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Hit a pounded park with the ATX Pi, And explored a hidden Island.
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Hit a pounded park with the ATX Pi, And explored a hidden Island. March 02, 2015 04:27AM |
Funny thing happened today, In-between the rain and sunshine went out with a local friend on a research adventure to an 1850 site, Indians would trade here and was one of the first two Country Seats. First election was held here in 1852 as well, And later Jim Savage was shot and killed at this location he's one of our famous early pioneers. The area is an Island, Yes an island quarter mile in length and well hidden too. Years of research put me onto this site and with owners permission to boot, Grass is too high and wet to dig so we're going to hold off for another few months. Will post a few pics of the island, note the beauty of the terrain pure paradise and untouched to boot!
From here, We decided to go hunt a nearby park in fact the oldest park in our area and to say it's been pounded would be an understatement. Not knowing we were going to hunt a park today, The only two machines in my pickup were an ATX Pi and Deus with 9" coil, My friend had his CTX so ok I'm thinking no big deal will just go after low conductive with the ATX. The park has giving up several shield and v-nickels in it's time as well as seated and barbers, Since silver is slim pickings now we can still dig old nickels.
I think with using the ATX Pi as a relic machine at some of my older areas prepared me for this park, Was only gong after weak low conductive signals (high-low) and boy did it work! Called my friend over to test two deep low conductive signals with the CTX and would not hit on the signal in audio, But had a visual on the screen a weak one but it was there. Our soil is not as great as back east, So anytime we dig coins between 7-9 inches we're pushing the envelope. At this park normally we get coins from 5"-8" inches at most, Two of the five nickels the ATX scored were at a measure 10" inches and the ATX still had plenty of horsepower left to go deeper.
My take for the day was 4 v-nickels and 1 buffalo nickel, This was only in about 2-3 hours had we hunted longer pretty sure could have bagged a few more. My friend did well too, he's got the CTX down with both deep silver and deep nickels. Today was a v-nickel day for him, Think he scored 4 total which is pretty equal to the ATX Pi's take.
For your ATX relic hunters, Go hit an old park with the ATX pretty sure your ratio of digging deep nickels will increase due to all the relic hunting with the ATX. Believe me you'll do well appears relic hunting with the ATX enhances your skill for deep park nickels it sure did me now they are now a piece of cake.
Paul (Ca)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/02/2015 04:29AM by Old California.
From here, We decided to go hunt a nearby park in fact the oldest park in our area and to say it's been pounded would be an understatement. Not knowing we were going to hunt a park today, The only two machines in my pickup were an ATX Pi and Deus with 9" coil, My friend had his CTX so ok I'm thinking no big deal will just go after low conductive with the ATX. The park has giving up several shield and v-nickels in it's time as well as seated and barbers, Since silver is slim pickings now we can still dig old nickels.
I think with using the ATX Pi as a relic machine at some of my older areas prepared me for this park, Was only gong after weak low conductive signals (high-low) and boy did it work! Called my friend over to test two deep low conductive signals with the CTX and would not hit on the signal in audio, But had a visual on the screen a weak one but it was there. Our soil is not as great as back east, So anytime we dig coins between 7-9 inches we're pushing the envelope. At this park normally we get coins from 5"-8" inches at most, Two of the five nickels the ATX scored were at a measure 10" inches and the ATX still had plenty of horsepower left to go deeper.
My take for the day was 4 v-nickels and 1 buffalo nickel, This was only in about 2-3 hours had we hunted longer pretty sure could have bagged a few more. My friend did well too, he's got the CTX down with both deep silver and deep nickels. Today was a v-nickel day for him, Think he scored 4 total which is pretty equal to the ATX Pi's take.
For your ATX relic hunters, Go hit an old park with the ATX pretty sure your ratio of digging deep nickels will increase due to all the relic hunting with the ATX. Believe me you'll do well appears relic hunting with the ATX enhances your skill for deep park nickels it sure did me now they are now a piece of cake.
Paul (Ca)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/02/2015 04:29AM by Old California.
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Re: Hit a pounded park with the ATX Pi, And explored a hidden Island. March 02, 2015 02:55PM |
Nice finds with the ATX Paul and that island area looks like it might pan out for you once you hit the hot spot and that is a neat old button Denny pulled out. Good job. 
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Re: Hit a pounded park with the ATX Pi, And explored a hidden Island. March 02, 2015 04:18PM |
Thanks MichiganRelichunter, John, goodmore, doc holiday, El, Daniel,
MichiganRelicHunter, The watch fob was a treat to see, Thought I had an old foreign coin but then seen the end taper off when the dirt fell off. Still, AS neat find. I'm sold with the ATX, Great relic detector and now with yesterdays park results see it's a killer for nickels and vintage low conductive finds from pounded parks. Sooner or later can see the ATX snagging gold coin from this same park, Just a matter of time
John, I'm still learning every time out that's what is neat about the hobby. So many detectors out there wish I had more time to detect, Maybe when I retire will get out more often.
goodmore, A friend of mine has dug v-nickels from this same park with his Deus, The Deus can get the job done but with the ATX it'll go allot deeper. Plus, Very comfortable with the ATX after hundreds of hours using it as a relic machine. Thought it would do well yesterday at this old park and boy did it ever, From here on out the only two machines I'll be using at this pounded park are the ATX for deep low conductive finds and Blisstool V5. Speaking of low conductive, The ATX snagged three deep zinc pennies which sounded like low conductive which is great that tells me eventually other conductive coins from the zinc range will surface
El, It was a great day wish we could have stayed longer at the park. With no bathrooms at this park, Boy I was ready to bust think we hunted 2-3 hours at most. The Island is the site I've been telling your about, It's so well hidden had a hard time locating it yesterday and we were right beside it. Reminds me of movies when a lost settlement or valley having some form of treasure are well hidden, Truly amazing site looking forward to detecting here when the grass is much lower. The button Denny found was from the park, It looks to be pre-1820 based from the eagle and it being a flat button. Count be wrong but it's old for sure.
Daniel, Hopefully Garrett comes out with a 10" DD. The stock DD is fine but at the park the abundance of targets and underground pipes overwhelms the Pi so had to slow down the swing and search out in cleaner areas focusing on weaker high/low signals. Overall A great Pi and will be used from here on out at this park, And you're absolutely right the CTX audio can not be heard with the deeper signals yet the screen shows it's down there. When I called my friend over to check one of the deep nickel signals, He said it was 10" inches down and sure enough it was, His CTX audio was silent but the screen showed it was there.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/02/2015 04:19PM by Old California.
MichiganRelicHunter, The watch fob was a treat to see, Thought I had an old foreign coin but then seen the end taper off when the dirt fell off. Still, AS neat find. I'm sold with the ATX, Great relic detector and now with yesterdays park results see it's a killer for nickels and vintage low conductive finds from pounded parks. Sooner or later can see the ATX snagging gold coin from this same park, Just a matter of time
John, I'm still learning every time out that's what is neat about the hobby. So many detectors out there wish I had more time to detect, Maybe when I retire will get out more often.
goodmore, A friend of mine has dug v-nickels from this same park with his Deus, The Deus can get the job done but with the ATX it'll go allot deeper. Plus, Very comfortable with the ATX after hundreds of hours using it as a relic machine. Thought it would do well yesterday at this old park and boy did it ever, From here on out the only two machines I'll be using at this pounded park are the ATX for deep low conductive finds and Blisstool V5. Speaking of low conductive, The ATX snagged three deep zinc pennies which sounded like low conductive which is great that tells me eventually other conductive coins from the zinc range will surface
El, It was a great day wish we could have stayed longer at the park. With no bathrooms at this park, Boy I was ready to bust think we hunted 2-3 hours at most. The Island is the site I've been telling your about, It's so well hidden had a hard time locating it yesterday and we were right beside it. Reminds me of movies when a lost settlement or valley having some form of treasure are well hidden, Truly amazing site looking forward to detecting here when the grass is much lower. The button Denny found was from the park, It looks to be pre-1820 based from the eagle and it being a flat button. Count be wrong but it's old for sure.
Daniel, Hopefully Garrett comes out with a 10" DD. The stock DD is fine but at the park the abundance of targets and underground pipes overwhelms the Pi so had to slow down the swing and search out in cleaner areas focusing on weaker high/low signals. Overall A great Pi and will be used from here on out at this park, And you're absolutely right the CTX audio can not be heard with the deeper signals yet the screen shows it's down there. When I called my friend over to check one of the deep nickel signals, He said it was 10" inches down and sure enough it was, His CTX audio was silent but the screen showed it was there.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/02/2015 04:19PM by Old California.
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Re: Hit a pounded park with the ATX Pi, And explored a hidden Island. March 03, 2015 04:32PM |
Thanks Lowboy, JJ, Brian, tnsharpshooter,and Ray,
Pretty sure the ATX will continue to do well at this park, And I agree JJ and Brian gold coins are here just a matter of time one will surface. One of the neat things about the ATX is it's sensitivity to small targets especially low conductive, So eventually vintage gold jewelry will surface too have pulled several pieces out of here in the past with Minelab just a matter of time more will surface and now can get the deeper pieces with the ATX. Also, Glad my friend Denny was there to witness these deep nickel digs. Otherwise this would have been hard to believe.
The Island is one of our two oldest sites in the San Joaquin valley, Allot of history and when the election took place in 1852 they used a row boat to relay the voting status back and forth from shore to island while tallying up the votes. This was also a trading post with the Indians, Beautiful place still to this day untouched by man. It's hidden by Mother Nature, Denny and I came up along the back side the other day and we couldn't even see it. My second trip here and still couldn't recognize the hidden entrance the foliage is so thick. The owner is great he will allow me to recover artifacts and as usually the finds go back with the owner.
Ray, The Inland is both dirt and sand, Allot of foliage sort of a jungle type terrain. With the ATX balance well let's say it's built tough as a tank and heavy as one too It's balanced well but the weight of the beast of terrible, With smaller coils then it's ok but the larger Stock DD coil is the go to coil boy is it ever sensitivity to the tiniest finds and deep too. You're heavy Sovereign would be light compared with the ATX, Trust me I should know swung a Sov with al the attachments for a long time
I'll do another hunt in two weeks with the ATX at the same park and post those results, Got to be a gold coin in there
Thanks again forum friends,
Paul (Ca)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/03/2015 04:32PM by Old California.
Pretty sure the ATX will continue to do well at this park, And I agree JJ and Brian gold coins are here just a matter of time one will surface. One of the neat things about the ATX is it's sensitivity to small targets especially low conductive, So eventually vintage gold jewelry will surface too have pulled several pieces out of here in the past with Minelab just a matter of time more will surface and now can get the deeper pieces with the ATX. Also, Glad my friend Denny was there to witness these deep nickel digs. Otherwise this would have been hard to believe.
The Island is one of our two oldest sites in the San Joaquin valley, Allot of history and when the election took place in 1852 they used a row boat to relay the voting status back and forth from shore to island while tallying up the votes. This was also a trading post with the Indians, Beautiful place still to this day untouched by man. It's hidden by Mother Nature, Denny and I came up along the back side the other day and we couldn't even see it. My second trip here and still couldn't recognize the hidden entrance the foliage is so thick. The owner is great he will allow me to recover artifacts and as usually the finds go back with the owner.
Ray, The Inland is both dirt and sand, Allot of foliage sort of a jungle type terrain. With the ATX balance well let's say it's built tough as a tank and heavy as one too
It's balanced well but the weight of the beast of terrible, With smaller coils then it's ok but the larger Stock DD coil is the go to coil boy is it ever sensitivity to the tiniest finds and deep too. You're heavy Sovereign would be light compared with the ATX, Trust me I should know swung a Sov with al the attachments for a long time
I'll do another hunt in two weeks with the ATX at the same park and post those results, Got to be a gold coin in there
Thanks again forum friends,
Paul (Ca)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/03/2015 04:32PM by Old California.