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A penny for your thoughts Jackpine Savage

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JS,
I saw your interesting discussion about the Ace 250 relevant to notching trash versus high silver. I am a pretty much a newbie. (1.5 yrs)
and for an entry level machine I don't understand why notching is that necessary in the first place. ( Statement based on coin shooing only.) I don't like to use much disc cuz you loose depth, and with tone ID, every time you get a high tone you should be lookin at the meter or a diggin. I am not lookin for trouble, just trying to see your side of it, versus what I see. I am rather thick in the head though <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin"> <IMG SRC="/metal/html/garrett.gif" BORDER=0 width=33 height=15 ALT="g~"> <IMG SRC="/metal/html/flag.jpg" BORDER=0 width=32 height=17 ALT="usa~">
Thanks
Lar
 
Lar,
I think anyone that is serious about the hobby should spend at least a full year using a single tone non ID machine and the dig it all philosphy, especially at older sites. There are many neat objects to be found at older sites that will be missed by digging only coin signals on an ID machine. Half the fun for me is finding this type of older neat stuff. Sure old coins are nice and what we look for but there is a lot more "neat stuff" to be found than there are old coins.
I understand that there are sites where target ID is neccessary. But since I do not generally hunt that type of site I guess I am a little unappreciate of what it take to hunt them with success. To me a site is not worth hunting unless there is a chance of recovering older items.
IMO no notch system is perfect so perhaps my post down below was a tad harsh on the 250. Still, to me having a seperate icon for all those high coins is nothing but pure marketing since anything above screwcap should be dug.
When I do prefer to use an ID detector my choice is for one that uses a numeric ID system whether it has notch ability or not. Site conditions vary and I find a range of number much more suitable to my style than individual notches.
Different strokes for different folks
Tom
 
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