Tesoro Tejon - night detect!

[Goldpick]

Are you currently using the large DD, or a smaller tesoro coil on your Tejon? Did you have a NEL for the Vaq?

 

[Goldpick]

Back to the same spot tonight, so much junk to deal with, but worth the effort if you can get a single good find. Well I sort of beat last night's effort with another brittania penny, this time from 1861 - the area was only first settled in the mid 1850's, so I like to think these coins have some history behind them. It's fair bit more worn than the previous penny, but then again, it is over 150 years old. Don't know about the ring, I think it's just a kids play ring, can't even get my pinky into it. Lots more ground to cover yet!

 

[silver]

It's still a nice coin GP, it shows the wear of the wants and needs of many, and would have quite a long story behind its journey from the mint to your hand,...I do remember reading somewhere that one year(not sure which one) Britain's entire printing of pennies was shipped to Australia, and that for us it is a common find, but is a rare one in every other one of Britain's dominions,.....If someone knows which one it is we may all benefit when we find them,...may even have some already without knowing.

 

[Paulmarr]

The silver has to be around there somewhere GP - another nice coin!

 

[silver]

Put the ACE250 over it and use pinpoint to hear for the slight scratchy deep sounds,...and haul up a nice little 3d(maybe).

 

[Goldpick]

Tonights challenge was to take the Tejon down to probably the most junky park I have ever detected in - the x-terra 305 was useless there, and the Explorer not much better, unless you like constant nulling when using discrimination. The discrimination on the Tejon was set to around pull tab, to allow 20c and 50c to be picked up, but pull tabs would start to get a bit scratchy. I really like the response on coins with this detector, they gave off a nice strong and full signal pretty much everytime amongst all the junk, they were pretty hard to miss.

As the Tejon has two discriminators, I set the second one above pull tabs, so you can double check an iffy target. If it still comes up clear qnd repeatable, most probably a coin, if not, then more than often it will be just junk.

Most junk that dug was aluminium can slaw and bottle caps, but could possibly be left in the ground when pinpointing, considering they nearly always have larger area of response from the pinpointer compared to the coins. I still dig them at this stage, as I am still learning how the Tejon reacts to various junk targets.

Anyway, picked lots of good targets that I probably would have walked over using my other detectors. Some of the finds included a 1943 half penny, couple of old buttons, copper bangle, and an old 1958-60 Lesney Bedford wrecking truck.

This detector has really made detecting a whole lot more fun, no screen or multitones to worry about, just ground balance, set the discrimination, and away you go - easy as that.

 

[silver]

Well it's certainly helping you pull targets GP,...that's for sure.
Found a 1997 in my old photos too.

 

[Goldpick]

Detected around the edge of a local oval tonight, not really expecting too much as I've picked it to death. A few goldies and a 1c were found, followed by a spill of pre-decimals around the base of a tree, one 1941 penny (toasted), 1941 hp (toasted), 1933 hp (toasted), and a pretty good condition 1942 hp. Am thinking that the explorer didn't pick up on them previously due to some masking issues, considering they weren't the only targets that came out of the hole.

 

[silver]

At least that 1942 half penny looks good GP,...obviously wasn't right beside the other three pre decimals ?

 

[Goldpick]

It was pretty close, all within 30cms of each other, though the depth may have played a part in the corrosion of the other three. Too good to be true, 4 pre-decs in the first 10 mins of detecting, I gathered I would find stuff all after that, and I was right.

 

[silver]

I like finding coins spills to see the variations of dates that were in circulation at the time(dated by the youngest coin) of the drop, I found 18 predecimal coins in the one plug one time and I'm petty sure it covered 1944 back to 1910,..still got it all together in a snaplock somewhere, I might dig it out and throw it up on "Pictures of last years silvers" as it had a few silvers in amongst it,..and it was found quite a while ago now.

 

[Goldpick]

Headed back to the old house site tonight to see what else I could locate. Seems this site is a bit of a hot spot for good quality coins, with not much corrosion evident, probably down to a dry, well drained location. After my last effort having a random detect around the site, I started to grid up the area where I thought the house might have originally stood - evident by the scrape marks from the dozer, or whatever was used to clear the site.

First few targets were a couple of rifle cartridges and chunks of lead, followed by what has to be the best looking roo penny I have ever found (1944), a G&W Shierlaw button, a 1948 half penny, and lastly a fabulous 1896 Brittania Half Penny - also the best one found so far.

The history behind the button originates from the Shierlaw brothers, both who originated from Scotland. They started up a drapery business in Hindley Street in 1850, and it became a major shop for clothing and uniforms in Adelaide. The shop later on moved to Rundle Street before being sold off in the early 1900's.

So much info from a mere button!

 

[silver]

Nice hunting GP,...maybe the house or shed was overhead for a lot of years and protected the coins from the usual assault from the elements.

 

[Goldpick]

Maybe they slipped through the floor boards or something? So far I have found most of the pre-decs concentrated in a relatively small area, aside from the 1944 penny which was by its lonesome.

 

[silver]

Sometimes the younger kids would get under a house and play(loosing stuff in the process), workmen as well on low block places.

 

[Goldpick]

Did a bit of a run around the parking area for an oval, no pre-decs, but hit a rich vein of goldies and a cow. Thanking those who decided we needed $2 coins.

Moo!

 

[Goldpick]

Also had my cover for the Tejon control box rock up today, from a seller in the Ukraine for under $20. Keeps the knobs dry in light drizzle, but still allows me to thumb the ground balance control and discrimination if need be.

 

[Goldtarget]

Haha $2 coins was a great move. Just need the $5 to go the same way and we might stay hitting wages for the day!

 

[Ramjet]

Ha Ha isn't she gorgeous. MOO

 

[silver]

Yes indeedy,...but,...they should reduce the size of a five dollar coin to slightly(only very) bigger than a $1.00 coin,..as they need room in tills and big coins take up too much room,..not to mention that they would be found by anyone(if still current elephant size) just visually without a detector,..so they definitely need to be smaller( I vote for that) so they get lost,...sigh.........., I can just imagine a table full of nice little fivers found at the beach,...THAT, would be awesome GT.

Haha $2 coins was a great move. Just need the $5 to go the same way and we might stay hitting wages for the day!