Is it the Hunter, the Machine, or the Site ?

[Dancer]

Gotta stop and think about this. There used to be a lot of Brand loyalty out there. Guys could argue as much as say politics.
Than the skill of the Hunter has a lot to do with success. I think the Site may have the most to do with success. I mean if it ain't there, it isn't going to be found. That all being said, it takes a good hunter to find and hunt out good sites. The best machine? Well it's the one ya got in your hand. My self, It's best for me to take 2 machines with me. Covers change in plans, which can happen. Just a different tool to have handy. Anything can happen out there while hunting. Here's two extremes. I just hunt for Clad and Jewelry. So this past year I've hunted two different sites that yielded over 600 coins each, mostly quarter's & pennies. But no gold. Than I dropped into this little league field one day. Knew right off the bat I was in trouble. Kept running into neatly cut plugs here and there. I hunted that desert for an hour. Never found a coin. Except for some trash, I only dug one keeper. A gold ring. Now how does that figure?
I don't think there's an answer for it. Except ya ain't gonna find much laying on the couch.

 

[still looking 52]

My answers to your questions are YES/YES and YES. Seriously, if was to prioritize the three elements it would be site first, hunter second and machine third. My brother found this site a couple years ago and we found 4 silver 1/2 dollars, halve dozen silver quarters and about 25 silver dimes and it's about the size of two foot ball fields, that was all about finding the right site. We might be better off taking a little more time hunting for new sites than just going back to the same old place a hundred times.

 

[Dan-Pa.]

Site is most important.....rel that gold ring....many cherry pick coins thus gold rings are left...

 

[Tom_in_CA]

It's the site that's most important. Examples:

1) If you've ever been at a virgin stage stop, where seated coins are so shallow you can get them with your pinpointer before even starting to retrieve, then you'd agree.

2) If you've ever been in howling beach storms .... that have eroded the beach down to bedrock .... such that you can work an area no bigger than your living room for 2 hrs, never lacking less than 3 or 4 coins per scoop, and never stepping more than 1 ft. between digs , and the coins practically on top ..... then you'd agree.

 

[slingshot]

Well, that find answered all your questions. Like the time I went to a school, and as soon as I turned the detector on, I saw two $20 bills laying on the ground!

 

[DELETED USER (Emmitt)]

Site! My 2 cents! Had great luck the past 2 months on private property, with permission of course. Snagged a total of 27 indian heads and 16 pieces of silver: walking half, 2 barber quarters, fish scale and seated/barber dimes. Definitely the site and my x-terra 705.

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Site is prime factor... any half decent machine will put a hurtin on mild soil ,relatively trash free site. But, throw in obstacles such as iron , can slaw,mineralazation and the like and the skill factor and machine selection certainly come into play..

 

[amberjack]

site, detector, detectorist.

AJ

 

[Larry (IL)]

I don't have to think too long on this one. Everyone agrees that the site is #1 and an experienced hunter can find the goods with almost any detector, not so much the other way around.

 

[sprchng]

Location without doubt , hunter and their technique , then machine.
Experience is the most over weighted

 

[dfmike]

Amen to that. I've been a few times to a supposedly hunted out site this summer and just by the shear amount of pull tabs I was finding, I knew the "hunters" were cherry picking the high conductors only. If they had hunted the lower trash signals as well, I would not have found 2 gold rings there.

That being said, you also have to click with your machine. If you don't, you will not be as productive.

Site is most important.....rel that gold ring....many cherry pick coins thus gold rings are left...

 

[slingshot]

The most valuable find by a metal detector, worth-at the time $10,000,000- was found with a Radio Shack metal detector.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

So does that mean the Radio Shack detector is the best detector out there ? Or does it indicate that the user was *probably* at an awesome site ?

 

[Tinfoil]

The Hunter. He is the one that has to have the knowledge to put it all together. Think about it. HH Jerry aka Tinfoil

 

[slingshot]

So does that mean the Radio Shack detector is the best detector out there ? Or does it indicate that the user was *probably* at an awesome site ?

No brainer. LOL.

 

[Larry (IL)]

You are getting pretty deep on us Jerry

 

[MI-AuAg]

Without question, location, location!

I think most of us seek that quality UNDETECTED site. To the first searcher goes the real treasures. High treasure to trash ratio.

To those who choose a "hammered", "detected to death", "played out" site, then, by default it becomes man and machine. Now you're sifting through 50 yrs of leftover trash, trying to find a rare undetected good target, in a high trash to treasure ratio environment.

 

[D&P-OR]

Nah----If'n ya ain't got tha site----don matter how smart ya be!!!!!!!

The Hunter. He is the one that has to have the knowledge to put it all together. Think about it. HH Jerry aka Tinfoil

 

[Hoser John]

The man behind the machine makes all the difference in the world. Take the time to learn just about any new machine and with todays righteous new technologies you'll rock. Just 1 example-local club had a contest with 20+ folks with experience and the VERY best of machines and my son was 12 with a Radio Shack $12.95 unit he got for a buck at a swap, and he beat all their finds and still wears the gold panda to this day...No closet queens need apply as ya gotta get out there and try,try and try again. Then your golden-lots of luck to one and haul just have a ball-John

 

[Tom_in_CA]

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