Geologyhound

Beauty!  Job well done!  Off of which base program did you build?

Remember a typical detector’s signal narrows with depth, so overlap you swings if you are looking for deep targets.  The natural tendency is to go faster when you are not finding much.  Be conscious of your attitude and slow down when needed.  When you find a target in trash, or a deeper or questionable target, take some time to experiment with settings and swing speed.  You may find there is an optimal swing speed for your settings.  Remember the detector is only half your hunting team... Keeping some of your trash (and treasure) to scan at home will help you remember where different targets ring up.  Spend some time in the local history section of your library.  Old topographic maps are your friend.

That is my two cents.  Have fun and post some finds!

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45 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Your lead disc is a hem weight. Used in window coverings and skirts. Cool finds Geologyhound!

That makes sense, thanks!

Yes, unless you are lucky enough to find a vein (which won’t be in a fine grained sedimentary rock), then you definitely want to find stream gravels.  In a large outcrop, you may be able to identify multiple flood layers (layers of gravel separated by layers of clay). The top of each clay layer/bottom of each gravel layer would be the best place to check.

Are there air bubbles in it? If so, I would concur on the glass slag.

Went back to a residential site the topo maps show had houses in the late 1800’s.  Last house was just torn down about a week ago.  Found a silver nickel (second from this site), a buffalo nickel, a 1940 Jefferson nickel and a 1970’s nickel.  Now if only I had found a V nickel, I would’ve had the bases covered for the last 100+ years.  😁

The silver nickel was only an inch or two down in fresh dozed dirt.  I think the dozer, or something historically, scraped up the back.  The buffalo nickel is from the 1930s but that’s all I can make out.

The token is from Games People Play, which was like an old time Chuck E. Cheese.  The disc stamped 334 I think might be an old job shift check-in tag.  The enameled disc is Salvation Army. The washer-type thing is flat on one side and domed on the other.  It is brass or copper and had tar on it.  I wonder if it is a tarp grommet?

The odd shaped thing almost makes me wonder about a broken brass golf T.  The small piece of melted metal came out of an old fire pit.  It is heavy (not aluminum) and has silver highlights. I filed a corner, and it is bright silver-not gray like lead.  The brass pulley is in pretty good condition and doesn’t have much corrosion patina, so it must be relatively recent.

The larger grey disc is heavy and I think it’s lead. It looks like a button to me but it’s fairly large for a button.  There appears to have been raised lettering/logo on one side but I can’t make out what now.  If it is a lead button it should be old, but I don’t know how old.  Any ideas?

On 7/13/2023 at 8:30 AM, F350Platinum said:

I imagine this relates somewhat with reluctance to be sued by "the other guys". 

Twisting the DIN connector to find the right spot leads fairly fast to failure of the cable at the plug, and the coil clip could be easily fixed if redesigned with the jack pointing in the other direction. 😀

I also dislike the length of the 3 leads. I don't want to compress the detector every time I put it to charge. Guess I'm just spoiled by "grab and go". If you have a custom shaft that is round, it's not as easy to do that.

However, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. I'm still thrilled with the D2 and WS6. You can use the old cord on the WS6 Master, which is easier to connect and has longer leads.

 

I wholeheartedly concur. It would be nice if I didn’t have to collapse my detector or take the remote off in order to charge simply because the mains cords are too short.  Then I have to readjust the length every time I go hunt.

Frankly, I have more problems with the coil charger. I have to hold my tongue just right to get it to connect. When I ease it back to the floor, the weight of the coil causes the charger to disconnect.  I have to watch it closely because the charge light might light up but then turn off a second or two later. When it does stay on I have to set it down carefully at an angle so the bottom of the charge clip doesn’t touch the floor.

As for the quick connect on the remote, I am guessing the D2 engineers were thinking of waterproofing rather than ease of access.  But, if you’re not planning on  leaving a quick connect plug in while diving, and getting a little water on the end won’t cause it to short circuit, then it may be possible.

Welcome!  First, you might want to do a search for this thread: Deus 2 Programs Log And Organizer Updated For V1.0 Software.  There is a handy-dandy spreadsheet listing settings for the preset programs and empty columns to enter your own custom program settings.  I don’t know that anyone has updated it yet for version 1.1.  
 

For relics, you may want to talk to F350Platinum about his relic reaper program.  I don’t know whether he has dialed it in on version 1.1 settings yet or not.
 

I know there have been several threads within the last few weeks discussing changes to beach settings with version 1.1.  So you may want to scroll back through the threads for those.

Happy hunting!

Frankly, I don’t have a single permission where I could use something like this. Even if I did, I don’t have the capability or inclination to dig that big a hole in someone’s old trash dump.  Imagine trying to dig that big a hole by hand with big tree roots. How long would you have to spend digging and chopping roots just to find an old stove door, boiler plate or the like?  I would rather spend my day finding more good targets that are recoverable.  Now if it had an add-on accessory that could dig its own hole and cover it back up nice as new while you kept hunting elsewhere...

A two silver day would keep me coming back for more!

Looks like a great way to reset the counter. Any idea on the stone?

Thanks guys!  The car looks to be a little high mileage, so the bluebook on it might be on the low side.  But, I went back out to the same site and found three more cars!  I’m thinking of opening a used car lot. I can make you a good deal! 🤣

Tide car circa mid 90s. Ferrari early 90s and matchbox Ford corsair #45 early 50s. 

The two buckles were within about 8 inches of each other close to one of the two wheat pennies I found this trip.

The odd piece is the metal plate which appears to say “Cowwodol” on the flat side.  I am not sure what to make of the pattern on the other side. There are at least five holes through it like it was screwed onto something with small screws. There’s also two raised spots on opposite sides of the patterned side. Almost like it seated against another piece - like half of some sort of embossing press.  Any ideas on what this could be?

Update on the 1914 WHS medallion – A local historical society is interested and is doing some digging.  Hopefully they can find something.

Got out for a little bit today before the storms were expected.  I was hunting an old home site (late 1800s through early 2000s) with a custom program built off of fast.  Lots of iron, so I increased the reactivity to around 2 to 2.5.

The old pocket watch is unfortunately missing the back, so I have no idea the age.  It was giving me a weird double signal with a fairly solid 72. I decided to dig it anyway because I kept getting a good tone at certain angles. Once I removed the new nail from 2 inches, the signal cleaned up to a good 72 and so did the tone.  The watch was another several inches down. I recovered a piece of the cover glass with it.  This is actually the second pocket watch I have found with the D2 this year, although neither one are in great condition…

Not too far away was the 1914 WHS medallion.  I am guessing it comes from a high school and the only one locally that matches would be Woodward. I plan to contact them to see if anyone can confirm if it is truly a class of 1914 medallion. 

The old car is a matchbox lotus number 19 from around 1966 to 1967. I also found the hammer for a cap gun and an auto city products company (Detroit Michigan) key. All the coins were modern.

I’ve been experimenting a little bit with large tones – especially large iron tones when I can get a fairly decent good tone from one discrete area (preferably not the end if it is an elongated iron).  If I can get a discreet good tone, I dig the tone even if pinpointing pulls me off to the side due to the larger signal.  This has resulted in several coins including today’s nickel. However I did get fooled on a large iron bolt.  

Thanks for looking and hope you’re having fun!

Nice ring!  As an OSU grad, go Beavs!

Slate tends to be relatively soft.  If this has been tumbled in a river, nothing carved on it would’ve survived.  I concur this appears to be a nonhomogeneous rock.  Based on your picture, it appears the inclusions may be a little softer than the host rock, since it appears the lighter areas have been worn off a little deeper.

On 5/29/2023 at 12:59 PM, JCR said:

Your shell casing is a 410 ga shotshell head. It had a paper case.

Cool, thanks!  Any idea of the approximate age?

With that kind of a shape, and given the weight, how about a plum bob?

That a 22 casing?  Probably no date on the head stamp.

Forgot to mention, the shell casing is a Remington. It says either 510 or 210 with 06 a little ways away.

4 minutes ago, JCR said:

Nice hunt. Your "brass gasket" is a alarm clock frame.

Ah!  Did not know that, thanks!

Looks like it.  If you look at it end-on, does it look like growth rings?

But I’ll take it. I was hunting at a Civil War union camp. Located the nail beds of two more camp buildings (found four so far) and one Civil War era residence. The camp buildings were a little further over than I expected based on the old map.  I was running a V1.1 modified fast square and had to bump recovery speed to around 2+ due to the nails.  The EMI at parts of this site is bad enough such that the best offset and sensitivity in the low 80s still results in warbly signals.  Came across a relatively good nickel signal near the side of one of the nail patches.  Around 4 to 5 inches down, up pops a dirt covered disc with silver highlights - a 1945 P war nickel!  Not the war I was looking for, but I’ll take it!

The wrench is also not the desired time period.  But I kept getting a consistent localized 70s reading surrounded with iron grunts.

I’m still relatively new to the D2. But one thing I’ve learned in the last couple outings - if I’m getting a consistent signal but can’t pinpoint as there is a large metal target underneath or multiple metal targets in the vicinity that pull the pin point off to the side of the “good” signal, then I locate as best as possible based on the signal and then leave it to the MI6 to pick it up as I dig.  That has resulted in several coins.  This time I got a wrench thrown in my plans.  🤪

I think the residence has been pretty well hunted.  The only signals I was pulling from the nails there were 60s and 70s – can slaw, along with new and beavertail pulltabs and flaps. The small motor brass (?) gasket and lead strip were there.  

Don’t recall where, but I remember reading somebody saying that headphones (WSA 2/WSA 2 XL) didn’t need to be updated in V 1.1.  I updated today. Remote went fine, puck had some issues with freezing instead of accepting update prompt.  However, a prompt from the website said don’t forget to update your headphones to V 1.1.  So, I went ahead and updated my WSA 2 XL, and the screen said it was V 1.1 for the headphones.  So if anybody missed upgrading their headphones, you may want to go back and check.

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6 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

Nice finds.  I take it that you attempted a frequency shift noise cancel to no avail before resorting to lowering sensitivity.

Correct.  It did shift the frequency, but it was still unstable.  I don’t know if it was the interference, but as with V0.71 my custom square pitch program is started up sounding like a different audio option.  I did my standard program switch, pinpoint randomly, frequency scan, switch back a couple times before it settled down and started sounding correct.  It was interesting to note that as I cycled past F350Platinum’s Relic Reaper, the XY plot was giving me a jumbled sine wave pattern.

Perhaps the best find of the night was when a policeman pulled up beside me. Turns out he has owned a D2 for about a year and a half and would love a hunting buddy!

Just got out to hunt for a couple hours after work. My son went with me with my old Whites XLT. This is only the second time I have been out with V1, and only a couple hours each time. I was using a modified fast (my V 0.71 custom program I am trying to adapt to the new version before I start branching out and exploring new options).  

I was hunting right under a low level powerline and getting lots of chatter. I had dropped the sensitivity to the mid 80s which helped a bit.  Hit a nice high 80s TID less than a foot off the road and out popped this ring.  I’m thinking the “stones“ are plastic, but the band is stamped 925 and has a little skewed + near it.  Also found this Disney rocket car.   

My son found the metal disc which says distinguished visitor usite 72.  A quick Internet search keeps turning up stuff like aircraft carrier tours, but I’m not sure that’s correct. He would love to know what it is so if any of you happen to know please chime in.

Thanks!