Reverse Hunting a "Worked Out" Site

[cjc]

When this old picnic site was discovered about ten years back the guys were taking out $25 face value silver each hunt, so since then it has been very heavily hunted. Decided to try some reverse hunting there and the reason I post this is to show that it works, and to mention that one reason is that at worked out locations faint, deep all-metal signals have a good chance of being non-ferrous becasue small iron does not carry as well. Coins are an 1908 "V" nickel, a 1902 Edward dime (Can.) and a 1927 nickel (Can). Also took a few Wheats and King George coppers in about twenty-five digs.
cjc

 

[BlackX]

In what situations are you most likely to use that technique?

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Reverse hunting...that's using all metal mode, and then switching to disc mode when you hit a target in AM ?

 

[cjc]

That's right, and a lot of the targets you hear do give a discriminate response when you start the coil in close but otherwise would be silent. No-one's even bothered to work that location for about five years--it's "worked out!"
cjc

 

[cjc]

It's like a "secret weapon" for sites that were once good. It helps if there is a deep layer of topsoil to allow for targets too deep for normal methods. those coins all came from past 8" down and the dime was on edge, giving a delayed sound in disc. Hearing the good ones takes practice and you do dig a lot of small nails but it does produce.
cjc

 

[adam in cal]

n/t

 

[Tony from Tidewater]

With the detectors that were available in the early 80's, Reverse Discrimination was a great way to use those machines.

 

[bbqbull]

Great information for us all Clive!

Mike

 

[radarwill]

Thats old news, since I got that goodie tip from your book!!
Goog going.

 

[chuck ky]

most of those targets will be iron, which ones would you dig and what would be the advantage over hunting in disc. and digging everything you hear.

 

[bdahunter]

Challenges are just Opportunities in Disguise.

Cheers,

BDA

 

[sandman256]

[size=medium]I used to use reverse disc with the older TR detectors to much success, but have not tried it with the Sov. GT[/size]

 

[cjc]

Thought I should mention that there are reverse hunting in the TR sense is where you put the coil over a target and re-tune, then move it off to see if there is a volume increse= non-ferrous. That's reverse discrimination. This kind is just selecting and aquiring in all-metal. It's true, it is not easy, but when you concentrate on taking small, deep, even signals you knock out a lot of the iron. I go with about 1/3 sens. Try it at you most "tapped" site--right in the middle!
clive

 

[PappyInSC]

thanks for the tip...

Pappy