...Now here's a trick that I picked up somewhere in my travels, although I'm not sure just where. I thought it was pretty cool and have done it ever since I learned of it.
What I did was take a ratty pair of old sneakers (well, not TOO ratty) and painted them black. Thats right, I SPRAY PAINTED THEM. I did this mostly 'cause I didnt like the chintzy "athletic" shoe look of the things and so they would be unobtrusive as I scanned the coil on the ground. Also, they get pretty dirty and being black, they dont look so scroungy - I mean, I occasionally go out in public, you know. I wanna look presentable!
Now, you dont have to paint your shoes, if you don't want to. You could just go buy some dark colored ones, or you may already have some boots or some-pin else youre using. Im just a cheap-skate at heart and couldnt see going out and buying some shoes just for detecting.
So out comes the Krylon and, Voila!, new shoes'es.
Then, and here's the neat trick part, I hot glued a dug nickle and zinc cent on the top of the sneakers, as you see in the pic. Now I have an instant DISC-O reference in the field! I used a nick and a zincer as they mark the line(s) between the various levels of DISC most of us use.
Wanna make sure youre set to accept nick's? Sweep your left foot and adjust accordingly!
How about them pesky pulltabs? Just sweep your right foot and adjust for that!
Wanna get your SENS adjusted for a certain depth. Just sweep the shoes and adjust until you get it where you want it.
Also, notice that the coins are grungy and dark from being in the ground. No sense in stirring up the straights by having bright shiny coins glued to your shoes!
Now, it probably goes without saying that you want to use non-metallic shoes for this. Dont try this with steel toed boots or footwear with one of those big fat steel arch supports. Another reason to use WalMart/Thrift Store sneaks - no metal.
Although it may seem silly at first, give this a try. You'll find yourself using this handy-dandy, er footy-dandy guide again and again.
Next, I'll show you the wonders of pipe fittings and the neat-o tools you can make from them.
'Til later, kiddies,
What I did was take a ratty pair of old sneakers (well, not TOO ratty) and painted them black. Thats right, I SPRAY PAINTED THEM. I did this mostly 'cause I didnt like the chintzy "athletic" shoe look of the things and so they would be unobtrusive as I scanned the coil on the ground. Also, they get pretty dirty and being black, they dont look so scroungy - I mean, I occasionally go out in public, you know. I wanna look presentable!
Now, you dont have to paint your shoes, if you don't want to. You could just go buy some dark colored ones, or you may already have some boots or some-pin else youre using. Im just a cheap-skate at heart and couldnt see going out and buying some shoes just for detecting.
So out comes the Krylon and, Voila!, new shoes'es.
Then, and here's the neat trick part, I hot glued a dug nickle and zinc cent on the top of the sneakers, as you see in the pic. Now I have an instant DISC-O reference in the field! I used a nick and a zincer as they mark the line(s) between the various levels of DISC most of us use.
Wanna make sure youre set to accept nick's? Sweep your left foot and adjust accordingly!
How about them pesky pulltabs? Just sweep your right foot and adjust for that!
Wanna get your SENS adjusted for a certain depth. Just sweep the shoes and adjust until you get it where you want it.
Also, notice that the coins are grungy and dark from being in the ground. No sense in stirring up the straights by having bright shiny coins glued to your shoes!
Now, it probably goes without saying that you want to use non-metallic shoes for this. Dont try this with steel toed boots or footwear with one of those big fat steel arch supports. Another reason to use WalMart/Thrift Store sneaks - no metal.
Although it may seem silly at first, give this a try. You'll find yourself using this handy-dandy, er footy-dandy guide again and again.
Next, I'll show you the wonders of pipe fittings and the neat-o tools you can make from them.
'Til later, kiddies,
