Popular Post kac Posted September 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2020 Did a late run at the local park, was dark so I was just picking some obvious targets. One area had some very old trees that had been taken down leaving some deep roots and for some reason there is a good amount of iron where the old oaks were so I tossed the Gold Racer into disc 2, kicked the sensitivity to 85 and upped the id to 25 trimming much of the chatter out. Knew I had a dime but didn't realize it was a silver until I got home and dumped my pouch out. Few months ago I did pick out an 1906 IH that was in fair shape. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Great hunting for such little time. Good luck on your next hunt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge Runner Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Kac I’m sorry to be the one to inform you that’s not a old coin . I was born in 1941 so you can see where I’m coming from. Great find and the best thing it’s silver. My hair what little I have on my head is silver too . Chuck 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kac Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 11 hours ago, Ridge Runner said: I’m sorry to be the one to inform you that’s not a old coin . I was born in 1941 so you can see where I’m coming from. Great find and the best thing it’s silver. My hair what little I have on my head is silver too . I never said it was old haha, did say it was silver :) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kac Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 I was wondering why around the old oaks that were cut down why the mineralization was so high. Is it because the trees absorb the minerals in the area? If so then that could be a good indicator of where old trees once existed especially in open fields and parks and would be good spots to double check for targets especially deep targets. So keep an eye on the mineralization meter on your detectors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge Runner Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Kac Somewhere here on the forum I wrote a story about that. A friend dug a good size hole next to this big tree thinking he had treasure. I had to prove to him that he was detecting a high mineralization in the ground and the tree had the same problem. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kac Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 I'm going to look on some old maps see if I can find spots that had trees that don't exist anymore and see how the mineraliztion in and also do some deeper searches around those spots. Granted in farms they would pull the tree stump out but around it might have something. Curious if the type of tree makes a difference too such as maples vs pines vs oaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge Runner Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Kac The tree I was talking about was none of the three you said. I do remember running the coil over the side of the tree it had hot spots that would set the detector off . The farm land was a sandy with clay mixed in. I’m thinking it may have been a Elm . Here I go with another story. A friend told me about a big Oak tree he got a strong signal about two feet off the ground. I was all for checking it out. Sure enough I too got a strong signal. You could see a holler about 8 feet off the ground where anyone could have dropped something in . I could see already that bank robber on his horse sitting in the saddle dropping in his loot for a later day . I had totally lost control because before I knew it I had cut a window in the side of that tree. Well I know you wanting to know what was in that tree. Somebody had been using that hole as a basketball hoop and it was full of soda cans . It was a big letdown and a kick in the rear at the same time. Chuck 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kac Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 That happened to me last winter, was a hollowed tree that fell, I had just dug a 2 cent at the end of it and got a strong signal near the middle but couldn't find it. Next run out I had cracked a coil on my AT Pro and went home. Last spring I went back and sure enough way down inside was a bunch of squashed cans. Got to admit they do sound good at times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 23 hours ago, kac said: I was wondering why around the old oaks that were cut down why the mineralization was so high. Is it because the trees absorb the minerals in the area? If so then that could be a good indicator of where old trees once existed especially in open fields and parks and would be good spots to double check for targets especially deep targets. So keep an eye on the mineralization meter on your detectors. Just to be clear, you're referring to specifically mineralization measurements, not phase shift measurements? I don't know why all mid-range and higher priced general purpose detectors on the new market today fail to have a mineralization meter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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