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<p>[QUOTE="tommyc03, post: 2165724, member: 17665"]Don't forget the outhouse also. An easy place to lose coins when the pants were dropped. Towards the end of their usefulness they were also filled with garbage and bottles. If encountering stone walls, use a compass to find the southern most part. Dumps were created this way so the prevailing north winds would take odors away, keeping animals away and stench from blowing towards the home. Not likely to find coins but you may encounter a bottle dump and old buried farm implements. Discrimination mode is highly over rated. You can often miss something good in an older location, like a possible coin under an bigger piece of iron. I only use this on beaches and in parks. of course I live in the country side so I have many more options than city folk. I found a 1850's one piece double head axe and brush grubber by not using discrim mode and both pieces were still collectible. Not to mention the 50 or so horse and oxen shoes I have found. The Garrett 250 is reasonable and sufficient and easy to use. I have a Tesoro Golden Sabre II(tonal) and a 37 year old Bounty Hunter 840 with a V.U. Meter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tommyc03, post: 2165724, member: 17665"]Don't forget the outhouse also. An easy place to lose coins when the pants were dropped. Towards the end of their usefulness they were also filled with garbage and bottles. If encountering stone walls, use a compass to find the southern most part. Dumps were created this way so the prevailing north winds would take odors away, keeping animals away and stench from blowing towards the home. Not likely to find coins but you may encounter a bottle dump and old buried farm implements. Discrimination mode is highly over rated. You can often miss something good in an older location, like a possible coin under an bigger piece of iron. I only use this on beaches and in parks. of course I live in the country side so I have many more options than city folk. I found a 1850's one piece double head axe and brush grubber by not using discrim mode and both pieces were still collectible. Not to mention the 50 or so horse and oxen shoes I have found. The Garrett 250 is reasonable and sufficient and easy to use. I have a Tesoro Golden Sabre II(tonal) and a 37 year old Bounty Hunter 840 with a V.U. Meter.[/QUOTE]
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