MINELAB ETRAC? - WHAT A LOAD OF BALLS

Pondguru
Nov 7, 2026

Detecting some new land in Hexhamshire. This is only a hundred yards from the field which has been the subject of many of my coin shooting videos but this land yielded hardly any coins.
What it did produce is a nation of musket balls which was possibly due to its location being very near the Battle of Hexham site (1464) which had a series of skirmishes up and down from the main battleground. Due to the amount of musket balls found this was most likely a skirmish site.
This is the first long (4+ hour) hunt where I have failed to find silver which was an unexpected shock as I'm known as being a silver fiend most likely due to my etrac, deep search settings and willingness to dig bouncy signals.
One of my next hunts will be a couple of miles down river from here which is definitely one of the battle sites, is near an old mill, 16th century bridge and had also been used for camping for decades, possibly centuries. Its never been detected and hopefully the grass is short enough to give it a go very soon.
That will be one to watch out for as I gave it a quick bash for 20 minutes when the grass was waist high and found 6 pre decimal coins at various points along the footpath in the middle of the field.
Needless to say, I'm very excited about that one.
Thanks for watching. There are loads more detecting videos in my detecting playlist.
I promise the Etrac guide DVD is coming as soon as I can get a few days off - please be patient it will be a belter.
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