Larry (IL)
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I think this thread has been "hunted out" 
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Hunted Out
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Well sure Elton, good equipment (and knowing how to get the most out of it is of the utmost importance).----Didn't realize equip. costs was a factor in this discussion but your point is well taken.----Having said that, shelling out more money isn't always the answer to the worlds problems---there is some very good older detectors out there that some of the guys are still using that "know them like the back of their hand" & are getting very good results with them.------As to new equipment opening up an area again--yes, I feel that is the case with (some) detectors/coils (at least to a degree) & when used properly.----But there's so many other things that comes in to play also, many of which has already been mentioned in this post/thread.------If a person hunts a (old, heavy traffic) site 10 times as you say with no silver---I suppose IN HIS/HER MIND that site is "worked out" (repeat,in his/her mind).------I don't look at it that way but rather try to find different tactics/approaches to a hunt area.----But I'm just an ole hardheaded (almost) 75 yr. old bulldog, not everybody agrees with me.---I find some stuff though. 
-----Let's put a little humor in this before I sign off---remember the days/attempts of charging the ground to "light up" the targets? (making them easier to "read" with the detectors)-----Don't know if it "lit up" any targets but it SURE brought the worms to the surface! 
-------I'm goin huntin!------------Delquote=Elton]
Do you think it's possible a place can be worked out using the detectors one currently has ????
Unless you move up the scale buying equipment that can go deeper. Which isn't possible for many, due to costs. Or equipment that separates better. Again costs to move up. Is that considered "worked Out" for that particular person ??
Just a thought........... In my opinion a place is, and can be worked out for some. Can new equipment open it up again? Can a new approach open it up ?? ..I suppose it might. But, over all, if using what you have. The best you know how, does not produce results. "IS THAT A WORKED OUT AREA "....... Just curious about your view on that...
If you go to a spot say " 10" times with no good finds (SILVER) should you come back for the 11th time..Or move on..?? When does one say in their mind. It's worked out ??[/quote]
-----Let's put a little humor in this before I sign off---remember the days/attempts of charging the ground to "light up" the targets? (making them easier to "read" with the detectors)-----Don't know if it "lit up" any targets but it SURE brought the worms to the surface! -------I'm goin huntin!------------Delquote=Elton]Do you think it's possible a place can be worked out using the detectors one currently has ????
Unless you move up the scale buying equipment that can go deeper. Which isn't possible for many, due to costs. Or equipment that separates better. Again costs to move up. Is that considered "worked Out" for that particular person ??
Just a thought........... In my opinion a place is, and can be worked out for some. Can new equipment open it up again? Can a new approach open it up ?? ..I suppose it might. But, over all, if using what you have. The best you know how, does not produce results. "IS THAT A WORKED OUT AREA "....... Just curious about your view on that...
If you go to a spot say " 10" times with no good finds (SILVER) should you come back for the 11th time..Or move on..?? When does one say in their mind. It's worked out ??[/quote]
--------DelThe particular spots I am eluding to in prompting this thread topic, have been hunted hard by the best detector models and by highly experienced hunters. IMO it is not a matter of better machines giving more depth in this case. My V3i is depth capable. The Etracs that's been used there as well and only God know every other flavor of high end detector that's been over these parks time and time again, parks with lots of history dating way back. If anything, target masking is the culprit for not finding more now, since years of hard hunting has dried up the good finds that were there.
So before this thread gets closed, I'll say again, "For most all detectors/hunters reasonable hunting purposes, a place can be hunted out." There's something left there, I won't doubt that...maybe its on edge, maybe masked, and I suppose something deep. So far, none of the group I've had the pleasure to hunt with, has yanked 10 inch treasure on any hunts there. Maybe a 9" dig or two.
Fine with me if this thread is closed. Thanks for all the feedback. martin
So before this thread gets closed, I'll say again, "For most all detectors/hunters reasonable hunting purposes, a place can be hunted out." There's something left there, I won't doubt that...maybe its on edge, maybe masked, and I suppose something deep. So far, none of the group I've had the pleasure to hunt with, has yanked 10 inch treasure on any hunts there. Maybe a 9" dig or two.
Fine with me if this thread is closed. Thanks for all the feedback. martin
Martin, you say regarding some places: "....it is not a matter of better machines giving more depth in this case ...."
I know the type places you speak of. Places where:
a) the depth of coins is stratified fairly uniformly and predictably. Ie.: the older the deeper.
b) the absolute oldest (earliest origins of use of the particular site) are already well within reach. Eg.: if the site dates to the 1890s, yet even the 1890s losses are an easily reachable 5 or 6" (d/ the soil type, for instance, being dry/firm).
c) Hence, MORE DEPTH is not the issue, to get more out of such places.
Am I understanding you correctly? If so, then yes, some places are such that more depth (with newer or better machines, etc...) is not going to bode anyone more targets to "bring a place back to life".
And tabman: it's also possible that some places aren't an issue of more targets with smaller coils, IF the site is not junky and cluttered (thus making a smaller coil useful). I can think of a certain site where there was NO junk. Just coins and an occasional bullet shell. It was a picnic site from the 1880s to the 1920s, where there had never been any structure (read "no nails"), and never any modern trash or foil or aluminum or clad, etc... (read "every signal was old"). So a smaller coil, in a place like this, .... well, .... why?
I know the type places you speak of. Places where:
a) the depth of coins is stratified fairly uniformly and predictably. Ie.: the older the deeper.
b) the absolute oldest (earliest origins of use of the particular site) are already well within reach. Eg.: if the site dates to the 1890s, yet even the 1890s losses are an easily reachable 5 or 6" (d/ the soil type, for instance, being dry/firm).
c) Hence, MORE DEPTH is not the issue, to get more out of such places.
Am I understanding you correctly? If so, then yes, some places are such that more depth (with newer or better machines, etc...) is not going to bode anyone more targets to "bring a place back to life".
And tabman: it's also possible that some places aren't an issue of more targets with smaller coils, IF the site is not junky and cluttered (thus making a smaller coil useful). I can think of a certain site where there was NO junk. Just coins and an occasional bullet shell. It was a picnic site from the 1880s to the 1920s, where there had never been any structure (read "no nails"), and never any modern trash or foil or aluminum or clad, etc... (read "every signal was old"). So a smaller coil, in a place like this, .... well, .... why?
JamesBondaka
Active member
Ok, my turn.....
Put another way.......Whether its worth your time or not to find ....only one good item?....that is up to you. No site is hunted out....just some are better than others.
When someone comes out with a new technology detector that goes much deeper than technology today.....guess what??? There will tons of new finds!
However, many older good items can be found in shallow depths but .....but it only makes sense that there will be a treasure trove of items that will be newly discovered. Think back when about the most you could get in depth in the 70s was just a few inches. I know you could find things deeper than that but.....technology was not very good back then. Technology changed and we found more because of it. It will happen again.
So,....to answer the question whether a site is hunted out or not??? It all depends on your skill level and the technology of the equipment you use.... doesnt it?
Put another way.......Whether its worth your time or not to find ....only one good item?....that is up to you. No site is hunted out....just some are better than others.
When someone comes out with a new technology detector that goes much deeper than technology today.....guess what??? There will tons of new finds!
However, many older good items can be found in shallow depths but .....but it only makes sense that there will be a treasure trove of items that will be newly discovered. Think back when about the most you could get in depth in the 70s was just a few inches. I know you could find things deeper than that but.....technology was not very good back then. Technology changed and we found more because of it. It will happen again.
So,....to answer the question whether a site is hunted out or not??? It all depends on your skill level and the technology of the equipment you use.... doesnt it?