First day in the field with BH 202

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I bought a used BH 202 on Ebay, and today was the first day I could get out and dig with it. I took it to a local park that is filled with trash, and has been hit by every THer within 20 miles, and has seen every detector made in the last 25 years. I estimate I have hauled over $100 in clad out of here through the years. Baby, this machine is HOT on dimes! I found 19, and most of them came out at 4 inches, and I know I've been over the top of several of them before, and so have a lot of other people. I intend to now revisit some of the old bus stops in Atlanta where I got alot of old silver dimes in the past, this machine should turn up some more. The pinpoint capabilities of this machine are poor, and it wouldn't be a good machine to use on a nice lawn. Nor do I think this would be a good machine for a newbie, because of the difficulty to pinpoint accurately. I had it set up in discriminate, and had tuned out zinc 1c, which I detest, and I was surprised at how much depth I still had. I dug very little trash today, and this machine did what I was hoping it would do, I am happy! I dug 43 coins, 1 wheat, and a large mans silver ring, for a total of $2.66 in 2.5 hours. HOORAY. Give me a few days with this machine, and I'm sure it is capable of some nice finds. Maybe I can come to grips with the poor pinpointing.

 

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Update 7/15/08 - I have put a few more hours into the use of the 202, and unfortunately I am starting to like this little unit! I've not hunted any virgin spots, but have been working in areas that have been previously hunted by me and others. It will locate dimes that have been passed over by many different hunters, with various machines, and I find that impressive. I have also changed my hunting strategy to take advantage of some of this units features. I am hi-grade hunting by knocking everything out up to and including zinc cents. That just leaves me with copper cents, dimes, quarters, and silver jewelry. I am hunting about an hour a day on the way home from work in a modern park I go by, this means I don't expend any gas to hunt here as I am there anyway as a part of my workday routine. I am learning the language of the 202, and have learned that the signals that bounce from dime to quarter, or half to $1 are big pieces of metal trash for the most part, and I have quit digging these. This strategy leaves me with more digging time on targets of definite value, and I feel increases my take. Pinpointing is still a struggle, and the depth meter tends to report coins deeper than I perceive them as being. I am now using a probe and screwdriver with a hooked end to retrieve coins. I work for 100% retrieval of all quarters, but on difficult 1c - 10c I will move on if I will be forced to damage grass to remove them. Has anyone used the 4" coil on a 202 for coinshooting?