Extreme Detecting Between Storms Of The Decades Or Testing The 15" Equinox Coil On The Spanish Trail

[Cal_Cobra]

Just returned home from a crazy road-trip.  We had a work event in Las Vegas last week, and we had some equipment to haul in.The company said they'd pay my gas, so I decided to drive it, and take a few extra days off and go to one of my old Spanish trail sites to detect on my way home.  What a trip it turned out to be!

Snow blizzard on the way to Vegas.  Then from Vegas to California, was one of the worst rain storms in like 50 years...I was out on a little two lane, twisty, curvy road that routes you though the mountains and it started out as just small oozes of mud filling areas of the road, or wet slicks as water filled the roads, but as I progressed higher into the mountains, it was progressively worsening, now small streams and creeks and boulders were taking over the road, then massive mud slides onto the roads.  

The road would worsen.   The roads were washed out and flooded with white water rivers now taking over, filling the road with a debris field of rocks, small trees and brush, and tons of sand.   One one occasion I was blasting through what amounted to a massive river flowing across the road, and while trying to blast though it a massive sand bar under the water attempted to trap the car, but luckily the FJ is a very capable off road vehicle, and it was able to make it though this and many more obstacles to come.  So after all this, I get to my destination and the motel had canceled everyone's reservations because they had no water or power.  Great, now I'm out in the middle of BFE with no place to stay and I'm not driving back through raging water flash floods.  I ended up spending the night in my FJ Cruiser in the middle of the desert.  It was a weird night, to be made even more strange by the fact that the only radio station I could pick up out there was playing Indian chants all night - LOL  

Between storms, I managed to get in a day of detecting, but with an even larger storm system nipping at my heals, I decided to head back before it hit the fan!

I managed a good day testing the 15" Equinox coil at a site that's been stingy lately.  Tom and I hunted it the last time we were there, and neither of us dug a single coin, but for whatever reason the Equinox lit it up (tu)

Enjoy!

Flickr account is buggered up, else I'd post a still pic, but here's the video:

GL&HH
Cal

 

 

[Cabin Fever]

Nice hunt Cal!  

Thanks for sharing your adventure. Gives us who are stuck home buried in snow a chance to go along on a hunt.

 Bryan

[groundscanner]

Nice hunt and a very enjoyable video!!  I am glad that you were able to catch a break in the weather and get a hunt in.

MT

[strick]

That was a great Video. I've been teetering back and forth on getting the big coil and after watching your hunt I ordered it lol. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us once again. 

strick

[Cal_Cobra]

7 hours ago, strick said:

That was a great Video. I've been teetering back and forth on getting the big coil and after watching your hunt I ordered it lol. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us once again. 

strick

Thanks for watching.  To be honest the 15" coil doesn't feel like a 15" coil when you're swinging it.  I like that it's a 12"x15" and not a big round 15", I suspect that is why it's doing so well picking silver out of sea of nail environments. 

Good ground coverage and depth, and did I mention the silver bangs in pretty well with the 15" coil ?

GL&HH,
Cal

[Randy Lunn]

What a great hunt and a solid validation of the Equinox 15" coil. Great silver dimes, but I really enjoyed seeing the Henry rimfire shells.

[DolanDave]

Nice finds on the old spanish Trail Cal Cobra.... I have hunted it a few times in Nevada and California, and found some pretty good stuff. There is actually a guy I know in Pahrump, NV. that found a jar of old silver and gold coins buried alongside the old spanish trail...in the 1990's metal detecting. You guys have done pretty good at that spot... you stuck the cow in there also ... good one !!!

Dave.

[Swegin]

On 2/18/2019 at 4:27 PM, Cal_Cobra said:

Great, now I'm out in the middle of BFE

This made me laugh I haven't heard that in a long time.    Thanks for the story and the video.

 

[Dig It]

Road trip from hell looks like it paid off for you NICE !! I have a sick since of humor and also like the graphic picture of cow !!!!!!!  And I as well really like swinging that coil, when I get the chance...…   

[Cal_Cobra]

17 hours ago, Randy Lunn said:

What a great hunt and a solid validation of the Equinox 15" coil. Great silver dimes, but I really enjoyed seeing the Henry rimfire shells.

I was very impressed at how well it sniffed out the silver dimes.   Several great hunters and top end machines have been through here before, so it's interesting that it was able to pick out three silvers from this stage stop.  I can't wait to try it at some of my other sites.

14 hours ago, DolanDave said:

Nice finds on the old spanish Trail Cal Cobra.... I have hunted it a few times in Nevada and California, and found some pretty good stuff. There is actually a guy I know in Pahrump, NV. that found a jar of old silver and gold coins buried alongside the old spanish trail...in the 1990's metal detecting. You guys have done pretty good at that spot... you stuck the cow in there also ... good one !!!

Dave.

HI Dave,  A jar of gold and silver coins would be an incredible find!    Unfortunately it was pretty windy, but what I was trying to explain with the cow pee photo was that the hundreds of cows in this pasture are likely the cause of making the silver turn black as not too far from here we have another site, same dirt, and the coins and artifacts come out in beautiful condition.    I'd love to do more detecting on the Spanish trail, but I only get to that area once or twice a year at the most.  

HH,
Cal

3 hours ago, Swegin said:

This made me laugh I haven't heard that in a long time.    Thanks for the story and the video.

 

Ha ha...old habits die hard ?

1 hour ago, Dig It said:

Road trip from hell looks like it paid off for you NICE !! I have a sick since of humor and also like the graphic picture of cow !!!!!!!  And I as well really like swinging that coil, when I get the chance...…   

? Glad the cow photo is getting some laughs haha