Compadre finds small silver

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wow that is interesting O in and N gone, I have been in O but moved to N might have to go back to O wow imagine someone reading this that doesn't use a Tesoro

must think what are these guys smoking

nice finds by the way well done !!

thanks for the tips and yes who knows what's been dropped never know hey all part of the fun isn't it

I will be out tomorrow O ing

as the old saying goes there can't be just one and out in the sun having fun what's not to like ground is soft and the one knob wonder is ready for its next mission

so fingers crossed for some goodies !

thanks again!

AJ

Here are more tips, or at least the way I hunt, anyway.
If you really do have trouble reading paragraphs I will split them up for you here.

There seems to be a few differences between units regarding depth and the position of the disc knob.

Some say they lose no depth, others say they might lose a bit over the full range.

On mine I believe I do lose some, not much at all but a little maybe half an inch or so, could be as much as an inch, but I have never scientifically measured this.

I can tell you I know for sure where the disc knob ends up does affect what I hear on many of the deeper signals near the end of my scanning range.

I don't come across many targets much past 4-5" anywhere I hunt but there have been a few good ones.

In a few cases I experimented and discovered this fact.

If I have a good target pretty deep at just the right depth if I am in low disc, say at iron to all metal, I pick them up fine and clear.

I could tell the target is pretty deep because of the volume I hear in my headphones...shallower targets really bang, deeper targets are a bit softer.

It took awhile to realize and hear this difference but I can now and it is real.

A couple of times I picked up some deeper targets like this when my disc was low, kept swinging over them while thumbing the knob and when I got to a certain point like tab they faded out.

Or in my case as I dialed past and then back they came in at those certain areas.

One in particular was a copper cent that behaved like this exactly somewhere at the end of my depth range...about the 6-7" area.

I usually would have left this alone thinking it was a tab, but I still don't have X Ray vision and I was curious so I dug it.

I was very surprised when a coin that shouldn't have disced out at all popped up.

That proved I do lose a little depth in higher disc vs. lower or no disc to me and made me change the way I hunt because of this realization.

After that in areas where there could be good deeper targets if I happen to be swinging the Compadre that day instead of my deeper detectors I usually turn the disc down as low as possible to be able to pick up the deepest, clearest signals I can.

Where that disc starts depends on the amount of trash at the site and what I feel like dealing with that day.

I always thumb the knob on every target to figure them out, but dealing with too much trash and signals is a drag for me.

Most cleaner sites and in all tot lots I am in all metal.

Sites with a lot of tiny iron I might turn up the knob to just below the I in iron.

Some sites have tons of those stupid round foil freshness seals everywhere which I hate.

On my rig they disc out just a hair past the N in iron every time so if I have no patience with these on any certain day at sites with a ton of these I might start the knob just a bit higher.

At sites with a ton of foil or small can slaw I might turn the knob halfway between iron and foil, in very rare cases I might go up to the F in foil.

Very rare cases...I have found a few small gold rings close to that F in foil, just before or right on it.

I never turn that knob any higher to hunt for any reason unless I am walking back to the truck and I max out the disc looking for one last hail Mary high tone good coin or silver ring.

If I come across one of those quieter, deeper targets I always turn back to all metal to check it out from there.

That small silver bracelet is always in the back of my mind whenever I start that knob past that O in iron, however, how I think about this hobby and all that I do when hunting is all colored by all my past experiences.

I can't remember my name sometimes but I remember every important thing that happened in the field since the day I started for some reason.

All of this is just me trying to say that I hate taking any chance on missing a good target if I can help it, and because of that I start that knob as low as I possibly can at any given site, and I also started scrubbing the ground with the coil whenever possible to figure out those deeper signals also.

Usually I hover my coils when hunting about an inch over the surface.

With my Compadre on deep signal that extra inch might mean the difference between me getting a clue to dig something possibly great or not and moving on.

If you have tools, skills or logical theories you must put them to good use...otherwise why learn them at all.

That's how I think about and do this when using the Compadre.

 

[amberjack]

wow that is interesting O in and N gone, I have been in O but moved to N might have to go back to O wow imagine someone reading this that doesn't use a Tesoro

must think what are these guys smoking

nice finds by the way well done !!

thanks for the tips and yes who knows what's been dropped never know hey all part of the fun isn't it

I will be out tomorrow O ing

as the old saying goes there can't be just one and out in the sun having fun what's not to like ground is soft and the one knob wonder is ready for its next mission

so fingers crossed for some goodies !

thanks again!

AJ

Here are more tips, or at least the way I hunt, anyway.
If you really do have trouble reading paragraphs I will split them up for you here.

There seems to be a few differences between units regarding depth and the position of the disc knob.

Some say they lose no depth, others say they might lose a bit over the full range.

On mine I believe I do lose some, not much at all but a little maybe half an inch or so, could be as much as an inch, but I have never scientifically measured this.

I can tell you I know for sure where the disc knob ends up does affect what I hear on many of the deeper signals near the end of my scanning range.

I don't come across many targets much past 4-5" anywhere I hunt but there have been a few good ones.

In a few cases I experimented and discovered this fact.

If I have a good target pretty deep at just the right depth if I am in low disc, say at iron to all metal, I pick them up fine and clear.

I could tell the target is pretty deep because of the volume I hear in my headphones...shallower targets really bang, deeper targets are a bit softer.

It took awhile to realize and hear this difference but I can now and it is real.

A couple of times I picked up some deeper targets like this when my disc was low, kept swinging over them while thumbing the knob and when I got to a certain point like tab they faded out.

Or in my case as I dialed past and then back they came in at those certain areas.

One in particular was a copper cent that behaved like this exactly somewhere at the end of my depth range...about the 6-7" area.

I usually would have left this alone thinking it was a tab, but I still don't have X Ray vision and I was curious so I dug it.

I was very surprised when a coin that shouldn't have disced out at all popped up.

That proved I do lose a little depth in higher disc vs. lower or no disc to me and made me change the way I hunt because of this realization.

After that in areas where there could be good deeper targets if I happen to be swinging the Compadre that day instead of my deeper detectors I usually turn the disc down as low as possible to be able to pick up the deepest, clearest signals I can.

Where that disc starts depends on the amount of trash at the site and what I feel like dealing with that day.

I always thumb the knob on every target to figure them out, but dealing with too much trash and signals is a drag for me.

Most cleaner sites and in all tot lots I am in all metal.

Sites with a lot of tiny iron I might turn up the knob to just below the I in iron.

Some sites have tons of those stupid round foil freshness seals everywhere which I hate.

On my rig they disc out just a hair past the N in iron every time so if I have no patience with these on any certain day at sites with a ton of these I might start the knob just a bit higher.

At sites with a ton of foil or small can slaw I might turn the knob halfway between iron and foil, in very rare cases I might go up to the F in foil.

Very rare cases...I have found a few small gold rings close to that F in foil, just before or right on it.

I never turn that knob any higher to hunt for any reason unless I am walking back to the truck and I max out the disc looking for one last hail Mary high tone good coin or silver ring.

If I come across one of those quieter, deeper targets I always turn back to all metal to check it out from there.

That small silver bracelet is always in the back of my mind whenever I start that knob past that O in iron, however, how I think about this hobby and all that I do when hunting is all colored by all my past experiences.

I can't remember my name sometimes but I remember every important thing that happened in the field since the day I started for some reason.

All of this is just me trying to say that I hate taking any chance on missing a good target if I can help it, and because of that I start that knob as low as I possibly can at any given site, and I also started scrubbing the ground with the coil whenever possible to figure out those deeper signals also.

Usually I hover my coils when hunting about an inch over the surface.

With my Compadre on deep signal that extra inch might mean the difference between me getting a clue to dig something possibly great or not and moving on.

If you have tools, skills or logical theories you must put them to good use...otherwise why learn them at all.

That's how I think about and do this when using the Compadre.

not so much paragraphs but when people just write in big blocks of writing it just turns in to a big black blob of letters and I don't even bother trying to read it and it just gets to hard to see.

so yes I agree I have always thought about what I am doing and if I haven't learnt anything from my day detecting I haven't been paying attention.

and I agree each site is different and the more time I spent in any given park etc. gives me some more info in to how to best attack it, the park I found that last ring in is pretty open and not a heap of targets except for one sideline near the car park and that will have to be as you said a disc raising adventure in part to systematically clean it out sure there will be something good there

I am a skidder also always have been and lifting the coil does help me at times over a particular target to try and gauge depth and size.

I do thank you for your time and insight and giving me a bit more to think about

I haven't been a knob turner over a target and that probably comes from using screened machines, but after your thoughts on it and gauging a site a bit better I may have to give it a try even just to work out the best place to set the disc in different places if iron is present in a larger degree.

also interesting is how some good targets come in with iron for what ever reason and how a bit of turning and a few digs can see where iron is mostly coming in and is it worth digging some for a reward of a gold chain etc..

I do find the tactics of detecting quite interesting and I guess its why I enjoy it as its a constant learning experience, if it was not that way I probably wouldn't do it.

so guess I better sleep hey 3 am maybe I need to get a bit of rest and head out in the morning park I am going to has a lot of square tabs and some beavers but I figure I better dig them as the gold I found there last was right in the square tab range.

it is fun even if I don't find gold etc. I always manage a few coins to keep me going

sure is a fun thing detecting and more time with any machine sure does help !!

lots of people ask the best machine , my answer goes something like , instead of wanted to know how much money to spend maybe what you need to spend is a lot of time learning what where how and why, and they look at me stupid and I smile

thanks again for sharing your experience it does help and does help me think more about what I am doing.

AJ

 

[amberjack]

went out for 2.5 hrs, disc at O in iron few coins then this popped out thought white gold with disc so low but had to settle for the silver medal today and I am not complaining the Compadre finds another ring have to happy right

hope everyone found some goodies !

AJ

 

[Mega]

Just bought a 7'' Concentric coil for the Compadre,these coil are getting very rare to find these days,but located and bought a 'brand new' one for cheaper than a i could have bought a bashed up one for,these are rarer than 'rocking horse poo' in the UK.Very pleased and has finished my project off very nicely.

It will be mounted on a carbin fibre straight shaft and will be able to swing and enjoy it all day long.

 

[Dirtdigger33]

Glad you found silver AJ. If you can't find gold on a hunt it is always nice to find the silver. It's good you were able to go detecting. I hate those signals that come in sounding real good and your disc is low enough to be gold, yet when you dig, it ends up being trash, at least in your case it was silver. Keep digging and hoping. Gold is in the forecast if you keep your disc low. Congrats on the silver find.

 

[amberjack]

sounds like a fun set up mega well done on the coil find

thanks 33 good advice keep digging and keep hoping !! its sure is an exercise in hope detecting isn't it , so yes not complaining recon I would take the silver most days but we live in hope of some gold

hope you have got out for spin

AJ