How many people out here living in Massillon Ohio, that are doing metal detecting

[Dennisjf12]

Hi all
I am new to metal detecting and I am looking for some people to hunt with that live in the massillon area, Stark Co, Ohio, USA
I have a Garrett AT Pro metal detector, and trying to the new Garrett AT Pro all-train pinpointer and I have three Garrett bags and I am hoping have more accessories by spring,
If you live close give me a Hello.

 

[jim tn]

Well, I don't live close, but sure will give you a big hello and welcome anyway. HH jim tn

 

[usace]

I don't live close either but you have a good detector to work with. I'm about two and a half hours south of you.HH

 

[John-Edmonton]

Dang......I am winter detecting, and would like to welcome you to a great forum. I might not live close, but if you have any questions......just ask.

 

[Dennisjf12]

Hi John
Do you a Garrett AT Pro metal detector, and you have any problems metal detecting in the cold with erratic scanning behavior, I have an 8 1/2 x 11 double D, also I don't know where you live, I live in Massillon Ohio, do you know witch one would be better for in woods and in the streams and rivers the DD or the concentric coil and which do you prefer for your self ?

I had a target in my front yard a two weeks ago, when I pin pointing with AT Pro, one direction I got 90 percent, but when I turn 1/4 turn I only about 40 percent, when I dug it up it was peace of aluminum siding shaped like a diamond, the size of quarter, I am not sure if I should stay with the DD or buy a larger concentric coil ?

I also had another time, I would get about a 91 but it was very erratic scanning, I started digging, I had a hole 8 to 10 " deep and large enough the DD coil down in the hole, I never found anything in that hole and when I put the coil inside the hole, I would lose any signal I had, I bought the AT Pro for christmas and the battery where full strength.

 

[John-Edmonton]

I live about a 7 hour drive north of the Montana border in Canada. I often hunt in the winter on toboggan hill, finding lost coins and rings in the snow. All my Garrett Detectors work great in the snow. No falsing at all. If I get a strange audio signal in different directions, I usually dig it, just to satisfy my curiosity.

 

[mudpuppy]

Welcome Dennis! You are in a really great location, old dirt and like you said, creeks and streams etc...keep that 11"dd...most of us run 'ProZero' mode, around 35 to 40 disc, generally 'iron audio off' on account of the majority of us are hunting for gold and silver..it probably takes a 1000 targets to get to know the language of this rig, so you may want to dig it all for a while so you develop an understanding of what is what with iron audio 'on'...
If you stay at it and settle on one program that your ears are comfortable with, maybe just running the sens down to a comfortable level a few clicks if you have to...(I'm generally hunting 3 clicks down from full power), you will one day just all of a sudden become one with this rig!

Just takes in field practice is all, you punch through your first few months of dedicated hunting, get as many targets as possible under your coil in a short a time as possible if you want to compress the learning curve.. The big key in that 'learning curve compression' effort is to develop a very speedy and efficient target retrieval method, so you can pop over 100 targets in a few hours every day...We are here to help if you need us..
Mud

 

[Dennisjf12]

Hi John
Don't you have trouble digging thru the frozen ground, thanks for the reply

 

[Dennisjf12]

Hi Mud
Thank for the reply, 1st what is that in your picture, 2nd where do you live close to, and how did you end up with your nick name.

 

[John-Edmonton]

I dig in the snow......not in the frozen ground. However, when hunting in the woods at this time of year, you usually can get down into the semi-frozen dirt.

 

[Dennisjf12]

Finding coins in the snow, can't get much better than that, good luck,

 

[senda]

Welcome to the forum!
I'm also a bit far ... but happy to see him here. Always good advice here. I also recommend you start digging all signals, so fast you will see that signs are for your convenience.

 

[Dennisjf12]

Hi Senda

 

[mudpuppy]

Hey Dennis...that picture in my avatar is a 'mudpuppy'..also known as a 'snot otter'...they are a large newty and salamandery type of critter that inhabit clean fresh water creeks, rivers, and streams in NA...you crawl down in some streams, you will find one eventually...I'm in West Michigan...theres a healthy population of snot otters here...I've been fooling with them since I was a kid..they are a neat creature.. a fisherman will catch one accidentally every once in a while, even in the dead of winter through the ice! ...they are in Ohio too...you gotta get down in the water and flip over rocks and sunken logs...You will find one if you spend enough time dinking around in their likely habitat...which is perfect duty for the AtPro.!....You would think a salamander would go dormant in the Winter right? But for some strange reason, Mudpuppies dont!...they are crawling around hunting in the cold dark water under the ice...I dont know why...we were always taught 'cold blooded' critters go dormant in the Winter..

I came up with the name 'mudpuppy' as my handle on account of I spend a lot of time in the water and am seldom seen, and seldom dormant...thanks for asking...never thought much about it before...they are a cool little critter is all...
Mud

 

[Dennisjf12]

Hi Mud
Thanks for the reply, I have never heard of them, have you ever tried keeping one in an aquarium ? you have chosen a very unusual name, I like it.

 

[mudpuppy]

Yes, I've caught quite a few Snot otters in the past 50+yrs on this Planet dinking about in creeks....I generally catch them and let them go..now a days, I dont even bother catching them..just to see them is a treat enough....this particular subject in my avatar photo was an average adult 'pup...and I had my newfangled cell phone camera and happened to get a nice shot....They do Ok In an aquarium if you keep the water very cool and flowing, although they are not really happy...they are not what you would call a good critter to keep in a tank, they really need to just geezle around in natural wild mud rooting for bugs and larvae and minding their own business ...

In a tank, they will hide under any structure and you will never see them anyway.....Mudpuppies are not an exciting pet compared to having a big Pirahna or even a mid sized Oscar in a 20 gal tank, plopping in a feeder goldfish, putting on the Doors and switching on a black light, perhaps even a small slowly spinning disco ball employed for an added trippy ambiance, even a lava lamp works, smoking a great big Maui fantoozler the size of an Iowa corn cob whilst reclining in a bean bag chair..... or so I've heard from some college kids I knew back in the day!...I guess thats the bomb!

I dont know nothing about that...shrug:..I prefer cold liquids, just like the 'Puppies....they do not do well in civilized and polluted hot smoky environments...strange thing is,....lots of fishermen my age hate them and kill them on sight on account of they have an undeserved mythological reputation of being a 'fish egg eater'...I am not convinced that dubious observation is correct...in fact, I doubt thats the case at all...they do have a wide mouth and will bite, not hard mind you, not even as hard as a pubescent bullhead can deliver, and never hard enough to draw blood!....not hard enough to worth a mention actually.....but to most Humanoids, mudpuppies look turdish, ugly, and scarey...hence the choice for my handle..which is fitting on all counts...(no game, turdish looking, ugly, bites, scarey, and eats fish eggs)... Put that profile up on 'Match.com' and see how many takers you get!.

So me and 'snot otters' are buds...same with toads and turtles...We have zero game, no prize to look at, under the radar, just doing what we do to get by...I just wish they maybe had a dollar to buy me a beer every once in a while...what can a guy expect I suppose? Snototters, toads and turtles dont have any pockets!...
Mud.

 

[Dennisjf12]

To Mud

 

[quicksilver]

I was just working in Bethesda Ohio. Did some digging in Epworth park and did quite well on silver. I was using my v3i, when it would rain or snow I would use the a.t. pro. Love both machines. There is some really old dirt a little south of you. Most of the parks are fairly new, but I think with a little door knocking you could have a really good season. Good luck.

 

[Dennisjf12]

Hi quicksilver

 

[togamac]

Mud chose an unusual name because he's an unusual fella! I don't mean that in a bad way. We love him on this forum because he has a unique way of looking at things and is always there to lend a hand or give encouragement.