Four hours with the Safari

[Resurgam]

                           Well, with weather having been a little drier in our area, I decided to give R2D2 an other outing and see if I could make some sense of what it was telling me.

                            Having had some time to drain some of the surface water from one of my permissions it was time to give it an other going over. There is one section that measures about 100 yards by 25 yards and I have given that area a real good going over with the EuroAce / Nel Tornado coil combination and it was going to be interesting to see what the Safari would find there.

                           Having set the Safari on all metals conductive and sensitivity on auto, I set about sweeping low and slow. Three hours later, and loads of coinslaw in the bag, I decided to give up and meander back to the car. Despite being discouraged, I flipped the Safari onto coin mode and decided to only dig signals in the thirties. Ok, I missed those dozens of hammies that are hiding there but at least I didn't go home empty handed. Three hours on all metals conductive produced a small piece of copper/brass imprinted with a sailing ship, one chopped 20p piece, and a small buckle. One hour meandering back to the car with the Safari in coin mode produced £1 decimal, 1 X 2p, 3 X 1p, a threepenny bit, a ship halfpenny, and a number of bits of scrap. 

                         

[Chef Geoff]

Yes but just think what you could have found if you had "meandered" in conductive you've got a clock clasp by the looks

[Resurgam]

                                    Jeez, those old guys were careless with their pocket watches; I now have bits from four different pocket watches from four different fields that are miles apart. One piece even looks like it has a bullet hole in it! I just hope the guy wasn't wearing it when it was struck by the projectile. 

[Val Beechey]

Well I s'pose it was an interesting experiment, only digging 30's. in conductive. Surprising the different metals that register anything but what they are.
All part of the learning curve Chris.  Playing wit the settings is the best way to get used to what is what. Another 6 months and you'll be fluent in the language.

Val

[Resurgam]

                                Thanks for the encouragement Val; I was totally miffed by all the can slaw that came up in the first three hours as possibly decent audio targets ( low and mixed tones ). I ignored the numbers and tried to go by the low or mixed tones. Gona get myself some more practice this coming Sunday and try the beach again.

[Dungbeetle]

                                Thanks for the encouragement Val; I was totally miffed by all the can slaw that came up in the first three hours as possibly decent audio targets ( low and mixed tones ). I ignored the numbers and tried to go by the low or mixed tones. Gona get myself some more practice this coming Sunday and try the beach again.

take some goggles with you Sunday Chris, it's like a Saharan sand storm down there today !

[Resurgam]

                                        Thanks Chris; it can be real nasty down there when the wind blasts the dry sand along that beach. Having said that, I have noticed that the wind sometimes reveals coins that have been hiding in the sand.

[Richie sixpence]

Hi Chris good luck on Sunday my friend will await your report from the day 

[Resurgam]

Hi Richie,
                 sadly, Sunday is now off and I have been drafted in for assisting the poopy nappy
 brigade at our daughters place. Not to worry, I will perhaps get to the beach when the weather is better and the tides provide for more time to detect down to the low water line. 

[Richie sixpence]

Sorry to hear that Chris I should imagine it will be very cold down the beach anyway not the best for detecting.