coppersnipe
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When I was a kid growing up in Chicago, my family used to take a couple weeks' fishing vacation in Wisconsin or Minnesota. Those fishing for food and fun enjoyed catching whatever came their way - pan fish, northern pike, walleyes, etc. But those fishing for a trophy set their sights on the muskellunge or "muskie." I remember the old-timers saying it took an average of 100 hours to catch one.
Learning the C$ strikes me as a similar proposition.
I've been metal detecting for two years now, the last year almost exclusively with the C$. (I took my CZ-7a Pro out once recently and was disappointed in the precision of its ID/targeting compared to the C$.) Generally speaking, I am unable to devote the hours one might wish to spend in the field. My average this summer was less than two hours a week; this was mainly taking an hour or so after work a couple times a week.
A rainy spell combined with a desire to understand "iffy" irregular signals led to a breakthrough for me, about which I posted a couple of weeks ago. Hunting my favorite old park in town, I was suddenly finding wheaties, even an Indian - and not just the clad stuff I'd been finding so easily before.
Yesterday (Saturday) I took advantage of a break in the rainy weather to spend over 3 hours in the park - the longest single stretch of detecting I've done this year. Dug 13 dimes, 6 quarters, 3 nickels, 12 pennies (two of which were wheaties)...along with a metal button, a couple of pieces of rusty iron, a round tab with beaver-tail and two square tabs. No silver, no Indians, but no regrets. Each time I go out I gain a better understanding of the C$ and its subtleties, and I remove a variety of targets - mainly good, sometimes junk.
Finding that Indian a couple weeks ago has lead me to believe that *with time and perseverance* I may yet find older silver - I'd love to dig a Barber dime or quarter! - in this same park. (Of course, it would be wonderful if the city decided to send someone with a Bobcat to excavate the top foot or so, to prepare the ground for a rose bed or something, but this is not likely to happen.)
I have yet to approach the park systematically. I usually just pick a straight line that interests me, then wander on either side of it as whim and fancy dictate. Perhaps that should be my next exploration: establishing a reasonably small perimeter and going over it repeatedly, removing everything until I hear no more signals-then moving on to the next area.
In any case, there really isn't any substitute for putting in the hours, is there?
The season is winding down and I'll soon be putting the detectors away until spring. This year was more productive than last; next year should be more so. I do enjoy it!
HH,
Rod
Learning the C$ strikes me as a similar proposition.
I've been metal detecting for two years now, the last year almost exclusively with the C$. (I took my CZ-7a Pro out once recently and was disappointed in the precision of its ID/targeting compared to the C$.) Generally speaking, I am unable to devote the hours one might wish to spend in the field. My average this summer was less than two hours a week; this was mainly taking an hour or so after work a couple times a week.
A rainy spell combined with a desire to understand "iffy" irregular signals led to a breakthrough for me, about which I posted a couple of weeks ago. Hunting my favorite old park in town, I was suddenly finding wheaties, even an Indian - and not just the clad stuff I'd been finding so easily before.
Yesterday (Saturday) I took advantage of a break in the rainy weather to spend over 3 hours in the park - the longest single stretch of detecting I've done this year. Dug 13 dimes, 6 quarters, 3 nickels, 12 pennies (two of which were wheaties)...along with a metal button, a couple of pieces of rusty iron, a round tab with beaver-tail and two square tabs. No silver, no Indians, but no regrets. Each time I go out I gain a better understanding of the C$ and its subtleties, and I remove a variety of targets - mainly good, sometimes junk.
Finding that Indian a couple weeks ago has lead me to believe that *with time and perseverance* I may yet find older silver - I'd love to dig a Barber dime or quarter! - in this same park. (Of course, it would be wonderful if the city decided to send someone with a Bobcat to excavate the top foot or so, to prepare the ground for a rose bed or something, but this is not likely to happen.)
I have yet to approach the park systematically. I usually just pick a straight line that interests me, then wander on either side of it as whim and fancy dictate. Perhaps that should be my next exploration: establishing a reasonably small perimeter and going over it repeatedly, removing everything until I hear no more signals-then moving on to the next area.
In any case, there really isn't any substitute for putting in the hours, is there?
The season is winding down and I'll soon be putting the detectors away until spring. This year was more productive than last; next year should be more so. I do enjoy it!
HH,
Rod
