is it skill or detector

[metal mania]

which is it please

 

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[Born2Dtect]

A friend of mine swears it is Attitude or Expectations. If you believe you are going make a nice find you will. Kind of like good karma. I like to believe it but I don,t know.

Ed D.

 

[MEinWV]

Depth aside, and no matter what detector you are swinging......."What you find IS luck, and how much you find is skill" So......The more skill you have, the luckier you can be.

Whatever you have for a detector right now, you must become skilled with it.

A less expensive detector in the hands of a skilled user is better than a expensive unit in the hands of a less skilled user.

A skilled user coupled with the expensive detector has the ultimate advantage in this hobby.

The next thing to think about is (why) we chose to take up this hobby. I started in 1974 and don't swing one of the "big boys".
I know some folks that got in with dollar signs in their eyes, and so bought the best units on the market. I have seen the frustration when the finds are scarce or they can't figure out how to use their detectors.

Have fun and get real good with the equipment you have and gauge things as you progress. If you want to upgrade as you go, that's great! But have fun first, and last.

Good luck!

 

[nova treasure]

The detector is just a tool, It's up to the person on how much they want to put into the hobby on how rewarding it can be.

Nova Treasure

 

[MEinWV]

The detector is just a tool, It's up to the person on how much they want to put into the hobby on how rewarding it can be.

Nova Treasure

How right you are

 

[truckinbutch]

detector ...

SPEND AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ...

U R such a bad boy .... That's why I like you so much .

 

[Shortstack]

The best detector in the world won't find anything without an operator. I've always heard that a skilled operator with a mediocre detector will find more goodies than an inexperienced person with the top of the line machine, and what I've seen through the last 35 years has proved that saying beyond a doubt.

 

[AU24K]

I think for me, it is attitude. Several times after detecting for a couple of hours and getting ready to call it a day, I'd say to myself, "I'll go when I find a ring or 10 more coins". I usually find a ring.
Scott

 

[Seamuss]

It's partly the detector that can find anything metal.

But the detector won't find anything if it's not in someones hands turned on with the on switch.

It's partly skill to recognize the differences between some signals.

It's partly research to know where the good stuff would likely be located.

It's partly luck on occasions to be at the right site at the right time and sticking around till you find one more item before you go.

It's the detector, skill, research, luck and perseverance.

If you limit yourself to one thing in life then that's just what you will get. Expect more to get more out of what your doing.

A person is only limited by what they believe in and what they do with the good or bad information that they act on or sit on.

 

[AU24K]

It's partly the detector that can find anything metal.

It's partly skill to recognize the differences between some signals.

It's partly research to know where the good stuff would likely be located.

It's partly luck on occasions to be at the right site at the right time and sticking around till you find one more item before you go.

It's the detector, skill, research, luck and perseverance.

If you limit yourself to one thing in life then that's just what you will get. Expect more to get more out of what your doing.

A person is only limited by what they believe in and what they do with the good or bad information that they act on or sit on.

Aye, my lad but me granny always said, "Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he will not be disappointed".
Scott

 

[Seamuss]

It's partly the detector that can find anything metal.

It's partly skill to recognize the differences between some signals.

It's partly research to know where the good stuff would likely be located.

It's partly luck on occasions to be at the right site at the right time and sticking around till you find one more item before you go.

It's the detector, skill, research, luck and perseverance.

If you limit yourself to one thing in life then that's just what you will get. Expect more to get more out of what your doing.

A person is only limited by what they believe in and what they do with the good or bad information that they act on or sit on.

Aye, my lad but me granny always said, "Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he will not be disappointed".
Scott

That is funny.... my granny said something very similar, except her version went like this: "Blessed is he whom grovels before the small hole in the dirt, for his Whitman folder will make him a respected member of his community."

What a coincidence!

Yep, a person with no goals in life will not be disappointed when the goals are met.

But If I have goals that have not reached it's full potential, then I will have something to look forward to the next time I go out looking.

What a delima. Do I Make goals and hunt, or do I sit on my hind sight and wonder what if?

I will go hunting tomorrow while I wonder...around thinking what if I stayed home.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Neither, it is luck and research! HH, Mike

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

College. Or Collage. That place you go to school to.
Carl

 

[NGE]

5% machine, 95% operator......NGE

 

[terryinr.i.]

i have been dting for a lot of years, my bud has been for only a couple months now. we have the same machines and when we go together i most always find twice as much as he. i tell him not to get discoraged just keep it up and learn the machine and there will be a day. we both us F70's.

 

[BuckleBoy]

detector ...

SPEND AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ...

LMAO!

 

[BuckleBoy]

College. Or Collage. That place you go to school to.
Carl

I disagree with this in part, but there is a nugget of truth to it. College taught me most of what I know about researching old sites.

 

[Cladius]

A machine is only as good as the person swinging it and where it is swung. Just my 2cents.

 

[scrubber]

I feel the most important single thing in my learning curve has been efficiency. I keep refining my techniques to spend less time per dig. With more digs per hour, the odds of finding the good stuff increase proportionately. The biggest improvement was when I added a pinpointer to my arsenal.

scrubber

 

[Digger]

The quick answer is both. The fact is you've got one more factor in the equation for success. Location. It is like asking which is more important in a race, the driver or the car. It depends on the race/location. Put an experienced racer in a pinto, and a novice in a corvette, and the novice will come out ahead unless the race is skill dependent. Such as a figure 8 track.

The experienced detectorist will be only as good as the detector can be, while a great detector is only as good as the experience of the user. The difference is, the novice will not outgrow a great detector.