Goldpick
Chris Johnson
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Certainly was, don't find many of those older coins around here, mostly Victorian period coinage.
Deus & Racer 2 finds for 2016
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Certainly was, don't find many of those older coins around here, mostly Victorian period coinage.
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Today we headed off to the local markets, followed by the daily walking of the dogs, and decided to spend the rest of the afternoon at the regular Victorian coin location.
First good target of the day was the front half of a nicely patterned silver locket, not much more followed for the next hour other than some shotty shells and splattered lead.
Mrs Goldpick was wandering off to another location with her G2 , and started to pick up on some bullets and projectiles before calling it a day - off to read the paper/lunch. Interested that she was getting some good targets, I headed over to where she had previously been (I hadn't detected this spot before), and upon gridding the area, an 1890 Vic penny nearly blew my ears off. What a good sign, and a very shallow coin as well, things were looking promising.
On my first grid line I got another hightone (82), and unearthed an 1862 Vic threepence, followed by a few cartridges and small braces buckle. Several lines later, a high tone 86 and an 1864 Vic sixpence was in the bag. Other targets included a trio of buttons, and the odd lead nail head.
So far I've only gridded 10x20m, so I am expecting good things to come from this area, especially with shallow targets and silvers still lying around.
Silver locket
1890 penny
1862 threepence
Silver in the hole!
Lovely Victorian sixpence!
First good target of the day was the front half of a nicely patterned silver locket, not much more followed for the next hour other than some shotty shells and splattered lead.
Mrs Goldpick was wandering off to another location with her G2 , and started to pick up on some bullets and projectiles before calling it a day - off to read the paper/lunch. Interested that she was getting some good targets, I headed over to where she had previously been (I hadn't detected this spot before), and upon gridding the area, an 1890 Vic penny nearly blew my ears off. What a good sign, and a very shallow coin as well, things were looking promising.
On my first grid line I got another hightone (82), and unearthed an 1862 Vic threepence, followed by a few cartridges and small braces buckle. Several lines later, a high tone 86 and an 1864 Vic sixpence was in the bag. Other targets included a trio of buttons, and the odd lead nail head.
So far I've only gridded 10x20m, so I am expecting good things to come from this area, especially with shallow targets and silvers still lying around.
Silver locket
1890 penny
1862 threepence
Silver in the hole!
Lovely Victorian sixpence!
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nice story, nice finds, and nice pics
Awesome finds there
Nice early dates
Nice early dates
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Thanks Rocket, I try to take a few photos as I detect for something a bit more interesting. I should also dust off the Go-Pro and do a few more clips in future.
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Great score Gp, Mrs Gp must be happy for you too, but I recon she'll be gridding too next time before there's any Cooee (doesn't take anyone too long to start yelling out a f t e r the silvers are in the bag) (ha).
Youll have that home team comp pushing the overall tally right up past all probability in no time at all.
Youll have that home team comp pushing the overall tally right up past all probability in no time at all.
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
She was actually a bit annoyed that she managed to overlook the coins. When we drove home, I showed where the coins were pulled from, and she swore that she had already detected in that exact area.
That's when I reminded her about the importance of gridding on a site with such sparsely spread targets, otherwise it purely down to luck. .
That's when I reminded her about the importance of gridding on a site with such sparsely spread targets, otherwise it purely down to luck.
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Great finds and a good read GP. Whar Frequency are you running?
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
17kHz, seems to hits a lot better on the small conductors commonly found around the site, and still does very well on the coins which aren't usually at great depths.
Funny thing today was with the ground balancing. When I started out the day, I just didn't seem to be getting very good ground penetration on what were some pretty shallow targets, which was a bit unusual considering I had detected here many times in the past without issue. Hence I had a play around with the GB, and upped it closer to the manual default of 90, and the improvement in depth was very noticible to say the least, even when the ground figure wandered into the mid to 80's and manual GB left on 90. That's why I was quite surprised when I hit those silvers and the penny, almost sounded like they were only an inch or two down, and the cartridges were booming targets.
So despite what I mentioned in the XP section about running manual GB close to or lower than the suggested number, running closer to 90 might actually give you a good boost in depth, I guess it just depends on what your ground is like over east. It has been mentioned in the past that the Deus's GB operates differently to what you would expect from most traditional detectors, but I have yet to see an in-depth explanation on this.
Whether it had something to do with the software update I did recently with everything going back to default settings, who knows, so will be going back to using the default GBsetting of 90 to see how it goes on some other local sites.
Here's a topic from the Dankowski Detectors forum that touches on the GB subject, especially Keith Southern's comments.
http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,62694,62720
Funny thing today was with the ground balancing. When I started out the day, I just didn't seem to be getting very good ground penetration on what were some pretty shallow targets, which was a bit unusual considering I had detected here many times in the past without issue. Hence I had a play around with the GB, and upped it closer to the manual default of 90, and the improvement in depth was very noticible to say the least, even when the ground figure wandered into the mid to 80's and manual GB left on 90. That's why I was quite surprised when I hit those silvers and the penny, almost sounded like they were only an inch or two down, and the cartridges were booming targets.
So despite what I mentioned in the XP section about running manual GB close to or lower than the suggested number, running closer to 90 might actually give you a good boost in depth, I guess it just depends on what your ground is like over east. It has been mentioned in the past that the Deus's GB operates differently to what you would expect from most traditional detectors, but I have yet to see an in-depth explanation on this.
Whether it had something to do with the software update I did recently with everything going back to default settings, who knows, so will be going back to using the default GBsetting of 90 to see how it goes on some other local sites.
Here's a topic from the Dankowski Detectors forum that touches on the GB subject, especially Keith Southern's comments.
http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,62694,62720
Thanks for all that GP. I was reading today that the recommended Ground setting is to leave it at 90 unless the ground is very hot.
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
That's correct, only if the mineralisation bar gets some segments on it, though hard to understand how it works worldwide for such varying conditions. Did you read about the ground phase numbers actually relating to ground conductivity, not mineralisation as such, hence the seperate bar?
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
After the high of finding some quality coins yesterday on some very promising ground, today was a bit of a let down, though did find a couple of interesting targets.
The find of the day was a copper broach inlaid with a black cross, not really sure what material the cross was made from, still a nice relic. The second item was a very old looking ring with a dragon sitting on a skull, it came out the hole in a few pieces unfortunately. We gridded up quite a large area, and was surprised to see no more coins other than the three from yesterday. I started off using the Etrac withe large 13" Ultimate coil, and eventually reverted back to the Deus which proves to be more capable on the smaller low conductivity targets (bullets, small copper items).
Still haven't gridded the whole area, though from what we have seen, all the finds are very randomly located with no correlation to any camp sites as such. Better luck next time.
The find of the day was a copper broach inlaid with a black cross, not really sure what material the cross was made from, still a nice relic. The second item was a very old looking ring with a dragon sitting on a skull, it came out the hole in a few pieces unfortunately. We gridded up quite a large area, and was surprised to see no more coins other than the three from yesterday. I started off using the Etrac withe large 13" Ultimate coil, and eventually reverted back to the Deus which proves to be more capable on the smaller low conductivity targets (bullets, small copper items).
Still haven't gridded the whole area, though from what we have seen, all the finds are very randomly located with no correlation to any camp sites as such. Better luck next time.
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
That's the second Victorian Gothic style ring I found at this spot, I assumed the other one was a bikies ring, though now think it was actually a lot older and from the Victorian area. Both are quite hideous rings.
Great mix of finds GP. Shame about the ring.
Very interesting finds GP, just never know what's going to pop up there.
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
After the last trip into the field, it became apparent that I wasn't really enjoying using the Etrac as much as I should, with weight the main factor involved (especially stress on the wrist). Yes you can use a sling to reduce the weight, but it can be a pain during the winter months when wearing several layers of clothing - I just hate being tethered to the detector to put it plainly.
My Mrs also struggles with the Etrac, and is unable to use it for any length of time, I did try to get her to use the lighter Tesoro Tejon for a while, though the miriad of knobs and manual ground balancing had her promptly placing it back in the car.
With those factors in mind, the Etrac will be sold off, and a Racer 2 will be taking its place as a dual usage detector between myself & Mrs Goldpick. At around a kilo lighter than the Etrac, it should prove much more suitable to swing for longer periods. A Deus Lite was seriously considered, though the large screen, easy to navigate controls, and pricing of the Racer 2 were in its favour. I should see the Racer delivered over the next week from Phasetech for a bit of an unboxing/run down.
My Mrs also struggles with the Etrac, and is unable to use it for any length of time, I did try to get her to use the lighter Tesoro Tejon for a while, though the miriad of knobs and manual ground balancing had her promptly placing it back in the car.
With those factors in mind, the Etrac will be sold off, and a Racer 2 will be taking its place as a dual usage detector between myself & Mrs Goldpick. At around a kilo lighter than the Etrac, it should prove much more suitable to swing for longer periods. A Deus Lite was seriously considered, though the large screen, easy to navigate controls, and pricing of the Racer 2 were in its favour. I should see the Racer delivered over the next week from Phasetech for a bit of an unboxing/run down.
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Racer 2 looks a good thing.
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
It does indeed, looks like a good all-rounder with every feature one could possibly ask for. I wasn't keen to pick up the first Red Racer, thought it best to wait till any initial production issues and bugs were sorted on the first gen model before comitting to anything from Makro.
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
First hunt today for both the Racer 2 and Deus on a relic site. We are still learning our way around the Racer at this stage, though it did manage to pull out a dog tag as first target of the day, interestingly in a well detected area. The fob watch cover was also found with the Racer not long after the dog tag.
The Deus picked up the second dog tag for the day, unfortunately it was lightly scratched during recovery (swear words in background), pity as it is in great condition. The oval tag is dated 1915-1916, and the round one 1901-1902, both from the local district.
Two of the buttons are from local 1800's taylors, whilst the button second from left is off a pair of suspenders.
Off to try a more coin friendly location tomorrow to see how the Racer fares.
What a nice couple.
The Deus picked up the second dog tag for the day, unfortunately it was lightly scratched during recovery (swear words in background), pity as it is in great condition. The oval tag is dated 1915-1916, and the round one 1901-1902, both from the local district.
Two of the buttons are from local 1800's taylors, whilst the button second from left is off a pair of suspenders.
Off to try a more coin friendly location tomorrow to see how the Racer fares.
What a nice couple.
