Hunting through birdshot

[Canewrap]

There's an area I know of that was used for years as a trapshooting area. Problem is, it was also the sight of some historical activity. Most people have avoided it because of the dense birdshot. Is it possible that the birdshot could be effectively notched out (on a machine equipped to notch) in order to hear some signals below. Or, would it have to be hunted like the bad, iron rich, dirt of Viginia, where you have to dig practically every signal?

 

[coinnut]

How about digging a bunch of bird shot and getting used to the signal and using yourself as a discriminator and not dig it. Using the pinpoint mode (to tell you the size of the target, and the depth indicator to tell you how deep it is), you could figure out what is birdshot and what is not. On my DFX, if the target shrinks really fast, it's tiny. Put that together with the shallow depth reading, and I know not to dig that one. I would think the bullets and coins would, with a bit of practice, sound different. Or how about a large (12") coil. It may not even pick up birdshot. Even if it does, I bet it would barely pick it up. That would tell you it's size. Let me know what you think, but definitely hit that area, especially if others couldn't hunt it. It could be a gold mine. Remember the more you notch out targets, the more depth and iffy targets you lose.

 

[BarberBill]

Coinnut's ideas may help a bit, but it seems to me that they would apply more to a single shot under the coil than a heavy sprinkling of multiple shot all over the place. If you can disturb the ground, maybe a wide hoe to scrape back the top layer? I wouldn't think most of the shot would be very deep. You might take some shot and put it near a good target and see if the good target will sound off with a better signal over the shot signal. I know that often one can put the coil next to the metal post of a bench or playground equipment, pull it away at 90degrees and get a second signal as the coil reads a target close to the post. Also may be useful to use the smallest coil you have so as not to read much shot per foot print. Let us know what you try and how it worked.
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