Wanta learn something about your hunting?

[WHADIFIND]

Go back to a spot you've had some success with and hunt the SAME 50 x 50 foot area. AND, do this AT LEAST 3 times and on different days!

I do tend to do a random hunt the first time, then the 2nd time, (if it's shown promise), I'll grid it out. But, I do tend to get a bit too rushed and start doing the old, "Too loud!" "Too Big!" "Can!" "Iron!" "definitely a pull tab!" type skips on signals. Lastly, the 3rd time through? I dig EVERYthing! (except a foil/canslaw/iron signal ).

If you go back and do the absolute best you can each time, you'll learn something about your hunting habits and your machine.

I did this on purpose the last 3 times out. Here's what I found in the same exact spot, after 3 times!





Now, remember, I'm not a rookie. I know how to hunt. Even so, I STILL found these coins where I KNOW I had passed my coil before. Some of the signals I can even remember saying "foil!" and skipping. Some, I must've just swung the coil AROUND the spot the other times. The signals were too easy to totally miss.



Yep! Two Wheat toasts to go. 47 & 51-s
They were deep and gave a deep hit of 80.
Still, I'd been here many times!



These two rides were particularly enlightening for me. I do recall skipping these because of it being surface/loud/obnoxious/iron/canslaw hits. I just did not feel like digging up another frigging can! ALL 3 TIMES!! LOL

Not only were they not any of that, they were BOTH in the same hole!! (A pocket vehicle spill?)

So, try it sometime. Go back to a spot you have ABSOLUTELY covered! Then, and this is important, don't just gloss over the area with assumption that you know there's nothing there. Do a few minutes serious, deep hunting. You might be surprised at what turns up.

I taught a friend of mine this lesson by following along behind him one day. Finding and showing him what he missed! LOL

Hope it helps someone.

Thanks for peeking!
HH!

 

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[jtomlinson]

Awesome I will try that. thanks for sharing

 

[tinman68]

must hunt yards at least 5 times 1 to cherry pick 3 times for junk last time for deep silver that's just how I think of it


happy hunting

 

[WHADIFIND]

must hunt yards at least 5 times 1 to cherry pick 3 times for junk last time for deep silver that's just how I think of it


happy hunting

Yep, 5 - 6 - 10 times is ok too. But, you'll begin to get the idea after just 3 or 4. It is surprising how much we miss/skip out there sometimes. If you try it on a spot you visit regularly, it will teach a few things. To anyone.

Thanks!
HH!

 

[Evolution]

This is great advice... I know i've gone back to previously hunted spots and found several things that I missed. Plus, you learn that not everything is a solid tell all signal. coins on edge can give iffy signals... and I've found buttons that gave signals so bad that nobody would have dug them. The truth is you just never know. One time I got a zinc penny signal in a park that for some reason I decided to dig even though it was only 2 or 3 inches deep.... at 2 inches I pulled out a modern Jefferson nickel... and I said to myself "that doesn't seem right" and I re-scanned the hole. Directly below the nickel at about 6 or 7 inches was a nice barber dime. It pays to really hit areas hard and multiple times. Sometimes a perpendicular grid pattern from your previous grid will reveal more relics. Anyone who's ever had a signal that sounds good one way but not so good with a perpendicular swing has had that experience. You'll definitely learn more about what your detector is telling you if you do so. Nice post WHADIFIND.

 

[RobRieman]

And then go back and hunt it after a good soaking rain. It will be like a whole different site!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Sometimes a perpendicular grid pattern from your previous grid will reveal more relics. Anyone who's ever had a signal that sounds good one way but not so good with a perpendicular swing has had that experience. You'll definitely learn more about what your detector is telling you if you do so. Nice post WHADIFIND.

Thanks and you make an excellent suggestion that I forgot to mention. Try different directions. Perpendicular is a good staple. But, also try going from corner to corner and in an arc within your area.

Different directions, soil conditions, moisture, angle of the coil, they ALL give their own add.

HH!

 

[Argentium]

This is valuable advice ! I too have experienced good finds from ground that I was convinced I had already exhausted.

 

[GTzer]

Just ONE example- MDing since '83. My own yard still gives up coins. 100 x 50' lot w a house. Checked every inch when I first started. No test garden-but check out every new detector and every new coil right here. Ok- so some of that is from the kids growing up--but not Indians or deep wheats.

 

[VOL1266-X]

Good thoughts. Even a moderate rain can change readings. A hunting friend told me this a lomg time ago, "It's all about your coil going across that target just right". HH, Quindy.

 

[Helix]

I tend to do the same thing. First thing I do when I get to a new site is work it over with the discrimination one high "coin mode" one my Garrett gti. Real quick I can tell if its been hit hard or not. I guess that comes from experience. Then if Im making good finds like the case of the BSA camp I found this summer, that it has not been worked over hard I'll hit all the good areas were people were mostly at. Then I work into the less used areas from there. Not to sound greedy but part of my reason why I "cherry pick" it like that is fear some one else is going to md the spot. Also why I don't dig everything at once is I don't want to put 500 holes in a 50'x50' area of grass. People don't seem to like that to much. Then when I feel I have found most of the easer stuff I will start digging everything. Lots of different things play in to it. What direction your swinging the coil, is the ground dry or wet how trashy is the area. I agree still in the end it is best to try and dig everything but not at once if it is in a grass/ lawn area.

 

[g-olden years]

Thanks for the reminders & tips! Most of my son's & my best finds have been where we've detected several times before, including finding severl gold rings & big silver coins where we've gridded before!

One way I detect large beaches has been very helpful to me --- instead of gridding, I plunk down my backpack and detect in slowly-increasing circles around it --- for me, it's much easier to keep track of what I've covered by moving in circles on sand than trying to grid; also, circles let me keep a constant eye on my backpack in case a passerby has sticky fingers. HAVE FUN! Andi

 

[Rawhide]

Head phones and a small coil work too.

 

[pong12211]

Hey thanks for the advice.. I'm willing to try anything to improve my results..

 

[Fingerlakes119]

I agree with you, I have done the same spots many times over and it seems that I had missed quite a few items. I detected my parents yard ( its small ) repeatedly. As time went by, I dug even the poor targets. May times good items would be found. I would say that I missed 2 silver dimes at least 8 times until I finally dug them up.

 

[treblehunter]

Thanks, I'm going to give that a try, makes allot of sense to me.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Thanks for the reminders & tips! Most of my son's & my best finds have been where we've detected several times before, including finding severl gold rings & big silver coins where we've gridded before!

One way I detect large beaches has been very helpful to me --- instead of gridding, I plunk down my backpack and detect in slowly-increasing circles around it --- for me, it's much easier to keep track of what I've covered by moving in circles on sand than trying to grid; also, circles let me keep a constant eye on my backpack in case a passerby has sticky fingers. HAVE FUN! Andi

Here's one I do in grassy areas. Instead of picking up my feet and walking, I sort of shuffle them along. For a bit, when you look back, you can see where you've been. It's funny sometimes, you think you're making a nice tight grid and then you see where you actually walked! No wonder I miss stuff! LOL

HH!

 

[JimmeyC]

Nice WhadIfind... LOL, Sounds exactly how I hunt. I found a 14k white gold wedding band and 2 buff's yesterday in an area I have gone over several times... The ring hit 6-12 on the etrac... I know I passed it thinking "canslaw". I think a lot depends on our mood, time, ect. I just keep working it deeper into the trashy area and always come out with something nice!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Nice WhadIfind... LOL, Sounds exactly how I hunt. I found a 14k white gold wedding band and 2 buff's yesterday in an area I have gone over several times... The ring hit 6-12 on the etrac... I know I passed it thinking "canslaw". I think a lot depends on our mood, time, ect. I just keep working it deeper into the trashy area and always come out with something nice!

Yep, mood and time are both important factors. If we're sure there's nothing there, it'll just be an exercise outing. It also causes scratched coins. We're in a hurry to get this tab out of the way. Not as careful, ya know?

The funny thing is, after we've cleaned EVERYTHING out and hits are extremely rare. Along comes a grader, takes off the first foot of ground and the whole thing starts over!

HH!