Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Thanks for the comments guys, after a bit of a rest it was time to go back and hit the old school site with renewed enthusiasm and HF Deus coil. It certainly didn't disappoint, and gets pretty good depth for such high frequencies and size coil.
Did yet another sweep around the ruins using reactivity 4 & 5 plus 32kHz, and popped a 1912 Edward penny and an almost unreadable Victorian threepence. Interested to see why the threepence hadn't been picked up before, I kept pinpointing more targets in the hole to see what was masking it, and ended up retrieving several nails from the hole - the penny wasn't a good signal at all, more of a hint that something was there.
Next target was a large and unusual two piece button with a faceted stone in the centre (plus shank on the rear), followed by a very deep patterned two piece broach? of sorts (bottom left of photo).
I decide to head back to the spot where I hit on a a couple of coins previously to see what the new coil could do. First up I thought I had a threepence only to find that it was a light coloured cloth covered button, keeping mind that nothing sounds as it should in such contaminated ground. About three feet away yet another faint target disappointingly resulted in a large rusty nail from the hole, repinpounted and yet another target remained - was delighted to find an 1878 Vic threepence (mind boggles)!
Lastly I did a broad sweep of the site, and picked up the small buckle and fob watch on the way back to the car - getting a bit dark by that stage, so time to call it quits.
Did yet another sweep around the ruins using reactivity 4 & 5 plus 32kHz, and popped a 1912 Edward penny and an almost unreadable Victorian threepence. Interested to see why the threepence hadn't been picked up before, I kept pinpointing more targets in the hole to see what was masking it, and ended up retrieving several nails from the hole - the penny wasn't a good signal at all, more of a hint that something was there.
Next target was a large and unusual two piece button with a faceted stone in the centre (plus shank on the rear), followed by a very deep patterned two piece broach? of sorts (bottom left of photo).
I decide to head back to the spot where I hit on a a couple of coins previously to see what the new coil could do. First up I thought I had a threepence only to find that it was a light coloured cloth covered button, keeping mind that nothing sounds as it should in such contaminated ground. About three feet away yet another faint target disappointingly resulted in a large rusty nail from the hole, repinpounted and yet another target remained - was delighted to find an 1878 Vic threepence (mind boggles)!
Lastly I did a broad sweep of the site, and picked up the small buckle and fob watch on the way back to the car - getting a bit dark by that stage, so time to call it quits.
