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Lessons Learned...

DominatorSteve

New member
It is kind of funny how the little things can make the biggest difference. I went on my first real hunt tonight. I made a huge mistake of wearing my work boots (Which happen to be steel toe). I kept catching it on my radar and really made things difficult. I had to hold the Bounty Hunter a bit further away from my body to prevent that interference.

I am still having problems with pinpointing the exact spot once I lock onto something. I find myself going from a 3 inch diameter hole to about a 1 foot diameter hole. I just find a spot and it just seems to move around on me. Any suggestions? The coil is such a size where it seems to me could be anywhere near that. This leaves about atleast a foot of area that any given object could be.

Did find some pull tabs, an old can, and a little necklace nicknack...but nothing really worth my time.

Any help would be great. Thanks!

Steve
 
Hey Steve. Pinpointing can be tricky to learn. In my opinion your dig for a target should only begin once you've got a solid and repeatable signal from multiple directions. Then use the 'x' method to criss-cross your signal. Remember the center of your coil should be your sweet spot where the target signal is strongest. By hitting your signal from various directions you will learn to really hone in on it. It takes practice. Also you should have a hand-held pin pointer to help you further narrow your target to its exact location. Its a fairly standard piece of equipment for any detectorist. Take your time. Practice on a known target like a quarter you've thrown on top of the ground. Most important is to have fun and not get frustrated. Put your time in and you will succeed. I'm no detecting pro. I'm just sharing what helped me pin point when I was learning with my first BH. Good luck and Happy Hunting. Matt
 
What I did to help with that is to put a coin on the ground and see where your detector first hits on it(towards the "toe" of the coil). Then when you are hunting and get a signal. Back up and find where it first hits and dig there. HH
 
Yes I will definitely try these methods. I really appreciate the advice. I will try the quarter on the ground to determine the exact sweet spot I should be looking for. I am excited to really get a hang on it. It was becoming a bit frustrating, but doing it in the dark probably made it that much harder.

Next step after that will be altering the discrimination and sensitivity to avoid the little nails and screws I keep finding. HH

Steve
 
I try to make my eyes make a visual confirmation of where the coil is relative to the ground as the MD makes its indication. I do that perhaps 5 or 6 times both left to right and right to left, then walk 120 degrees around the area and do it again. I then advance another 120 degrees and do it again. There is usually a pebble, distinctive piece of vegitation or something similar on the surface that I can use as a visual reference. I then keep my eyes locked on the spot with the most consistant signal and put aside the BH and get out the pinpointer (PP) to scan the surface. Many times the target is near enough to the surface for the PP to detect it and it is then a simple matter of making a small insision and extracting the target. For deeper targets, I usually cut a plug about 5" in diameter and 90% of the time, the target will be in the plug or directly under it.

Mark
 
If your machine has a pin point function you can narrow the target down by hitting the pin point button again each time you hit pin point it will retune to a smaller detection area. If you do not have point point function then slowly lift up coil as you pinpoint this should also help you narrow down the target,but you still need to x to be accurate. Practice and you will be digging smaller plugs .
 
Yea I have gone out the last few nights and I think I have been getting better. I have been taking all of this advice to good use and has found that most of this has worked out great for me. I ordered a better pointer because the one I have by bounty hunter must be within like a half an inch for it to detect it. I also am going to do just strictly coinshooting just to see how that goes. Thanks everyone!
 
first time out i did the same with my boots. it was hilarious to me! i never used a pinpointer until recently. the ground is so hard from drought i got one. there are good ones and great ones. they all work. especially on tiny earrings and stuff hh carey
 
One thing many people fail to do after their detector gives an indication is to keep swinging while raising the coil to see if the indicated depth changes proportionally. The circuits were designed with coin-sized targets in mind so larger targets give false signals and the size of a target can be determied to some degree by raising the coil to see if the indicated depth changes accordingly. If it does, then the target is most likely small and the Xing method usually gets one very close.

Mark
 
MWayneBennett, I think I am starting to notice that. It seems there is a bigger field of detection the closer the object is to the surface. I notice the deeper objects have a small field. The Lonestar I have doesnt have a depth indicator, but I guarantee you my next detector will.
 
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