Gear

[JMC]

I wanted to know what type of gear you folks prefer. Asking since I'm a gear geek and enjoy working with different pieces of equipment. Over the years I tried pouches and aprons then settled on a bucket to carry stuff. Right now I've got three diggers in there, a small saw, probe, pin pointer, and a plastic sheet for holding the soil contents neatly. If things get rough I can return to the truck and pull out my D handle Leshe shovel that could do duty on Walking Dead eliminating zombies. The tools themselves are a Russell soil knife, Leshe tool, and a long handle 2 inch wide stainless digger from Kellyco. Anyway I've seen other treasure seekers around town with gear hanging all over them. Seemed a little clumsy but I've not tried it. Oh and if I want to video I use a head mount or chest pack for my action cams. Of course on the other side of it I hunt with a friend here who has years of experience hunting, loads of success, and merely shoves his custom digger in his pocket grabs his machine and he is ready to go.

 

[Mega]

It all depends on the type of sites or detecting what equipment i take with me,if its just a quick local dig i could just travel ultra light with the basic equipment small digging spade,find pouch with pro pointer and a smaller recovery hand trowel,but if i was going detecting on a large farm permission that had alot of roman activity on the site then i will take a fair amount of equipment with me in a back pack this would include 1st aid,phone if i was to get into trouble and waterproofs.Also a basic set of detecting essentials like spare coil bolt/s,batteries,and a multi tool just incase anything happens.

Usually i take 2-3 different detectors and a few coils with me for various detecting conditions,but if i am away from the i keep them all under lock and key and out of site,as you can never tell if any local smack head would lift them for the next fix,its better to be safe than sorry,as it has taken me years to acquire all my equipment and it could be lifted in minutes.

Nothing worst than travelling miles to a dig site and then find out that you have left something at home,detector does not fire up that type of thing,it would be odds on favourite that if you decided to travel light for the 1st time on a long distance you would have a major problem and you dont have any batteries or a coil bolt that type of thing.

Its always best to be on the safe side

 

[DigPan]

Personally I have found out that if I use the [size=large]KISS[/size] method I have more fun.

 

[Mega]

Personally I have found out that if I use the [size=large]KISS[/size] method I have more fun.

I totally agree with you,but some of my sites you could be well away from the car prehaps 5 miles or so on pasture land,so rather than keep walking back to the car its best i find to take some equipment with you just incase,if its just popping down to the local tots lot and doing a quick dig then all you basically need it your detector and small digging tool or what ever you use.

If we relate this tots lot scenario to a all day dig on a massive pasture dig and you find something goes wrong it wise then to have some form of basic equipment back up like coil bolts,batteries and even rain gear if the weather gets nasty.

 

[DigPan]

Mega B, I agree with you. I should have said [size=large]KISS[/size] and always [size=large]BE PREPARED[/size] for [size=large]WHATEVER[/size].

 

[jld66]

digger, medium size screwdriver for helping with rocks, extra battery. wear military pants with the big pockets on the sides. put good stuff in one side, small junk in the other. i go light. i see these guys with all this stuff hanging off them like their a soldier on another invasion of france or something is a bit much. its just metal detecting. some get just to extreme with it. like the more stuff they have on them, the more professional they look. what is the sense in having a light detector when you are humping 50 pounds of junk with ya. haha