My favorite ballfield
cladman
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Hello,
I have been visiting a ballfiled near where I grew up. I have been going there since shortly after I started detecting and it is my favorite place to hunt. It has produced one silver dime('58) so far and several wheat cents (2 from the 50's one from '39). The field is out of the way and has a water fountain to easily clean finds and wash up plus close parking.
The amount of clad that I have found at this ballfield is just amazing! Each time i visit, I come away with anywhere from $3 to as much as $10 in clad, every time! A lot is found right at the surface. I don't have the cumulative numbers, but over $100 has been found at this field alone, by far the most productive area that Iv'e searched.
I use a White's Classic ID (with black sand mod). I recently purchased two loops from ebay, a 5.3" and a 9.5", the detector comes with an 8" loop. I wonder how much extra depth I can achieve with the 9.5" loop? I understand that the 5.3" loop with not get any extra depth, I used it today in a trashier portion of the ballfield, came away with $6.62, not bad for an hours detecting!
Tell me about your favorite places to hunt. Do you usually revisit an area often or like to move around?
Clad
I have been visiting a ballfiled near where I grew up. I have been going there since shortly after I started detecting and it is my favorite place to hunt. It has produced one silver dime('58) so far and several wheat cents (2 from the 50's one from '39). The field is out of the way and has a water fountain to easily clean finds and wash up plus close parking.
The amount of clad that I have found at this ballfield is just amazing! Each time i visit, I come away with anywhere from $3 to as much as $10 in clad, every time! A lot is found right at the surface. I don't have the cumulative numbers, but over $100 has been found at this field alone, by far the most productive area that Iv'e searched.
I use a White's Classic ID (with black sand mod). I recently purchased two loops from ebay, a 5.3" and a 9.5", the detector comes with an 8" loop. I wonder how much extra depth I can achieve with the 9.5" loop? I understand that the 5.3" loop with not get any extra depth, I used it today in a trashier portion of the ballfield, came away with $6.62, not bad for an hours detecting!
Tell me about your favorite places to hunt. Do you usually revisit an area often or like to move around?
Clad
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I have a favorite park I like to hit that dates to the mid 1800's. I have found some early silver coins and a nice "love token" that has the classic masonic compass and square symbol engraved on the face of it. I found my first silver Barber half with a barber quarter from the same hole there as well. That old park has provided me with lots of "first's" in my coin folder.
I use a White's Classic III SL and a Whites IDX Pro. ( and a Tesoro and a Minelab machines as well) The Classic series is awesome and has served me well. I had both of these machines modified by Bill Crabtree. He adds a boost to the sensitivity along wirh a manual ground balance and threshold adjustment knobs. It will give you an additional three inches easy. The mods cost 85 bucks and are worth every penny.
After I had the IDX Pro mod I was able to chirp a quarter at 15 inches in air tests and in the field I've dug many brass relics in that range of depth.