Ouachita
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I have a cheaper model. It's an ACE 250. It does discriminate, as well as a cheap one can, but I have gotten pretty good at knowing when to dig and when to stop. I bought it for pleasure mostly, thinking it would be fun to do with my kids. It paid for itself the first day we all went out and "played" with it (not in dollars, but in fun).
I have 3 old home sites on my place. The structures are all gone, and all that remains are crude remnants of foundations, hand dug wells, flowers, garlic.......
A few weeks ago, I was messing around at one of these places, and right next to the largest tree on the place I got a faint indication. My cheaper detector told me it was silver, dollar size, and 8+ inches deep. I dug a big enough diameter hole so I could fit the detector down in it, and the signal is very strong, consistant, and says silver dollar. Problem is, whatever it is, appears to have been engulfed in the root system of the tree. I did find shards of glass about a foot down. This is an old walnut tree almost 3 feet diameter, and the root where I'm getting the indication is a foot diameter. I hate for silver fever to take hold and damage this tree, and I've dug plenty of trash thinking I found silver. I also find it hard to believe that someone would have left something buried, but stranger things have happened. This land was patented/homesteaded in 1909, and the people lived there until 1930. No one has lived here until I bought the place in 1996.
Any suggestions on how to better determine what might be there, in a non-destructive way. Suggestions on specific type/brand of a better discriminating detector.
I have 3 old home sites on my place. The structures are all gone, and all that remains are crude remnants of foundations, hand dug wells, flowers, garlic.......
A few weeks ago, I was messing around at one of these places, and right next to the largest tree on the place I got a faint indication. My cheaper detector told me it was silver, dollar size, and 8+ inches deep. I dug a big enough diameter hole so I could fit the detector down in it, and the signal is very strong, consistant, and says silver dollar. Problem is, whatever it is, appears to have been engulfed in the root system of the tree. I did find shards of glass about a foot down. This is an old walnut tree almost 3 feet diameter, and the root where I'm getting the indication is a foot diameter. I hate for silver fever to take hold and damage this tree, and I've dug plenty of trash thinking I found silver. I also find it hard to believe that someone would have left something buried, but stranger things have happened. This land was patented/homesteaded in 1909, and the people lived there until 1930. No one has lived here until I bought the place in 1996.
Any suggestions on how to better determine what might be there, in a non-destructive way. Suggestions on specific type/brand of a better discriminating detector.