I only have the lowly Equinox 600, and it sure did find a lot of tiny stuff, but most of my hunting with it was the 10x5. I think it's arguable from a relic hunting standpoint that being able to swing a much lighter detector for more hours at a time has produced some banner finds for me this year, from tiny gold rings to bits of Spanish silver, to small buttons 10+ inches deep like I dug yesterday. While I'm sure I would have found most of all of it with the 600, it sure was more comfortable using the D2. It's getting close to beach season for me, I'm excited to get out there with V2 and see what I get. It was in its infancy last year when beach season ended, but I got 2 gold rings in two days in a place I didn't think there were any ? I agree with you man, but it probably has as much to do with your proficiency as a detectorist which you undoubtedly have, your persistence and knowledge of your hunting spots. ? ?

Thanks JCR, Since we didn't find any coins we think it might have been a gathering spot for barter. I've found spots like this in other farms here, lots of buttons and animal tack but no money. There was an old house back in the woods, there was a road going to it that I walked using Caltopo, but there was nothing but iron. The house site is very difficult to get to, and right on a ravine that drops off precipitously, I'm never comfortable around those. ? There is nothing in the field near the house site. Much later another house was built, and an old machine shop and post office is there in ruins, somewhat famous in its own right. The later house is gone and replaced by a current one, and sadly lots of the topsoil has been scraped to the edges of the ravines to slow erosion. I guess we'll have to look around the edges a bit.

Thanks VL, relic season is almost over, maybe a couple more weeks but I have to start yard work and getting my RV ready for beach season. I'll miss the quiet of hunting the fields. We have no parks in this area that can be legally hunted so I won't be getting out as much. This has been my best relic season ever. The problem with people at the beach is people at the beach. ?

This one is for the button fan, I dug a 1926 wheat in another field but that was it for the coins. Invited Chase up for one of the last hunts here, a new 100 acre permission that I didn't find much in before, we set out to scout the other half of it that I didn't get to. It's a huge field that had beans on it last year, usually I prefer to hunt in bean stalks but this one is tough, the stalks are too tall. We ran into a farmer friend who told us this is because when they are rushing to get the beans before a rain, they lift the combine collector and don't cut them short. The stalks become really stiff by spring and are very hard to walk on, they chip at your shoes and can go through your hand or foot if you're not careful. ? We set out heading to the other side of the field, Chase went ahead and hunted around the old barn, I think he got a couple of wheats there. I walked up the center of the field not expecting anything, I had crisscrossed this field before and found literally nothing. Got a 47 and dug this rolled copper "tinkler" that was traded with the Indians: https://www.nativetech.org/metal/tinkle/tinkle.html It would be a "point" or arrowhead if it had a point, these were hung on their clothing and they jingle. I immediately went into circle mode, making a spiral around the place I found the first object, and hit 3 buttons. By this time Chase was way across the field, so I noted where I found this stuff and joined him to scout the rest of the place. We found next to nothing, I got just a few buckle bits. We decided to go back to this "hotspot" and the buttons just kept coming, I think between us we found well over 20. Small cuff buttons, medium buttons, a couple large, both brass and Tombac. They were everywhere in about an acre or so. What I thought might be a pretty bad day turned out to be a great one, I got all this: 16 buttons and a bunch of other brass stuff. Chase did as well. When things wound down we quit for the day, but there are certainly more there. Here's the trash, only a handful but I got fooled by a few bits of big iron today: I was using Relic exclusively, with the 13" coil on the Deus 2, with reactivity at 1 and Audio response 7. Some of the buttons were over 10" deep! We found other artifacts that deep too. Sadly we found no coins in that spot. We think it was an area where people got together and traded stuff in the 1600s and 1700s, and possibly with the Indians as well. This is a great example of how you really have to search a farm to find the hotspots, it takes a lot of determination and some really good guesses. You just can't give up! There may be another hotspot here, there is a part of the field we didn't go to, but we'll get there. ?