I didn't stay out as long as I wanted, there were kids surrounding me curious of what I was doing and the ground was so dry and hard. We had one of the worst winters in years, lots of snow & frost, really surprises me how the ground got so dry so quick. The Lobl ST did well, found some clad coins, it is a very sensitive detector it screams on good targets, not really scream more like zip. I am not an all metal mode hunter but put it all metal a couple times to try, grounds balances really quick when clicked into all metal mode and the automatc ground balance keeps it right on. I put the control box under the elbow cuff and it balances great but can not get to the controls as easy. I prefer a detector's control box set up like the uMax models and especially the Tejon how they have the pinpoint switch.