just a little confused.

[lets_go]

I read about discrim and sensitivety, all the time on this forum. I Thought I had it figured, dis down sens up.? Then I read another thread that says they crank both up to their highest setting and they find coins and larger items.? Am I missing something or do different machines have different settings.? I have a Whites classic 2 bare bones, two knobs dis and sins.? I wish to find coins mainly, but there is also a possiblity for relics in my area.

 

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[Xraywolf]

The only way one can dig a hole and fill it where it doesn't look bad later was the method I read on this forum a couple of times. Use a cloth of some type to put all the dirt on, I use flour sacks I buy at the local Farm and Market Store. When you're finished digging you can easily put all the dirt back into the hole. If you put the dirt on the grass, you can never get it all back in or at least I can't. Carry a squirt bottle full of water and give the reattached plug a couple of squirts of water. This will help to keep the plug grass from turning brown. I don't always do this because it's so time consuming but if on a nice lawn or park sod it makes it look a lot better. No matter if I put all the dirt back into the hole I still notice the plug has a tendency to sink in forming a small depression and I haven't figured out how to prevent this yet! Not very practical to try to carry extra dirt.

I'll add for consideration that if you dig the plug fairly deep in the first place - Say 2 to 4 inches depending on grass type - The grass will not die as you avoid cutting the roots. Some places this is not possible due to hard soil/long roots, but in general I try to dig a deep plug in order to avoid dead paches as much as possible.
I've found that the best tool to do this with is a common five in 1 paint tool - Also works very good digging out tight holes up to 6 inches or so.
It slices into the ground with ease and precision, and flips the plug perfectly.
I have specialty digging tools , but none work as good as a 5 in 1 for a neat plug.
One word of advice is to go to a home depot or other quality tool outlet and spend the $5-8 on a good one.
Those $2 specials snap with ease.
Of course sometimes you have to tear into the plug to retrieve the object, but combined with my pinpointer and 5 in 1, I can almost always pick the coin right out without undue damage to the plug.

 

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