Garrett AT Pro Early Victorian Metal Detecting Hunt

In this treasure hunt I search a late 1890's Victorian style home that has been hidden in the orange groves for over a hundred years. I'm looking for anything & everything old. Turned out not to be what I expected but very interesting nonetheless & saved myself many regrets by getting permission to hunt here. I would have edited it better but my movie maker app missing... Sorry.

[@irenesousa7283]

I was so upset thinking that they were going to tear down that house. I'm so glad that you said that they weren't. It's such a beautiful home. Whoever owns it is so blessed to have it.

[@richardr3583]

Wow a fellow Steelers fan, detectorist and local to me. My new best friend. LOL

[@russellmorris5343]

Great video. You should really think about getting a small foxhole shovel. Makes lots of difference.

[@MetalDetectingDonna]

Hello! KZbin suggested your channel to me! Thought you’d like to know! Watching now! Good luck!

[@jaydiggzbottlesfossils5318]

i cant believe nobody tried to save that beautiful historic home where is the historical society when u need them

[@MrThedocholiday]

They did actually move this house to a nearby historical sight & reassembled it for preservation.

[@charlesboyer8207]

I'm glad!

[@sylviajones4907]

@@MrThedocholiday Yay!

[@horseman528]

Like that stainless steel spoon and cats eye marble. I used to play with those back in the 50's and 60's. Love my AT Pro. I've found a lot with it.

[@GreatLakesDirtFishing]

I LOVE how beautiful that house is, just stumbled across your channel. Cool finds!

[@MrThedocholiday]

Great Lakes Dirt Fishing thanks Dirt. I'm working on a new series with an 1880 Victorian on a several acre lot. Should prove interesting but will take time to produce due to other commitments. Thanks for watching & stay tuned.

[@MetalDetectingDonna]

Are you in NY too?

[@hillbillymetaldetectors]

Thank you for proving what I have been saying since I started metal detecting.... No matter how expensive your metal detector is you do not know what is in the ground until you dig it up!! This is old technology and cannot progress further. PERIOD

[@MrThedocholiday]

To be fair though… I’ve found literally tens of thousands of good targets & many great ones as well.

[@petefloyd]

Thanks for sharing. I have had places like that. Older copper pennies but the real oldies are long gone. Good vid.

[@meradu2]

Nice work love the house Happy hunting and gl

[@allenkoe]

I really enjoyed your video. Your explanation on the difference with your Technetics and Garrett detectors was very valuable information. You have a very pleasant voice and sound as if you may be a teacher, or at least involved in education. Keep up the great explanations of your hunts. You will get a lot of Subs when people make it to your site! ATB, GL and HH.

[@MrThedocholiday]

Thanks for the encouragement. Aside from just a couple trolls, almost everyone has voiced appreciation of my videos. I'm just glad people can benefit from my efforts & time. I am humbled by the overwhelming support. Thanks for watching & have a great week!

[@DetectDigSmile]

What a place to get, looks like it was a beautiful house. Good hunt. That is cool that they are moving, it might be historical.

[@mary-anneswanson9931]

I am very happy you mentioned the house was not being demolished. As you said too many old houses are just destroyed with out even salvaging the irreplaceable workmanship of the buildings. I lived in a 1900s Victorian house that was illegally demolished and all the fine craftsmanship and antique fixings were lost.

[@MrThedocholiday]

Mary-Anne Swanson kindered spirits... My wife & I now live in a very old house that we're restoring. All the original craftsmanship remains intact. It's bound to be a long haul but with encouragement from others like yourself & the good Lord at our side, it will not only get finished but we'll treasure the journey as well... Lord willing. Thanks for watching!

[@dakadaka7455]

beautiful finds and amazing house ;) happy huntin!

[@chrismullin8304]

The good stuff is under the house!

[@artescoast]

Awesome to hear that they aren't taking it down. It kills me to see such amazing craftsmanship being destroyed.

[@MrThedocholiday]

JustMe thanks for watching...

[@sethdarque3904]

Kool video Duster Dan!...Nice finds!...Glad you detected it!...GOD bless you and yours! Peace bro! :-)

[@MrThedocholiday]

Much peace... Thanks for watching Seth!

[@PaCoinHounds]

That was a sweet looking house surprise you didn't fine older coins . When we hit a place like that and its not trashy we throw our NEL coils on the ATPROs so we can get a little deeper. Such a shame the old history house's are coming down one by one. Great video HH & GL

[@SirenKimmie]

That house is AMAZING. Fun hunt! xoxo

[@kenclarke4906]

Everything was pretty quick except the dig. Now you always should be careful but a garden spade? Spud shovels with a narrow blade.. You can stand up and dig. Also when your Dog Craps, Make a Crap Hole, Again Standing... The Finds Come Quick, The Dig Is soooo SLOW>>>>> I also see you did not ground your pinpointer. Did you ground your Ace before detecting? Thumbs up on the location... Working a Vic.. Near Portland Oregon, Already taken down.. Found the four corner stones, Found 4 rosies and a 1960 quarter.. A few wheaties.. and I was there 15 min.. I gave you a Thumbs up, But pick it up!

[@MrThedocholiday]

Ken Clarke thanks Ken... Advice well taken... I'm working a killer Vic currently also. New permission with 3.5 acres unlimited access... I'm in heaven!

[@lightfusegetaway]

That's an awesome house. Wish I had metal detected the crawlspace under the Victorian house where I grew up. Totally regret that. Found some cool stuff on the surface, though.

[@MrThedocholiday]

lightfusegetaway thanks for watching...

[@exathletes-ci7ec]

Hit it after the demo chances are there was a dwelling on the same site where the family first built & lived, often times the Victorian home was built once financial stability was established. If they scrape the lot after the demo you will likely find older artifacts once the top soil is removed.

[@MrThedocholiday]

Intriguing insights… Thanks for the advice & thanks for watching.

[@fleotusbing]

Great video and hunt...nicely done! Thanks....

[@susangenry6497]

I prefer watching live digs..learning video as well.

[@ExploringAlabama]

Nice marble! It's neat how they seem to continually ride on top of the ground, even in creeks. I use a program simply called Movie Maker that I believe I got off Microsoft website. I have Windows 10 but the program is older and works fine for me.

[@adventuresunknown1013]

Good finds. Weird how there was nothing really old to find there. And shame on those guys who tried to use you as a scapegoat for them not doing there job. They try that at my job and I tell them to look back on the cctv and it speaks for itself. A picture tells a thousand words and a video even more.

[@shawndaniel2719]

Oh wow I know that house!! Awe to bad that's not to far from were I live . There getting ride of all the good houses left in riverside county

[@MrThedocholiday]

Thanks for watching...

[@worldwidemetaldetecting6619]

Great location to dig! I hate when you do all the research and finally get the permission to dig and then find nothing too old. Seems like its been happening too often to me lately. But anyways great video, just subbed to you now! Good luck and happy hunting!

[@MrThedocholiday]

Thanks Worldwide! I learned a while back never to take these properties for granted when I found a killer hoard on a property developed in 1924 which included a coin dating all the way back 1739! To bad I didn't get that hunt on camera. Still have the entire hoard of 19 coins in all though. Thanks for watching.

[@danastewart3091]

Very happy about the house.

[@lightfusegetaway]

Also, that Oneida spoon is probably from the 1990s. My parents have the whole matching set.

[@johnharvey8854]

lol 3/4's of my kitchen spoons, knives and forks are from my digs.

[@johnharvey8854]

That place I'm sure has been hit hard in the sixties and seventy's.

[@MrThedocholiday]

How does your wife feel about 3/4 of your silverware being from your digs?

[@MrThedocholiday]

I suspect you're right about being hunted out previously. But, I hit another house just like this one from the 20's & scored one of my biggest & best hunts ever. One of the coins dated back to the 1700's! I found a total of 19 very old coins in all. So you just never know on these old ones until you hunt them.

[@MetalDetectingDonna]

I use all my silverware finds too except for the silver plated. Almost all of them are flaking off. I love using them! Lol. Hubby’s not a fan though. 😎

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

enjoyed the video thumbs up

[@SebastianSteele]

Love how there is a new directtv satellite dish on the roof

[@MrThedocholiday]

... comical isn't it?

[@shepirate4651]

Stunning home sad to know it's going to be demo'ed! Glad she gave up some coins and goodies for you! BTW I would taken the whole door for those knobs! :) HH

[@debrabollas9982]

She Pirate they moved the house and preserved it 🙂

[@randylove]

I think this is so cool maybe next Christmas’s I will give my brother this metal detector

[@sethdarque3904]

Your very much welcome....Keep sending vids "their great!"...Peace! :-)

[@SONDELN-GOLDWASCHEN-BASTELN]

Nice video!

[@randysgut1948]

I always run the at pro in pro zero mode with iron audio. At first the noise can be a little confusing but once you get used to it, its a dream in trashy areas. You can also pick up deeper signals in pro zero mode if youre using headphones.

[@MrThedocholiday]

I've tried that before & you're right - it's noisy. But, I've also learned to do that very same thing with my Tek Delta 4K & it's paid high rewards. So I plan on taking your advice & just tuff it out until I get used to it because there is no substitute for using my own brain to discriminate targets instead of letting the machine do the work for me.

[@drolsisusej100]

You sound like a really nice guy, glad I found your channel , subbed! What Telnet is do you have. I was going to get the T2 PLUS .. I’m having a hard time figuring out which one to buy either the Technetics T2 plus Garrett at pro or max or the new hyped equinox 600

[@MrThedocholiday]

Matt Eastman Matt Eastman it’s hard to beat any Teknetics! I use the Tek Delta 4000. I’ve used it side by side against one high end Whites machine, a garrett ace 150, ace 250 & at-pro. The only machine out of those four others that has any advantage over the tek d4k is the ATPro & that simply because it out powers the Teknetics with greater depth ability. Have you ever experienced anything so real that everything others said about it was pure noise? I’ve found tens of thousands of great targets with my d4k & I will challenge anyone to out hunt me with my Teknetics. If they can find more good targets in the same amount of time on the same property on the same day I’ll give them a fresh ten dollar bill. I’m sure countless fanboys will argue with me on this but talk is cheap & noise is noise. The Garrett AT Pro is a great machine compared to most & more powerful than my Teknetics, but I can hunt circles around an at pro with my Teknetics in the top 4” of soil. Ask me how I know for sure? I own them both & use them regularly. Hope that helps...

[@drolsisusej100]

Duster Dan awesome thank you for the reply ! Happy hunting

[@johnjomp]

You need a shovel in those areas that don't have manicured grass. You also need a better hand digger.

[@themetalhunter8012]

Great video. You need a GoPro. Lol

[@livewithnick]

Get the 5x8 coil for your AT Pro and it will be as good in trash as anything. Actually mine is as good in trash with the stock coil as my Fisher F19 which is great in trash itself.

[@MrThedocholiday]

Thanks friend... I've hunted with several good detectors before but I'm still learning this particular machine. Having an alternate coil is great advice so perhaps some time in the future. You're comments are a pleasant change from the typical criticism of taking several minutes to dig my first target through the rock hard soil here in So Cal. Thanks for watching & for the advice.

[@wilber9735]

Sad that old houses like this are no longer. I used to live in an old house as a child. It was awesome... Spooky, But awesome.

[@MrThedocholiday]

Yeah, what part of the country did you live at the time? I love these old houses!

[@wilber9735]

Duster Dan I lived in Oregon. Wish I had pictures, as the house is long gone now.

[@diggingsmalltownhistory2217]

nice vid!

[@RoadTripEddie]

Neat little find nonetheless

[@ohmeowzer1]

Liked and subscribed

[@markheld5788]

Id be looking for bottles instead looks like it was picked clean .

[@Just2Good99]

When you have full access hit under the porch first , almost always untouched with goodies.

[@MrThedocholiday]

Thanks for the advice friend...

[@justjiggin11]

I have a question, I'm thinking of getting the garrett pro, which technetics are you speaking about. I would like to learn more about the machines before I buy. Maybe get an educated decision before i purchase one.

[@MrThedocholiday]

I have two Teknetics Delta 4000 machines & one Garrett AT Pro. The Tek D4K is in my opinion the best machine for your money but it lacks depth & features that higher end machines offer. I have literally found everything with my D4K & I can also tell you I think it’s the best machine for beginners because of the absolute accuracy of the target ID feature compared to Whites, Garrett & Fisher. I’ve literally found tens of thousands of great targets with my delta 4000 within a five year period. And this was not full time either. I was running my own roofing business at the time during that period, so it’s not like I spend every day detecting. I’ve found British coppers dating back to 1700’s, gold, silver, coins, jewelry, diamond ring, & everything in between. Then, several times after using the D4K I detected some of the same areas & still found more goodies with my Garrett AT Pro at greater depth. That’s about all I can say. They’re both great machines but the D4K is faster & has a more accurate target ID than anything else in the market while the AT Pro has more power at depth & more features.

[@louislutz8926]

For the spoon. He can use the spoon to dig lol

[@budrob1989]

I know on my Ace 250 I can discriminate the Zinc pennies from the Copper pennies. Copper pennies show up under dimes, so I just discriminate the pennies and I find a crap load of copper pennies and dimes with the 250 .. Now is there a way of discrimination zinc pennies from copper pennies on the AT Pro ?

[@MrThedocholiday]

Yep, sounds about right. Me too...

[@NFHRR]

new sub...great video

[@MrThedocholiday]

Thanks...

[@jamescrow4078]

I cannot believe that beautiful hand made house is being torn down. In this day and age where history is supposedly revered. Unbelievable. Did you search the house for old artifacts or antique bottles in the walls? Sad deal.

[@thehuntingpro10000]

I want to get the pro but I already have the 350, any difference between the two other than the pro being water proof to a certain feet?

[@MrThedocholiday]

Don't know about the Ace 350 but I hunted with a guy who had an Ace 250 & the refresh rate of the AT Pro seems much faster. It's just slightly slower than my Tek Delta 4K. Just an aside, the Tek Delta 4K has about the fastest refresh rate in the industry, but I digress. The AT Pro has a faster refresh rate than the other entry level Ace models, is waterproof, does well around saltwater & goes deeper than anything else in it's price range. Hope that answers your question. Thanks for watching.

[@markl.7175]

Dan should I get a Garrett at pro or another type of detector because it's me and my dads first time metal detecting

[@MrThedocholiday]

If you're gonna get two machines get at least one Garrett AT Pro & possibly the Teknetics Delta 4000, or a second AT Pro. The Teknetics Delta 4000 is the best machine for the money but they interfere with one another. My buddy & I used to go out with two Delta 4K's & we couldn't hunt within fifty feet of each other. The AT Pro is the best machine in it's class as far as I'm concerned but the Delta 4K is the best machine for the money - almost as good as the AT Pro itself & that's not to take anything away from the AT Pro. But the AT Pro is a $500 machine while the Tek Delta 4K is a $280 machine.

[@DigginDale]

Poor gopher, now hes imprisoned lol, good vid gl hh

[@MrThedocholiday]

I have several traps if the gopher isn't happy with my backfill results. I think the traps are called the 'Death Clutch 2'. I found them online & use them whenever I need to get rid of the little digging devils from my own yard.

[@aliasfred]

Be sure to be there when they move the house and get under where the porch was.

[@MrThedocholiday]

Sorry, too late. I was way too busy & now the site is a massive sardine can where half a million houses are packed together so tight your neighbors can hear you snore at night. That's Cali for you... We drove passed this house for months & never knew it was there until it was suddenly uncovered from the surrounding orange groves. What a beauty! Then within just a few weeks all the groves were ripped out, the house was moved & the new housing tract was going up. God knows these old houses are awesome. I've had more views from this one video than all my other metal detecting combined. I think it's the house!

[@eds1994fatboy]

look into the Leache digging tool...that green thing sucks for hard dirt in this video.

[@Mustach_Mike10]

Think about all those coins that fell through the cracks on the front porch

[@MrThedocholiday]

You get an idea what is under the house & porch by what you find around the house in the yard. The exception would be if someone detected the yard hardcore previously but neglected to detect under the porch.

[@WeirdGuyInPark]

Great channel subbed..

[@tomburcher5237]

I think it will be saved, it bounced up and down on it's foundation, and had one Hell of a Hissy Fit!

[@MrThedocholiday]

Not sure what you're talking about but thanks for watching anyway. Perhaps you saw them haul it away after they cut it in half...

[@aliasfred]

we have the same pattern stainless "Oneida" set.

[@MrThedocholiday]

Only once found a sterling silver fork but this one had my blood pumping for a moment.

[@ScottAReid]

may be a dumb question, but how do you tell the diff between the copper and zinc pennies?

[@MrThedocholiday]

It's not a dumb question... The zincs ring in at 76 & the coppers ring in at 82 on the ID's of both the Garrett AT Pro & the Teknetics Delta 4000. Occasionally the numbers vary a little but not much more than a digit or two. The Teknetics has a more accurate & consistent ID than the AT Pro but it's not as deep or as powerful at depth.

[@ScottAReid]

thanks for answering. great explanation. i may get the AT pro soon. cant see spending the $2500 on that ctx 3030 people love. u think that 3030 detector is worth the extra $1700 over the at pro?

[@anthonywagstaff]

AT Pro is a way better machine for the money. If I upgrade from my atpro, I would buy an ETRAC.

[@amakuaole]

I hate to see that go too, what a shame. I love Victorian stuff.

[@MrThedocholiday]

Unfortunately, now they're developing the property to build either houses or apartments. In any case, property values in CA are too high to just let the land sit empty without capitalizing on the potential for rents & mortgages. At least the house was saved & moved elsewhere. Thanks for watching.

[@amakuaole]

Oh I'm glad the house was saved!..That's the main thing!..It's like they say. Once the developers move in, there goes the neighborhood!

[@tomburcher5237]

In a lot of housing developments, a large victorian house, usually brick, is used as an office for the contractor, or storage space for collectible tools, and furniture. They may rent it out to a family member who is homeless, or may sell it to a groundskeeper.

[@Bob-fz7pd]

Tearing down that house is a crime.

[@MrThedocholiday]

I know... :(

[@oofeeleelee6556]

These people in my town tore down a beautiful colonial house from 1713. Tore it down and built an ugly house on top. So sad. It was in good shape too.

[@Mari-kf2vw]

Poor house. Hope you took some good pics. RIP

[@MrThedocholiday]

They actually preserved the house & moved it to a historical site nearby.

[@Mari-kf2vw]

@@MrThedocholiday oh that's good! You should go back to hunt it... I wouldn't be able to sleep with a permission like that😍

[@donfulton5765]

6:49 How do you get recent problems from the past on your AT Pro?? San Antonio

[@MrThedocholiday]

You've never heard the term recent past? I did a hunt in the local mountains & the iron was so bad that no matter how much I tuned it down I still couldn't hear the good signals through the iron. I'm used to Running my machine wide open but I can't do that with the Garrett cause it's too sensitive.

[@RachelRenee3636]

Go Steelers!

[@maytagmark2171]

We viewers like to hear the signals. I know you can hear but all we see is something being wagged around. Let us hear the signals.

[@MrThedocholiday]

KameMan I totally agree... Will do it different from now on.

[@anthonywagstaff]

Too bad, that looked like a sweet permission too.

[@MrThedocholiday]

That's okay, I've had better hunts that I didn't get on video. I'm planning another old permission in the near future that's abandoned but hasn't been bulldozed yet.

[@dadspiranha.pipeslogos4207]

Good job bud ! Dad's Piranha

[@EvansGoneFishing]

nice site. I found your channel playing after one of Bill Lads punk ass videos. HH subd

[@MrThedocholiday]

You don't like Bill Lad? Just curious...

[@EvansGoneFishing]

Duster Dan i do and i don't. I don't like how cocky he's been over the past year or so and now he's picking on Jocelyn with the troll. It was funny at first but 10 episodes of it is enough.

[@MrThedocholiday]

I get it... cockiness gets old real fast & really shows what's in a person's heart. On the other hand Jocelyn's pretty cool. I really dig her song, "I dug it up" because It tells the story of the passion of treasure hunting that only those who catch the bug understand. On another note, I'm planning to do some serious hunts in the next couple years on multiple late 1800's homestead properties - one of which is nearly 4 acres & unlimited access. Planning to record every hunt but it's gonna take some time before I can upload them. Lord willing everything will work out so stay tuned. Thanks for your response.

[@PhillipDurkin-pq6tk]

What do you mean by clad quarter

[@MrThedocholiday]

The Red Book of US coins can be way more helpful than my brief explanation, but I’ll give it a shot in the meantime. By “clad” quarters I mean quarters minted after 1964 that are made of a copper core which is clad or encased with cupronickel on the outside. Cupronickel is made of 75% nickel & 25% copper. Clad quarters have zero silver content in them so they have little worth compared to silver quarters. 1964 & earlier quarters are made of 90% silver & 10% copper. These are not considered “clad” but rather silver quarters & are way more valuable than clad quarters. Hope that helps.

[@cjwhite8109]

shame you didn't find anything older. satellite dish was a dead give away for modern finds though

[@MrThedocholiday]

Yeah, I have two very special hunts under my belt where I found coin hoards (Off camera) on properties developed in similar time eras. One property (1924) produced a large coin hoard of nineteen vintage coins - one of them dating back to 1739 - three of which were British Coppers & one an LC. So you never know where these amazing treasures may be hiding until you hunt - satellite dish or not. Thanks for watching...

[@philcook1799]

Very nice spoon...I wish I had a nice spoon like that I would gouged my fucking eyes out about now.

[@MrThedocholiday]

Oh look, another troll... How wonderful! Have you met Cainboy yet? You two ought get together & practice your grammar while you're gouging out your eyes with spoons. Nothing would make me happier... That way you'd miss-spell all your profanity & my children wouldn't be able to ready your inane comments, because you probably can't even type without looking at the keypad. Very mature Phil...

[@aliceanthony3940]

What is the most big thing have you ever found?

[@MrThedocholiday]

Do you mean big according to size or big according to value? I usually don't dig the larger targets, but the most valuable target ever was an 18K gold ring with a 1/3 carat diamond in it. I found it 3 inches down in the dry sand at Carpenteria state beach in CA.

[@aliceanthony3940]

mean value-well done then. The country I live.one man found coins value of three million pound.

[@westtexas806]

I wonder if that house was moved out there

[@MrThedocholiday]

Anything is possible. Thanks for watching.

[@KubotaManDan]

Go STEELERS-STEELER NATION

[@Ginchiest1]

Remark about corrupt banking practices being the result of our having zinc coins... went over my head... what is that about? Never heard that story.

[@MrThedocholiday]

Ginchiest1 Okay so first question... Why was silver removed from our larger currency? Second question... Why was copper removed from our smaller currency? Today's pennies are a mere skin of semi-expensive copper filled with worthless zinc. Today's larger coins are comprised of relatively worthless alloys instead of valuable silver like they used to be. The same goes for gold coinage. Gold was removed from circulation altogether & now we even have bronze coinage to resemble gold. So why have precious metals & semi-precious metals been removed from all our coinage & relatively worthless metals been substituted in their place? We'll, there are actually several reasons for this, but not the least of which is the government's obligation to make good on their promise of currency value to the public they serve. And, the government's beholden obligation to the banks that fund government functions... The central bankers tell politicians what to do based on central bank practices of investing & minting of currency & whenever bankers can substitute leeser valued currency for higher valued currency & convince politicians to legislate such substitution in order to profit from that substitution, they will do so. And substitution of worthless metals for precious & semi-precious metals in currency is a major profit swap for those who mint our coinage; especially on the scale of coinage supplied to our population today. So if the govt & central banks profit by swapping worthless currency for inherently more valuable currency, who loses out in this value swap? The public, that's who. How? By having the inherently valuable precious metals removed from our currency, the value of our currency goes down. This is called "Inflation". Ever heard of it or wonder what causes inflation? Now you know. This is the primary reason why a twenty dollar gold piece from 1933 is worth 1300+ dollars today... Because the value of the paper dollar has decreased by approx. 7 thousand percent if my math serves me correctly. This was not only intentional on behalf of central banks & government, it was done deceptively, under the guise of what was necessary & good for the public at the time. This has happened to all our coin currency & now even with our paper currency, but in a slightly different way. This is the corruption I was referring to in my video & it is well documented throughout history with all governments.

[@TreasureGeo]

Should have remoced the lattice from the porch and checked underneath.

[@MrThedocholiday]

Didn't have time...

[@IWCLuxuryFurniture]

What is the depth range of AT?

[@MrThedocholiday]

I.W.C Chennur From zero to about ten inches.

[@IWCLuxuryFurniture]

I'm planning to go for an AT pro n d seller claims tht it can detect upto 25". How true is that?

[@IWCLuxuryFurniture]

Dan plz help me out with zeroing on my first MD. And also let me know what u think abt Makro Jeohunter 3D series?

[@MrThedocholiday]

I.W.C Chennur it depends entirely on the size of the targets... Sure, it will pickup an engine block 25” down, but who metal detects engine blocks? See what I’m saying? Most people detect coin-size targets or slightly larger. The ATPro can detect coins about 10” down. The other thing that nobody talks about is discrimination... You have to either discriminate with your own senses or tune the machine to discriminate for you. There is a ton of targets to discriminate in the ground under your coil the deeper you go. While the atpro is great at picking up those targets it takes a long time & a lot of practice discriminating out those targets with your own senses. The only other option is to tune the machine to discriminate for you & risk missing good targets down deep. Does that make sense?

[@MrThedocholiday]

I.W.C Chennur Makro Jeohunter is designed as a deep seeking detector. First, you have to know what you’re hunting for & at what depth you’re likely to find it. The last silver quarter I found was about 4” down on an 1880 property. Coins & other heavy object typically sink about an inch per decade depending on soil type & conditions. It is rare to have a need to hunt more than 10” down - unless of course you’re hunting beach sand for gold jewelry. Most of the valuables lost in the last century are within 12” inches from the surface. Not only that but if you hunt deep you have to have the will to retrieve those targets. Digging 12” down for every potential good signal can burn a person out on detecting. While the treasure hunting bug can become feverish, you still need endurance for the long haul & most of us find that by using lightweight hand tools & machines that can hunt & retrieve quickly within the top ten inches of soil are preferred. Any deeper than that & you better pack a lunch, bring your bug spray, carry water for cleaning & rehydration, bring a heavier deep digging shovel & have the willpower to not only work hard retrieving, but also work hard to replace the earth that you dig. Now, as far as zeroing any unit goes... Just follow the instructions in the manual & test your machine after zeroing it. Practice is king in this hobby!

[@deanhansen8496]

Ever hear of a tool called a shovel!

[@MrThedocholiday]

Yes... I use several shovels. Ever hear of decomposed granite? Ever try digging in DG after it’s been re-packed by the rain & baked by the sun? Ever see a true detectorist pass up an opportunity to detect a house this old & dig in DG anyway?

[@donfulton5765]

You may have found more if you weren't running in COIN mode.

[@MrThedocholiday]

Maybe... still learning the AT Pro.

[@PeterOkeefe54]

dan where do you hunt? what state? thanx

[@MrThedocholiday]

California... Why?

[@PeterOkeefe54]

hope to find a spot while visiting richmond va

[@925inder2]

Such a beautiful historical house. Sad it is being demolished. Nice hunt. Check out my vid on protecting your pinpoiter. Greetings, GL and HH.

[@brinahealy942]

How about searching under the front porch? That would seem to be an obvious place.

[@MrThedocholiday]

Sounds like a great idea... I was really convinced that I would find good targets in the yard though & by the time I realized I wouldn't find them there, it was a too late.

[@altestic577]

I better go Snoop around where is this place?

[@MrThedocholiday]

It's been bulldozed & developed with dozens of modern houses jamb-packed right next to each other... Good luck!

[@spymaine89]

gold/ silver in the off shore accounts of the 1%

[@robertweaver1922]

To me a copper penny is a bad target lol I’m hunting Silver

[@MrThedocholiday]

The copper penny signals always indicate that there are potential great targets remaining there. It’s not the penny itself. It’s the value of the target signal. Experienced detectorists know this. Newbies don’t. Newbies just want the best targets quickly. They don’t want to put in the hard work necessary to discover & preserve history. They just want the glory without the discipline. But experienced detectorists know the value of a good target ID. That’s the point here.

[@tonyprice2256]

@@MrThedocholiday I am both a coin collector and a metals stacker. Of course i love gold and silver, but i will also save all the copper and nickel i can find as well. All targets are worth digging in my opinion. Any copper target could be a wheat, Indian or even better.

[@johnsavage9785]

Just dig it out already (3:17).... Damn

[@MrThedocholiday]

John Savage There was a gopher hole directly beneath the target & being careless & having it fall another foot or two into the rock hard soil is not my idea of fun, despite the need for patience from viewers. The soil in this hunt was very hard compared to other areas of the country. Thanks for watching...

[@mikenauer2403]

wonder if it a left over from a movie filming

[@MrThedocholiday]

Mike Nauer It kinda looks that way don't it? But no, I checked on Google Earth & Zillow & this house has been here more than a hundred years. Pretty sure it was previously hunted though. Thanks for watching...

[@tomburcher5237]

Why didn't some one move the house? I know that cost a mint, so do these new houses; built to look-alike chicken houses. With the flimsy 2x4's? they use any more, a F3 tornado would make a nice splinter pile!

[@tomburcher5237]

I found out they are going to move the old Vic. Sweet!

[@Brooke-lh9zn]

What a waste of such beautiful architecture and workmanship.

[@dartarkana4279]

Dude, you need a spade shovel

[@DarinWixon]

If you find a buried spoon, you're supposed to bury a new one or you break the chain of luck.

[@MrThedocholiday]

Really?

[@DarinWixon]

That's the way it's been told. I don't believe in that stuff but that's what people say. It was some old thing told by my ancestors. Usually bury the spoon by the water for good luck. If someone digs it up, they have to bury a new one or they'll break the chain of good luck. Yours wasn't found by the water though.

[@tomburcher5237]

This might have been believed in South Wales in the 1800's, but not in their new country,America!

[@darrenlyons7548]

somebody must have hunted it out in the 70s.

[@MrThedocholiday]

That's what I figured too... Thanks for watching.

[@philipcallicoat9947]

You need a go pro.

[@MrThedocholiday]

Philip Callicoat Yes, I know. Want to buy one for my birthday?

[@MrThedocholiday]

Wanna buy me one for Christmas?

[@lanejagneaux2791]

The dude says the coin looks the size of a quarter. Assumes it's a nickel

[@bordenatorx]

I would of brought a bigger shovel since they're gonna tear the ground up anyways.

[@bordenatorx]

love your hand digger though, I use the same thing.

[@MrThedocholiday]

You may be right but here in CA I've always been able to dig down as deep as necessary with my Aames digger to retrieve the best targets. They don't sink very deep here cause we don't get a lot of rain. Thanks for the feedback & for watching.

[@ScottAReid]

only shovel to bring is the Piranha by predator tools. ))

[@stevebell9366]

Shut up and dig the target

[@Joe-gl6dn]

They make bigger shovels

[@MrThedocholiday]

Yes, but they also make softer soil to dig in with those bigger shovels. 😉

[@darrenlyons7548]

oops I spoke too soon