charger500
Tenderfoot
This past weekend was really the first time I've gotten out and detected for a full day and with a pin pointer (GPP).
The GPP makes things so much nicer, no more digging a hole and saying heck, i can't find anything! If you're a new to this, just get a pin pointer--now.
My yard is pretty trashy, my parents farm is worse, but a friends yard was horrid. They lost 3 rings several years ago and i tried to help find them, they "said" they've got to be in this 10x10 section.. ok.
Get there and find out they've graded the yard with a tractor after tearing down the pool/deck. And the trash was ridiculous! You couldn't even set the GPP down ANYWHERE without it going nuts. I actually literally found a needle! What I did learn is how fast the goldbug pro is, i felt like i was playing pac-man in this yard. Needless to say after an hour i didn't find the rings, maybe i'll try again one day. Any tips for sites like this? I have an 11" DD coil, so i know the 5" would help but not sure it would help enough.
The rest of the day i searched an old church yard. The church was moved ~50yrds to its current location sometime pre 1890 but i don't know when it was built originally. Found my first coins... 2001!!
I also found a slab of iron 5" x 12" by 1/2" thick and under it, as if on purpose, was a key ring with a dozen or so keys! one of which was an old skeleton key. Kinda cool. I found other iron trash, an axe blade, tractor parts, etc, even though i was mostly in disc mode set at 39. I cool tie clip and a little toy key.
The GPP makes things so much nicer, no more digging a hole and saying heck, i can't find anything! If you're a new to this, just get a pin pointer--now.
My yard is pretty trashy, my parents farm is worse, but a friends yard was horrid. They lost 3 rings several years ago and i tried to help find them, they "said" they've got to be in this 10x10 section.. ok.
Get there and find out they've graded the yard with a tractor after tearing down the pool/deck. And the trash was ridiculous! You couldn't even set the GPP down ANYWHERE without it going nuts. I actually literally found a needle! What I did learn is how fast the goldbug pro is, i felt like i was playing pac-man in this yard. Needless to say after an hour i didn't find the rings, maybe i'll try again one day. Any tips for sites like this? I have an 11" DD coil, so i know the 5" would help but not sure it would help enough.
The rest of the day i searched an old church yard. The church was moved ~50yrds to its current location sometime pre 1890 but i don't know when it was built originally. Found my first coins... 2001!!
I also found a slab of iron 5" x 12" by 1/2" thick and under it, as if on purpose, was a key ring with a dozen or so keys! one of which was an old skeleton key. Kinda cool. I found other iron trash, an axe blade, tractor parts, etc, even though i was mostly in disc mode set at 39. I cool tie clip and a little toy key.
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