2017 detector finds
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Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Just finished updating the Deus to V.40 software, very simple and took only a couple of minutes to update the two coils, remote and headphones. Now to give it a run in the field tomorrow, and try to get used to using the hodograph rather than having the onscreen ferrous/non-ferrous horseshoe icon. My screen appears cracked in the pics, only sticky tape residue thankfully.
The bottom two pics show the new deep program, and Gary's HOT program now as a factory program.
The bottom two pics show the new deep program, and Gary's HOT program now as a factory program.
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Off today to give V4.0 software a maiden run on the Deus, running mainly the HOT tones program. The new 2.5 reactivity setting proved its worth, picking up two deep coins that gave off a pretty weak tone that might have been overlooked on reactivity 3 (a tad extra depth ability). Tried the DEEP program, though found it wasn't really suitable over contaminated ground, might give it another run at a later date over cleaner ground. Never really made much use of the hodograph feature, as I tend to detect solely on tones.
As you have probably guessed, his hunt took place once again at the above mentioned ruins, further to the South this time to check out the spread of targets.
The first hour was spent digging a multitude of buttons, some of which are in excellent condition, followed by two English pennies literally two feet apart (1905, 1885) - still no silver thus far. Picked up 3 pocket knives, followed by a small coin looking disc on a metal loop - still trying to figure out what it is, might have a better idea after a clean. The thimble was relatively shallow, good to see one still intact vs the usual squashed flat.
As previously mentioned, later in the day a couple of faint squeaks in fultones revealed a deep Victorian half penny (1893), and yet another English penny (1905).
The site is far from cleaned out, and will require several more runs on deeper settings to pick on any missed targets on ground already detected. I haven't even started checking the areas either side and behind the ruins as yet, both areas being problematic with plenty of buried iron junk to deal with.
Field shots will be added a little later, and hopefully better quality than my tablet pics. :|
As you have probably guessed, his hunt took place once again at the above mentioned ruins, further to the South this time to check out the spread of targets.
The first hour was spent digging a multitude of buttons, some of which are in excellent condition, followed by two English pennies literally two feet apart (1905, 1885) - still no silver thus far. Picked up 3 pocket knives, followed by a small coin looking disc on a metal loop - still trying to figure out what it is, might have a better idea after a clean. The thimble was relatively shallow, good to see one still intact vs the usual squashed flat.
As previously mentioned, later in the day a couple of faint squeaks in fultones revealed a deep Victorian half penny (1893), and yet another English penny (1905).
The site is far from cleaned out, and will require several more runs on deeper settings to pick on any missed targets on ground already detected. I haven't even started checking the areas either side and behind the ruins as yet, both areas being problematic with plenty of buried iron junk to deal with.
Field shots will be added a little later, and hopefully better quality than my tablet pics. :|
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Field photos of finds! After cleaning up the small pendant, it depicts a profile of a womans head, not sure about the significance of it.
B5MECH
Laurence Male
Starting to look like the pocket watch puzzle is almost complete There's the chain and maybe some of the gears 8)
Cool horse shoe thingy whats the little coin? or is it a needle threader
The penny's look super cool hope you can keep them black :Y:
8) pocket knife, wonder what the other guys got from there, maybe they pinched the decimal shallow coins :lol: :lol:
There's the chain and maybe some of the gears 8) Cool horse shoe thingy
whats the little coin? or is it a needle threaderThe penny's look super cool hope you can keep them black
:Y: 8) pocket knife, wonder what the other guys got from there, maybe they pinched the decimal shallow coins :lol: :lol:
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
B5MECH said:Starting to look like the pocket watch puzzle is almost complete
Cool horse shoe thingy
The penny's look super cool hope you can keep them black
8) pocket knife, wonder what the other guys got from there, maybe they pinched the decimal shallow coins :lol: :lol:
I think it is a silver gilded pendant, has a womans head on one side, and nothing on the obverse that I can see. The pennies/hp are now coated in olive oil, they look much better in person than in the pics.
B5MECH
Laurence Male
It's strange that the britt penny's go black and the Australian penny's get the green corrosion 8)
I wonder if the horse shoe thingy could be off a walking cane maybe a lucky cane, looks like the metal plate was a tube
Looks like you'll be going back there for some time yet :lol: :lol: :Y:
I wonder if the horse shoe thingy could be off a walking cane maybe
a lucky cane, looks like the metal plate was a tubeLooks like you'll be going back there for some time yet :lol: :lol: :Y:
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
They only appear black after coating with olive oil, they nearly always come out of the ground with a nice green patina around my area, and with very little oxidation.
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Wow ...some nice finds there..looks like alot more to come as well. :Y:
golddiggerart
Arthur
Holy cow look at the awesome history in the treasures you've dug up, family area yes? Can tell by the thimble...
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
golddiggerart said:Holy cow look at the awesome history in the treasures you've dug up, family area yes? Can tell by the thimble...
Some of the buttons are small enough to belong to childrens clothing, so yes, I'd say there was a family residing there.
I gave the small pendant a bit of CAB treatment and it came out quite good.
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Thanks Silver, I was intending to video a few live digs, unfortunately this bunny negleted to charge up the camera properly the previous night. :|
Nice hunting mate, what a great site, hopefully there are some more old deep silvers there.
Looks like you will make a killing on scrap metals :Y:
Have you got any idea what this place was ?
Ive never come across a site with soooo much stuff in the ground
Have you got any idea what this place was ?
Ive never come across a site with soooo much stuff in the ground
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
What a day, took Mrs Goldpick out for a days detecting, and she finds a humdinger of a target. She yelled out, "I found a silvery looking container" some 15 metres in front of me. My ears pricked up and went to inspect the container and said, "um, by the way, that's a sovereign case dear" in great excitement (nickel plated, made in England). Unfortunately no coins were still in the case, though it does paint a more accurate picture of who inhabited the ruins, and how wealthy they were. Not only that, there could now be the real possibility that finding gold coins is not out of the question on this site.
In another first, at last managed to hit on some silver coins. Most of day was actually quite uneventful, until around 4pm when I located junk spread around several rows of trees a fair way off from te ruins. First good target from amongst the junk was heavily masked and didn't realy expect an 1884 Victorian half penny to pop out. Moving further along I found heaps of buttons, and what looks to be some Vic era copper pin with missing stone from the setting. Jumping over the row of trees and detecting the adjacent area, a very smooth high tone proved to be a near unreadable bun head Victorian sixpence (late 1800's?), followed by another mixed iron/non-ferrous target - a 1912 threepence. A few metres on yet another coin, a 1910 Edward VII penny. Will be definitely going back to that little area to go over it with a fine toothed comb, good chance of there still being more targets.
Heading down another row of trees, yet another good smooth high tone, thought it was a coin at first, turned out to be an 1897-1898 SA dog tag.
On the way back to the car, once again got a boomer of a signal in the graded soil along the edge of the main track, a Veilhead 1900 Victorian penny.
All up a very satisfying day after what was a slow and quite discouraging morning -- once again it really pays to persist and put the hard yards in.
More field pics and videos to follow!
The junkier targets!
The good stuff!
Unfortunately no coins were still in the case, though it does paint a more accurate picture of who inhabited the ruins, and how wealthy they were. Not only that, there could now be the real possibility that finding gold coins is not out of the question on this site.In another first, at last managed to hit on some silver coins. Most of day was actually quite uneventful, until around 4pm when I located junk spread around several rows of trees a fair way off from te ruins. First good target from amongst the junk was heavily masked and didn't realy expect an 1884 Victorian half penny to pop out. Moving further along I found heaps of buttons, and what looks to be some Vic era copper pin with missing stone from the setting. Jumping over the row of trees and detecting the adjacent area, a very smooth high tone proved to be a near unreadable bun head Victorian sixpence (late 1800's?), followed by another mixed iron/non-ferrous target - a 1912 threepence. A few metres on yet another coin, a 1910 Edward VII penny. Will be definitely going back to that little area to go over it with a fine toothed comb, good chance of there still being more targets.
Heading down another row of trees, yet another good smooth high tone, thought it was a coin at first, turned out to be an 1897-1898 SA dog tag.
On the way back to the car, once again got a boomer of a signal in the graded soil along the edge of the main track, a Veilhead 1900 Victorian penny.
All up a very satisfying day after what was a slow and quite discouraging morning -- once again it really pays to persist and put the hard yards in.
More field pics and videos to follow!
The junkier targets!
The good stuff!
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Wow ...and that place has been hit by other detectorists ...so many finds..and thats just what you have found..Amazing well done :Y:
...so many finds..and thats just what you have found..Amazing well done :Y:
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Yup that's some superb detectorship Goldpick 8)
B5MECH
Laurence Male
And here comes the silver :Y: whats the last thing, what a ripper of a hunt, it's a super cool......... 8)
:Y: whats the last thing, what a ripper of a hunt, it's a super cool......... 8)
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Thanks guys, it's a pretty amazing site, I've never detected such a target rich site before - it just keeps on giving! 95% of these finds aren't even on the actual ruin site, guess that's why they have been overlooked in the past.
