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relichound51

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I think there is more detector users around here even though you never see them. I went to 2 really old churches and a old vacant homeplace yesterday and there was very few signals at any of them except for some pieces of junk. I never see anyone detecting anywhere. Last few places I've been have been this way so I know someone has been there. Gets kind of frustrating but I guess I'll just have to keep trying.

Mike
 
Don't let that discourage you. In fact I make it a challenge! Two days ago I was at an old cottage site. It was built around 1880. All that's left is the beautiful fireplace. I went to hunting only rejecting iron and digging every beep. I found a lot of newer tabs from party people. But I did find one Buffalo and one V nickel! They were about two feet apart. Maybe someone beat me to the silver? But I guaranty that they discriminated out all the low conductors - this would include JEWELRY! I'll be going back until I find it all.
 
Keep in mind that the older the sight, the more that coin meant to it's owner, and the less likely he (or she) would have been to drop it. You may not fancy digging up clad coins at a playground but it is a good place to start. You will get experience pinpointing and IDing targets and can develop your technique. When you go back to the more difficult sites detecting will be a bit easier.

I don't know how thoroughly you read this forum, but twice this week I hunted an old mansion. Day one I found 4 wheats and a bunch of relics. Next day I found 3 or 4 clad coins from the 1960s and a bunch of relics. 5 hours hunting, 8 coins. Not the style of hunting I usually prefer. I dream of finding 100s of seated and Barder type coins and stacks of Morgan silver dollars but I also realize that pounds and pounds of clad coins can be used to buy these things. Ask John. That, and even with the type of hunting I prefer I get a nice old coin every once in a while and more than my share of jewelry.

I hope this helps. Keep at it. You will get better before you know it. At least 75 percent of MDing is technique.

Chris
 
[quote Uncle Willy]Detectors have been around since 1932. Very few places have escaped them.

Bill[/quote]

Alexander Gram Bell made the first metal detector. He was using it to try to find a bullet in the president then. He didn't know the president was laying on a newly invented coil spring bed. The metal in the bed kept him from finding the bullet and the president died. He thought his metal detector was defective.
 
I started out using a White's 6000 blue box detector. Been doing this a long time. I've hunted so many places that have been cherry picked it's not even funny. I always keep going back and eventually I'll find something. May not be alot but they never do get it all.

Mike
 
Yeah I know but it wasn't a detector as we think of one. The detectors we use today ( and designed by Fisher ) were based on the old radio directional finders used by early aircraft to find their way back home. Somewhere I have some pics of the first Fisher detector - made entirely of wood, even the coil.

Bill
 
Hi relichound,
We have the same problem on our beaches, the trick is to be ahead of the competition.
We know for a fact that many beach MD'rs dont like to be seen so they go out at 04:00 then we go out the night before.
We do have to keep a very close eye on the weather forecasts right down to 10 hours before a possible
hunt and also a close eye on the tide tables.
Ya just gotta get in there before them.
In the case of land hunting you've got to come up with some original ideas for your own area, places that you think no one else would even consider MD'n.
That's why we all have good days and some not so good days.
Just enjoy the thrill of the chase, the excercise and the fresh air. Stick with it bud.:twodetecting:
 
Well over there you might have many but over here many have NEVER even seen a metal detector. Most have never even heard of the work "metal detector" here in Sweden.:blowup:
 
Some deep coins that have been buried along time will register as iron according to my garrett manual. I just got a new GTI and love it. Srarching hunted out fields and finding silver. In 2 weeks 4 mercurys 1 1952 Roosevelt 1 franklin half and 5 Wheats. I chase weak signals and check after digging a few inches to see if it gets better or worse,
 
A moot point but it was the infection that killed him from all that probing. They were not up on bacteria and all that stuff.:shrug:
 
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