Lodge Scent Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 It was a bit cold this morning with the windchill in the teens, but the sun was out for the first time in ages so I was going to go out detecting! I've been using the 13" coil on my D2 for the last couple of months so I decided to give the 9" coil some exercise today. I also haven't hunted in Relic mode for a long time so I gave that a shot as well. Pickings were slim as I had expected, so I was surprised to dig this 1801 Draped Bust. It was deepish at 8 inches or so. I flipped through several programs before I dug the target and Relic did hit it the hardest. This site is known for a lot of bent crusty 200 to 300 year old square nails. Even with the IAR set at 5, it was still getting a good amount of chirping. Lodge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Outstanding! 🏆 Have you tried setting notch to 00-00 in relic? It might make things a little less chirpy, but keep an old reliable next to it to verify iron. Nice job cleaning up, beautiful coin. I wouldn't be able to stand wind chill in the teens, so bravo. 👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lodge Scent Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 Thanks F350. Yeah, I did have 00 notched. The chirping was just a bit of a nuisance, it didn't slow me down too much. I had the Sensitivity at 96 and Max Frequency at 24 kHz. Next time I'll drop the Sensitivity a bit and raise the Max frequency and see what that does. I was surprised at how hard Relic hit it compared to my other programs with the same Reactivity and Sensitivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Nice find. That's a survivor given the way the ground likes to eat 100% copper coins after two centuries nibbling away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKman Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Nice Coin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naildiggerpro Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 On 2/5/2024 at 7:44 PM, Lodge Scent said: Thanks F350. Yeah, I did have 00 notched. The chirping was just a bit of a nuisance, it didn't slow me down too much. I had the Sensitivity at 96 and Max Frequency at 24 kHz. Next time I'll drop the Sensitivity a bit and raise the Max frequency and see what that does. I was surprised at how hard Relic hit it compared to my other programs with the same Reactivity and Sensitivity. Yep, that's why Chase and I are using it. It's all blips and then a "rrrrraaaoowww" when it finds something. Best I can describe it. That was a fairly low mintage year, what does the reverse look like? You probably won't want to sell it but look at the value. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lodge Scent Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 21 minutes ago, F350Platinum said: It's all blips and then a "rrrrraaaoowww" when it finds something. Best I can describe it. Yeah that describes it pretty well F350. 🙂 Reverse has less detail. But you can tell it was a well-struck coin. Those early Draped Busts seem to be well-struck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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