Deus & Racer 2 finds for 2016
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Nice collection of bits n pieces GP. Good to see you get amongst it again.
Pretty good hunt GP, cricket ovals are some of my fav places to try, especially the ones that were around before television was invented.
It doesnt look like you've lost too much mojo by those finds 
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Sandta said:It doesnt look like you've lost too much mojo by those finds
I think I was just losing the plot due to the crap weather keeping me housebound most of the time. I did go out for a detect on one occasion with absolutely zip coins to show for my efforts, though I guess you can't find something that isn't there in the first place.
Paulmarr
Paul
Nice sized blue tongue! And nice finds!
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Off today for a birthday hunt, never really had a plan as such, just try a few places and see how we go. First stop was to see if I could pull anything more from the Victorian coin hotspot, that was hopeless with knee deep grass killing off that idea. Then back down the road to near where the previous 1940/50's hoise site hunt took place, the grass was reasonably low so we decide to remain there for the remainder of the day.
After an hour of detecting the area, by birthday hunt was looking pretty disastrous, all I needed is one damned coin to get me goingl! Not long after thinking that, the first penny surfaced, although not what you would call the juciest sounding target around.
This site is full of junk and iron, and can test your patience if not prepared to slow right down and check all suspect targets. Many of the following coin targets were partially masked, giving off in some cases pretty iffy or blended high tones. I was lucky enough to pull a couple of pennies and a half penny in close proximity to each other, then after rechecking the ground a faint high tone still remained (florin). I really didn't expect a florin, it must have been sitting on edge to give off such a soft signal.
The second florin was also unexpected considering the response I received, with the third being a classic smooth high tone that was really hard to miss.
Mrs Goldpick came over to check on how I was doing, and on our way back to the car I picked up the fourth lone florin under some dense scrub. Once again that signal was highly influenced by nearby junk, and wasn't what you would call the best sounding target. The same old motto applied, if in doubt - dig!
Very happy with the end result - 1941/1943 hp's, 1924, 1944, 1950 & 1951 pennies, 2 x 1946 florins & 2 1947 florins.
After an hour of detecting the area, by birthday hunt was looking pretty disastrous, all I needed is one damned coin to get me goingl! Not long after thinking that, the first penny surfaced, although not what you would call the juciest sounding target around.
This site is full of junk and iron, and can test your patience if not prepared to slow right down and check all suspect targets. Many of the following coin targets were partially masked, giving off in some cases pretty iffy or blended high tones. I was lucky enough to pull a couple of pennies and a half penny in close proximity to each other, then after rechecking the ground a faint high tone still remained (florin). I really didn't expect a florin, it must have been sitting on edge to give off such a soft signal.
The second florin was also unexpected considering the response I received, with the third being a classic smooth high tone that was really hard to miss.
Mrs Goldpick came over to check on how I was doing, and on our way back to the car I picked up the fourth lone florin under some dense scrub. Once again that signal was highly influenced by nearby junk, and wasn't what you would call the best sounding target. The same old motto applied, if in doubt - dig!
Very happy with the end result - 1941/1943 hp's, 1924, 1944, 1950 & 1951 pennies, 2 x 1946 florins & 2 1947 florins.
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
It's always the way Silver, big florin drought then 4 in one outing. Hopefully next time it won't be so long between drinks so to speak.
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birthday good karma hunt, nice!
Happy birthday GP. 4 florins, wow what a great hunt, awesome work. Very nice haul of coins.
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Back to the same site again, maybe with a touch of false hope. It appears that the Deus 11" coil is really starting to reach its limits on the unmasking side of things, there is only so much a fast recovery speed can offer before being forced to move to a physically smaller coil. None of the good targets found today were obvious clear cut signals, but blended high tones with iron, or lower than expected tones that have been dragged down due to proximity with iron. Might be time to invest in the 9" coil, or put the Deus away for now and concentrate on using the Racer with the 5" OOR or 5x10" coil.
The 1928-1929 SA dog tag was a nice surprise, that was located between two piles of scraped up house debris and could have been easily missed.
Only three predecimals, two sixpences (1955, 1962) from scouring through targets in disturbed and junk filled soil, and a 1962 hp from some pretty deep undergrowth.
The Girl Guides badge came out of the same area as the sixpences.
Lastly, yet another part of a toy pistol, earlier in the year I managed a full working toy pistol from this same site.
It appears that the Deus 11" coil is really starting to reach its limits on the unmasking side of things, there is only so much a fast recovery speed can offer before being forced to move to a physically smaller coil. None of the good targets found today were obvious clear cut signals, but blended high tones with iron, or lower than expected tones that have been dragged down due to proximity with iron. Might be time to invest in the 9" coil, or put the Deus away for now and concentrate on using the Racer with the 5" OOR or 5x10" coil.The 1928-1929 SA dog tag was a nice surprise, that was located between two piles of scraped up house debris and could have been easily missed.
Only three predecimals, two sixpences (1955, 1962) from scouring through targets in disturbed and junk filled soil, and a 1962 hp from some pretty deep undergrowth.
The Girl Guides badge came out of the same area as the sixpences.
Lastly, yet another part of a toy pistol, earlier in the year I managed a full working toy pistol from this same site.
B5MECH
Laurence Male
Sounds like there is still more at that site, nice hunting GP
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
I haven't had the urge to do a goldy hunt for eons, hence I thought it would be a good opportunity to stop at a country oval and try out my custom decimal coin program for the first time.
The program is pretty simple being based off Deus Fast, with everything notched out aside from a digit or two either side of what the coins read, and with lowered sensitivity and silencer set to 4. A mid tone was set for lower denominations, and a high tone for $1 & $2 coins. I didn't see any point on dividing up the tones for the lower denominations, as all good mid tone coin targets were coming out of the ground regardless.
All coins were clear cut tones with steady ID's, any junk that falls around the vicinity of the coin ID will give a raspy response on the edge of the target due to being on the cusp of the notch (if that makes sense). I didn't dig any crown caps thanks to the silencer, and most aluminium bottle caps were identified by both a wider pinpoint than coins at a similar depth. I did dig a few targets at first to confirm that the notches were working on both junk and coin targets, and pretty much dug nothing afterwards aside from a couple of flattened caps (about 7 junk targets all up). All the coins were found in quite a small grassed area lined with pine trees, there were a few sunbakers and two coin spills amongst the finds.
The program could do with some refinements being just an initial run, and no doubt there are better ones out there, though pretty happy with the result of 37 coins for a bit over an hour's detecting. Am looking forward to hitting a few other spots to see what it can do.
$2 sunbakers in the foreground/background
Cosy coin spill
Haven't dug one of these before
Small area from which all the coins were located
The program is pretty simple being based off Deus Fast, with everything notched out aside from a digit or two either side of what the coins read, and with lowered sensitivity and silencer set to 4. A mid tone was set for lower denominations, and a high tone for $1 & $2 coins. I didn't see any point on dividing up the tones for the lower denominations, as all good mid tone coin targets were coming out of the ground regardless.
All coins were clear cut tones with steady ID's, any junk that falls around the vicinity of the coin ID will give a raspy response on the edge of the target due to being on the cusp of the notch (if that makes sense). I didn't dig any crown caps thanks to the silencer, and most aluminium bottle caps were identified by both a wider pinpoint than coins at a similar depth. I did dig a few targets at first to confirm that the notches were working on both junk and coin targets, and pretty much dug nothing afterwards aside from a couple of flattened caps (about 7 junk targets all up). All the coins were found in quite a small grassed area lined with pine trees, there were a few sunbakers and two coin spills amongst the finds.
The program could do with some refinements being just an initial run, and no doubt there are better ones out there, though pretty happy with the result of 37 coins for a bit over an hour's detecting. Am looking forward to hitting a few other spots to see what it can do.
$2 sunbakers in the foreground/background
Cosy coin spill
Haven't dug one of these before
Small area from which all the coins were located
Nice hunting mate, that program seems to work very well judging by the lack of junk.
B5MECH
Laurence Male
That park looks too peaceful for daytime
Nice shady area for hunting that pays out, top work
Nice shady area for hunting that pays out, top work
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Snuck out tonight for a spot of detecting on an oval surrounds, life was pretty hard going with tons of junk targets to deal with. Still managed a few pre-decimals, very happy to have found a .925 1944 florin towards the end of the session, with a 1953 rams head shilling (with a nasty scratch), 1924 penny, and a 1953 hp rounding off the older gear.
The oval Angus Sanderson badge is from a vintage car, not sure which model, though they ceased production in 1927.
The oval Angus Sanderson badge is from a vintage car, not sure which model, though they ceased production in 1927.
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Always nice to realise that the nasty scratch is vintage too, nice vintage hunt Gp, and the modern hunt tally is always good on the pocket hey ,... no matter how heavy it all gets, the weight is never draining. Nice looking Florrie that one, woulda been a nice feeling to see that one pop. 8)
