How to grid a grass area thoroughly

[2wheeldevil]

If you want a thorough search of a grass area this is what I do. Line out a couple of strings about 6 to 8ft apart, depending on your swing arc. You can now get 4 passes over this area before you have to move the strings again.
Found the ring right by the metal detector coil in the picture attached.

 

[Dan-Pa.]

Certainly helps as you don't veer off line, however gives a good search...thorough search is improbable due to swing speed,direction of swing and a host of parameters...

 

[still looking 52]

That string idea is great, just like to add an additional step if you want to get even even more coverage, after going north to south then go east to west, then do the whole process again with diagonal swings. If you've found a hot spot it's worth taking the time, I'm not recommending this unless you get a few goodies on your normal string grid.

 

[Mega]

To methodically cover a area on some of my prime sites i use a similar gridding setup but instead of string i use high viz cones that are used for football practice,they can be stacked on top of one another,when i arrive on say one of my roman sites i will then place a line of 10 cones like each one of your lines of string then when i have finished a couple of runs i move a set of cones over.It basically works exactly the same as your setup.

I do have 2 bright yellow builders lines on small poles that i can also use which is exactly the same as yours but its personal choice i guess on which set too use,of course if its a totally new site then i do a quick 'union jack' flag sweep of the site to try and locate some possible hotspots,then mentally note them and then revert too the cone or long line method,on a really productive site i can start off with a smaller coil so that i can clear the top finds and trash and then gradually use a bigger coil so that it reduces the possible target masking that could happen if i go straight in with a large coil.It time consuming for sure but you certainly dont miss any decent finds that i am after,also once the iron and bad targets are out the way then the Pulse comes out to play for the final deep detecting session.

If the farmer/landowner then deep ploughs which can be say every 3-5 years then the plough will possibly bring up other deep finds and then the whole procedure can and often starts again,but by being so methodical you hardly miss anything.

 

[John-Edmonton]

And string is cheap too!

 

[Mike Hillis]

The dogs and people don't mess it all up?

HH
Mike

 

[Jackpine Savage]

When I hunter older Parks, which is seldom, I hunt diagonally to the predominate landmarks. ie: a sidewalk, road or whatever. My thinking is that it is human nature to hunt parallel to such things and i want to get what others miss. Alternatively I just wander around. LOL

Tom

 

[Sod]

I started off using two of those reflective driveway markers on a steel rod until this elder gentleman walked up and said I should try one of these things out and showed me a little lazier pointer. It's just a little bigger then a AA battery and coast two bucks at the dollar store,
I painted a small piece of plywood black for a back stop. It works OK depending on where the sun is coming from. I can see plenty of room for improvements like maybe a visor over the back stop?
I keep it close to the ground for safety and I can see the red dot on my pant leg or the back of the shaft as you swing.
GL&HH

 

[slingshot]

I do it the old fogie way- you know- the over 60, hate-bending- over, no fuss way. I take about a 30-40' area and shuffle from side to side slightly overlapping. At the end of my chosen length, I, without overextending, stop my last sweep with the coil resting on the side of the return path. I then just walk around my stationary coil until I am perpendicular to my first path and my arm is naturally extended as if I had just taken a normal sweep. I then continue as usual till I return to the initial side of my area-where everything is repeated. I also use this in competition hunts.