Using the Compadre at the beach and there was a lot of garbage. So I decided to up the discrimination to full and I still found pennies and a quarter. Even though I was past the penny point, it still found the pennies. Is this normal. Does the Compadre prefer coins?
I also would like to know the strategy when detecting a field. As soon as I step out of the car and start detecting, I get beeps. (using the Iron descrim point) And usually its garbage. It could take me all day just to metal detect a 10 foot by 10 foot area. So should I walk into the furthest part of the park first or start from and certain point and dig all that's there moving towards the car? What do you guys do? What's the strategy?
I thought that it might be good to discrim all and see what I find and then later maybe another day, use less and less descrim to see what I find. Sort of working backwards since using all metal or iron descrim, I'll hardly get far into the park since there is a lot of stuff beeping from the ground right next to where I start. Not all coins either. Lots of garbage.
And even when I use the THUMBING method, I still beeps, so I dig and find a piece of rusted metal. Lot's of this stuff out there in the beach area. And in the parks I find a lot of foil or pull tabs and pop cans.
Funny how I discrimmed out a lot of stuff and still found pennies. And next to the penny was a pull tab that did not ring. I thought it was the target, but after re-checking the hole, it was a penny and not the pull tab.
At the beach I've found iron, pull tabs and other rusted metal. But I've heard that to find the gold you need to dig all. So, what do you guys do when hunting and you get a lot of beeps steps from the car? Dig them all or descrim?
One thing I do believe strongly is location location location. To find the loot, you need to be in the right place that has that hoard. I tired a park next to a horse betting place and I barely covered a 5' x 5' area and was busy pulling pennies out of the ground. It started to rain, so I need to return back to that area on another day. But it does seem to be the place for coins.
I also would like to know the strategy when detecting a field. As soon as I step out of the car and start detecting, I get beeps. (using the Iron descrim point) And usually its garbage. It could take me all day just to metal detect a 10 foot by 10 foot area. So should I walk into the furthest part of the park first or start from and certain point and dig all that's there moving towards the car? What do you guys do? What's the strategy?
I thought that it might be good to discrim all and see what I find and then later maybe another day, use less and less descrim to see what I find. Sort of working backwards since using all metal or iron descrim, I'll hardly get far into the park since there is a lot of stuff beeping from the ground right next to where I start. Not all coins either. Lots of garbage.
And even when I use the THUMBING method, I still beeps, so I dig and find a piece of rusted metal. Lot's of this stuff out there in the beach area. And in the parks I find a lot of foil or pull tabs and pop cans.
Funny how I discrimmed out a lot of stuff and still found pennies. And next to the penny was a pull tab that did not ring. I thought it was the target, but after re-checking the hole, it was a penny and not the pull tab.
At the beach I've found iron, pull tabs and other rusted metal. But I've heard that to find the gold you need to dig all. So, what do you guys do when hunting and you get a lot of beeps steps from the car? Dig them all or descrim?
One thing I do believe strongly is location location location. To find the loot, you need to be in the right place that has that hoard. I tired a park next to a horse betting place and I barely covered a 5' x 5' area and was busy pulling pennies out of the ground. It started to rain, so I need to return back to that area on another day. But it does seem to be the place for coins.