Difficult to detect tot lot

[zeekeys]

I went to this tot lot today and it was one of the hardest lots to detect. I had false signals all over the place. Many pull tabs. Many 90 signals 7" deep and all were false. When I would get down about 8" the sand stopped and it was I think a rubber or tarp mat under the sand. I could tell the good signals by the solid sound and the reading was about 3". Those were good coin signals. It took me hours but I did get 56 coins out of that lot today. The condition of the coins showed that they were there a long time. I guess I am the only one goofy enough to spend that much time on an area which is very difficult to detect in. This is another time when having that 5.75"coil on my DeLeon has paid off. It was tiring trying to figure which was good and which was false and which was false with a good signal in there. I had to move slow and listen to every signal and watch the meter which I don't do very often. I had sensitivity down to 4 but still got many false signals. I even put in a new set of batteries thinking that would help but didn't. It just takes plain old stupidity to do this. I only mention it to say sometimes it is worth the struggle. Thanks for reading.... Z

 

[tabdog]

n/t

 

[Beale]

Sounds like a hard hunt, but worth it. Good on you for getting out and hitting it, Beale.

 

[Hart-IN]

I searched a crazy lot like that also. Turns out the rubber matting had wire mesh in it. I double checked most of the shallow signals with a Sunray probe before digging. I may have missed some of the deeper coins, but I kept my sanity by using the probe.

 

[zeekeys]

Thanks Beale and Hart-IN., TD. Some times md'ing can be a little trying on the patience. Some times it not worth the effort but again it is. This time it worked because I think the mders before me just didn't try. Thanks for the info on the wire because I was getting signals that would run for yard. I have a probe but it has never been out of the box. Got it with my XLT and headphones that I don't use either. It was a deal White's was running. I just do sand detecting, can no longer get down. I can get down but one heck of a time getting back up. Thanks for reading...Z