Have Any Of You Hunted Using This NO SWING Method ?

[E-Trac-Ohio]

I just watched this video of a guy in the UK hunting a field without swinging - also, be sure to listen to what he found using this method !

Have any of you tried hunting like this - if so ... what kind of results did you get ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKa-qBsBeWU&list=UU4WnBwGXg5MkRaJgebkg8Cg&index=10

 

[mudpuppy]

Yeah...I hunt like that along the edges of the track around a sportsfield, also right at waters edge, I sort of lock my elbow into my side, get the coil under the water, I'm walking on the wet sand, but the coil is in the water right at the edge, out at an 45 degree angle from my body..in that little trough thats there.
I think Ive found stuff this way, I do it all the time without thinking about it...I remember a nice silver ring at the outer edge of a sports track, right where it would tumble off and bounce into the grass. Whatever works for the situation...this guy is dealing with a stubble field, looks like that works for him.
Mud

 

[scott (wi)]

Walking back to the car I've hit several coins like that. So many that I thought there might be a reason for it. If you think about the field shape under the coil it is "thin and knife shaped" at depth and going straight ahead sort of slices the field through the junk in a way that swinging side to side does not.

Several years ago I tried turning the coil 90 degrees and swinging it to see if I could get more hits but I don't recall it working that well, mostly because I didn't do a good job setting it up mechanically. But In heavy cover I still do the poke the coil forward and backward and it does work.

 

[kschae4]

Occasional use, when arm fatique sets in and just for a few minutes. Definitely beneficial where corn stalks remain.

 

[Big Digger]

I've done the same thing sometimes between bean stubble.

 

[Neil]

Ive done similiar on the beach. I will hold the coil off to one side and drag it on the beach and just walk. I do it more of a change of pace and yes it works but the coil is on my side gving me the full width of the coil, this guys using the smallest part of the coil, for coverage I mean.

 

[Dave-IL]

Actually in some of the fields we hunt we have no choice but to do this.

 

[MNCoinhunter]

I definately see the pros and cons ... you lose a little coverage but you are also less likely to pick up multiple targets at the same time. Whatever works ...

 

[dewcon4414]

The coils have a lot larger foot print than we think.... it may be hotter on the receive but it will hit targets off the outer coil as we all know. Running those bean fields this helps other wise you are trying to swing with your coil 3 inches higher, in corn fields even worse.... the SE doesnt like a lot of distance between the coil and dirt, like say an F75.

Dew

 

[ED-NH]

I've done that in corn fields. The hard part about that is trying to make good coverage when griding if out in the open like a field.