Dear White's,

I recently upgraded from my old Silver Eagle to a DFX, and had almost instant results! I live on the property of an old Hudson River estate in New York, and was sure there were deep targets to be found. I've done some detecting in the yard using the preset programs of the DFX, and was finding wheat pennies and mercury dimes in areas I've searched many times before.

I have also been reading the operating manual since the day I ordered the DFX a couple of weeks before, and figured I would begin tweaking the controls to coax a little something else out of the machine. One evening after work, I stepped out in the yard, dialed in a program and was working off of the factory based relic preset. No sooner did I air/ground balance and I got a strong 89 reading at 6inches.

The signal was so strong, I thought it had to be junk, especially because I had passed over this spot many times before with my old detector. Even if I think something is junk you can't ignore a signal like that. I cut a plug, and immediately hit two large tree roots. I almost replaced the plug right then and there, because I had read about and experienced with roots giving false signals. The VDI was still reading in the 89-91 range, so I pushed on, and cut the roots out. I reached own to pull the loosed dirt out of the bottom of the hole, and there it was, a half dollar sized green and brown disc.

The light was fading and I couldn't make out any details, so I took it inside and gave it a light bath, and saw a man's profile I didn't recognize on one side of the coin. It turned out to be a Connecticut copper from the late 1780's. No date, but identifiable. I couldn't believe it!

I am also sending along a photo of a few of my other finds with the DFX, which include an 1805 large cent, a dateless matron head large cent, a large cent-sized token I haven't been able to identify, and curiously, a silver 1987 100 franc coin.

Thanks,

Louis in NY