Size isn't everything

[Chef Geoff]

It's been 3 week since I got out to do a proper bit of stick wiggling And the weather has conspired to stop me, not only in keeping me in but the Maize fields are still rough plough and the pasture has grown like mad so my land is very limited.
This morning I decided that if I was going to get out, the weather forecast said "today's the day". I had the choice of either field boundaries (boring) or one 10 acre field that I did try a little while ago but gave up after only an hour, as it was so mineralised with the underlying iron ore. The reason this field is still available is that the farmer didn't spray it and the wireworm has eaten all the wheat seed, with some help from the local rabbit population
With the grotty mineralisation on a lot of my farms, earlier in the week I bought a 7 1/2" Minelab coil in the hope that the smaller foot print would cut down the almost continues iron signals.

Did it work?........................Oh yessssssssssssssssssss

  Penny York mint


Edward I Penny, Bristol mint


William III Shilling


18thC Cufflink


Henry VI Halfpenny


And all this came from the area between the detector and the hedgerow


While that end of the field is I think going to be the most productive as it's adjoining the road, I still have quite a bit to go lol


So the plan is to continue with the small coil and then go over the thirds with the Ultimate in all metal. With the small coil the 10 acres looks awfully big  

[handyman [Alan}]

excellent work there young Chef .... nicely winkled.

well done indeed.

[Mike]

well done indeed mate

[gijan]

yes sir cracking finds.....

[WeCan-Octavian]

Well done that man

[Roman (Ray)]

great stuff cheffy.4 great coins cant fault you mate.and well deserved.
raymondoo.

[The Doc]

Well done Geoff.

Any chance of some more pics with both sides of the hammereds?

[nfl]

nice finds there geoff

[waltonbasinman]

Excellent work young Geoffrey. 

[Chef Geoff]

Here you go Peter, not much to go on I'm afraid

[Techony]

Wahay, woohoo !!! About time too Mr. Chef 

Well done Geoff, glad to see you haven't lost your touch. Some nice little hammies there.

[wayno]

Well done Geoff the small coil payed off then mate

[peanut]

very nice indeed Geoff !
That certainly makes up for the past few weeks doesn't it.

I used an 8" coil on my Minelab many years ago and found it frustratingly slow . It certainly pays to have some patience.

[Chef Geoff]

 "frustratingly slow"... That's it, I knew there was a term I could use without swearing
Very! Nick, the small area you can see, I covered in rows and took about 4 hours and I know that by the time I did the last 2 or 3, I was beginning to miss bits and had to force myself to slow down.
But I can't fault it, it certainly did what I hoped.
When I've covered an equal area, I will try the large coil and see "if" it will find any deeper signals.

[roger g]

Very nice Geoff