ColonelDan Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 Back packing my Deus II in the XP 280. Everything plus some other items fit nicely. I made it through TSA no problem. No questions about the detector or the MI 6 pinpointer. Check in….smooth as silk. When your son is a pilot for that airline and made the reservations for us, things go extra smooth with no charge for checked or carry on bags. I’ll do some detecting on the property this afternoon along an old wall of piled up rocks. Updates to follow…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelDan Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 Landed a few hours ago and only had about 2 hours to recon and try digging a few targets. Rocks EVERYWHERE… very tiring and slow going. Mostly a recon day but I did find a square nail near the old rock wall…. an indicator of the 1800s. Sure isn’t the Florida beaches I’m used to! Further updates to follow…..😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelDan Posted March 24, 2023 Author Share Posted March 24, 2023 I’m running into a lot of modern iron so today I’m going to take a page outta the Calabash book of relic hunting success in iron and use the notch feature. I’ll revert back to all metal for awhile when we hit the slave quarters area. I’ll let you know how it pans out. One thing I know for sure, it’s going to require multiple trips to this place in order to detect it properly. 12 acres of rocky hilly ground isn’t fast or easy! 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT_GhostLight Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Welcome to the wild and wonderful world of relic hunting, Colonel! Often, when my ears are being assaulted by rapid fire iron grunts and falses in a bed of square nails, I wonder why anyone in their right mind would want to do this. And then I find something really old and amazing that I could not have found in the city and remember why I do it. 😏 There's nothing wrong with notching iron out to get your ears used to this different style of detecting. Just be aware, if you notch too high, you can miss good targets masked by iron that drags their IDs really low. This is where the audio makes a difference. Trust the sound, not necessarily the ID. Good Hunting, Colonel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelDan Posted March 24, 2023 Author Share Posted March 24, 2023 This property is beautiful but this is what I’m fighting. Rocks, downed trees, branches and “wait-a-minute” vines! 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelDan Posted March 24, 2023 Author Share Posted March 24, 2023 Found this antique clock mechanism and square nail near the rock wall. The clock part was found after I notched 0-50. The nail was pre-notch….obviously. Lunch break and back to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelDan Posted March 24, 2023 Author Share Posted March 24, 2023 These UFOs (unidentified found objects) were found pre-notch…all metal. No idea what this is….except even I can ID the arrow! 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Looks like some stove iron there. I don't know much about rocks but vines are a damned nuisance. Have fun & thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelDan Posted March 24, 2023 Author Share Posted March 24, 2023 Going to try F350’s Reaper program next. For this beach hunter, this whole weekend is an experimental exercise. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 16 minutes ago, ColonelDan said: Going to try F350’s Reaper program next. For this beach hunter, this whole weekend is an experimental exercise. 😉 The Reaper is for hearing everything, you might want to turn iron volume down a notch. Looks like car parts to me, I've found whole Model T Fords out there 🤣 make sure you're ground balanced on a clear spot (12 pumps minimum), and turn 45-90 degrees on falsing targets. They will "dive" to iron. Up reactivity in machine gun nails, but not really over 2.5. When you're not hearing stuff deep, it's too high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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