Does Anyone Else Dig EVERYTHING Above Iron, or Am I the Only Fool?

[AusTexDude]

Am I greedy, just meticulous, or on a fool's errand?

I can't pass up a target because I'm afraid it might be something great.

Yes I have pulled 22 rings from the park I'm working, but that was not cherry picking. That was digging every target above iron.

I pulling a ring about every 100 or so pull tabs. There are so many though.

Today it took me 5 hours to dig an area about 10 feet by 20 feet. But after you go over it, it is now target free except for the deep alum can I did not feel like digging out at 10 inches.

So many targets I spend a good amount of my time detecting from my knees so my 55 year old carcass does not have to get up and down a million times.

 

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[robertk]

I dig everything including iron, if the iron sounds interesting.

 

[Older The Better]

for the most part I dig everything, there’s always exceptions if i go on a long string of nails or bits of fence I lose enthusiasm and move on, other big ones are when my pockets are getting overloaded or I’m running out of time I’ll get selective.

The way I see it if I dig it and remove it from the site i won’t waste time finding it again the next time, it can also be masking a better target, and lastly I’ve had some pretty ugly iron signals be surprisingly good finds

 

[TORRERO]

This is when you have to decide what your willing to accept, I'm too old to dig everything, although when I was younger I did. Sometimes you just have to say "Its ok if I don't get everything of value out of THIS spot"
On sandy beaches I generally dig everything but we were in Brazil last week and the beaches were so choked full of trash that I just skipped targets I thought were bottle caps and pull tabs.. because there were hundreds and I got tired of digging them and showing the tourists watching me ...

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

I have Iron like, bottlecaps and bobby pins ,nails notched out but will still find big iron. I mostly do playgrounds although sometimes I hit the grass also. Mainly a park detectorist.

 

[AstralDruid]

I also dig all targets,, except those that scream like a dentists drill... Alu.....

 

[AstralDruid]

I reckon, with a little bit of 'ole fashion' knowhow , i would be able to build some sort of machine out of all the parts and pieces I have dug up... A big ,heavy rusty looking yoke, like you might see behind a disused shack way out in the wilds of Louisiana or some such place !..

 

[AusTexDude]

I probably dig 40 of the 70s style beaver tails to every 1 newer pull tab.

 

[Older The Better]

I guess i should add, i have two sites in the middle of big farm fields, there’s nothing to really mark them so i do leave the nail signals so i can locate them in the future with my detector

 

[TORRERO]

I also want to point out, that no matter what people SAY... there are ALWAYS times when nobody digs everything.... 🤣
Example #1. Its 100 degrees outside and your walking in a field with no shade and your melting... you CHERRY PICK ...
Example #2. Its 20 degrees outside and you can't keep your hands warm and you CHERRY PICK ...
Example #3 You crossed into property that is questionable .... and you CHERRY PICK !!
Example #4 You are in a field full of COWS and one BULL ... and they are watching you... YOU CHERRY PICK 😳🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for laughing !!

 

[AstralDruid]

or when out picking cherries.. you cherry pick.

 

[sibbley]

I normally dig everything. Since I got the 1850's school permission, I have actually been learning a lot more about the way targets sound with the Deus 2 and Manticore by NOT digging it all. Working slowly through the iron infestation has given me a great idea of what the bent nails sound like as opposed to a coin signal. So, for now If I hear that scratchy sound on either side of the high tone, I just move on. At the parks I frequent, I just dig everything.

 

[Blackfoot58]

I’m always looking at a properties’ history (private ground). I love a good ring or IHP as much as the next guy, but square nails, machine parts, etc are great too. I remove everything so I don’t find it again later. The exception being car frames, tractor wheels, etc that are too big to carry. If I’m digging on a “permission”, or public ground, I haul out the trash that I dig; can slaw, tabs, wire, bottle caps and foil.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I'm primarily a beach hunter and use Minelab detectors, I dig everything that doesn't null (iron), dug many gold and diamond rings, and a few sounded trashy at first
I would rather dig a thousand junk targets than walk away from a $20k ring because I was too lazy to dig it.