Bounty Hunter Tips
My first tips are:
A: Get headphones. Saves battery power AND you WILL hear more. What's more, it doesn't attract quite so many curious adults. Kids are a whole 'nother matter.
B: Get a good digging tool. A lesche style digger is great to start.
C: If you're hunting sand (at beach or playgrounds) get a nice sifting tool. It's MUCH MUCH faster than digging.
The first setting I would recommend for your Bounty Hunter is to select "Disc" (discrimination) mode. Tune the disc knob to the right until all the low and medium tones no longer come through (usually a bit past half way). Find this threshold as close as possible, since you want to get good at tuning and you want the entire silver spectrum to work with. This setting will allow you to get comfortable with pinpointing and tracking repeatable targets is easier at first with only one tone to pay attention to.
Once you are familiar with pinpointing, change hunt modes to "Auto Notch" In this setting with the Disc/Notch Knob all the way to the left, the pull tab spectrum is almost completely eliminated as well as most small iron. This now opens the door to the wonderful world of Nickels and Gold. There will be times when you are hunting home sites that you will use other methods, but these two settings are ideal for learning on. First learn on coins then move to combination hunting.
Now, here's one for you as you advance along. Deeper coins tend to continue to ring a nice consistent tone. They don't tend to bounce around but they don't always repeat in all 4 directions. I dig anything that rings consistently in my target ranges even if it just repeats in 2 or 3 directions. That will have me digging either at the junction of a V or a T. I don't just dig the 4 way signals.
Other basic tips...
#1. You can't find them if they aren't there. What this means is selecting a site that had pedestrian traffic during the time that silver coins were in circulation is ultimately important.
#2 Though not hunted out, the obvious spots have been hunted by everyone over the years. Seek out the less obvious. Parks in developments dating to the 40's, 50's and 60's have been very productive for me.
#3 Don't be shy. Ask the owners of old homes if you can hunt their lawns. The worst they can say is no. If they do say no, go right next-door and ask the next one. You'll get permission eventually.
#4 Make Detectorist cards. Give them to everyone i.e. friends, family, people that you ask for permission. It helps people feel better about letting you hunt because they can always track you down. Sometimes a person that says NO changes their mind.
#5 Never ever turn down a chance to look for someone
