Well, I was too lazy to change coils, so it was a joint effort with my Ace and the Tracker IV., I feel I wasted too much time checking some signals with the Tracker=the place was full of screwcaps, large metal. So-o-oo, out comes the versatile Ace w/sniper coil and my favorite customs mode setting in trashy sites. At first, I thought it was gonna be a zincsalot hunt-but then the quarters-which the Ace LOVES started hitting. Amazingly, the extension bar w/bit hit at nickels instead of being rejected. Wasting just this hour probably cost me the extra 15 coins-so only85 coins this trip. Amazingly also, the mexican $1 coin hit at iron on the Ace and was almost rejected by the Tracker. I DID have some fun at a local school at the last few minutes with the Tracker and even found the silver dime at the top on TOP of the ground. Guess I'm gonna have to get another Ace to have one w/large coil to avoid delays.
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Second attempt at 100 coins falls short....
- Thread starter slingshot
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Another aspect is the time taken to recover each target. You did not say if you were popping the coins out with a probe/screwdriver or digging them. Coin popping is faster than digging. Also fact and accurate pinpointing so you do not waste additional time trying to find it with pinpointer from the surface.
My best setup for shallow coins ( 2 inches or less in depth) is the Garrett 9 X 12 concentric coil on either Ace 250 or the At Pro. This covers a lot of ground and pinpointing off of the tip of the inner coil such as John - Edmonton has posted on here several times is very fact and accurate.
The time saved in recovering each coin can add up when you did a hundred or more in a day..
On the other hand, it is not a race and I just like to get out there and find stuff.
Jerry
My best setup for shallow coins ( 2 inches or less in depth) is the Garrett 9 X 12 concentric coil on either Ace 250 or the At Pro. This covers a lot of ground and pinpointing off of the tip of the inner coil such as John - Edmonton has posted on here several times is very fact and accurate.
The time saved in recovering each coin can add up when you did a hundred or more in a day..
On the other hand, it is not a race and I just like to get out there and find stuff.
Jerry
I was popping them out w/screwdriver but the big coil on the Tracker was picking up some deep screwcaps and large metal. I wasted time with the "v" slit on these. I finally got the idea that this place was for the small coil and less sensitivity. Then things started to happen. Strangely, I was hitting the coins and turning them sideways in the process-the ground was kinda wet. Just started out wrongJerry-Wi said:
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My best (highest number, at least) day was 310 coins in a bark-chip playground. In other words, recovery consisted of swiping chips out of the way for all but a handful of targets and not much digging at all. Pinpointing the target is absolutely key. It took me 3 hours to get the 310, which is a lot of hitting, pinpointing, bending and recovering in a short amount of time. Coins were everywhere, which can make pinpointing difficult also. I used my handheld pinpointer in those instances and it helped a lot. Three hours was my physical limit that day, the next day I went back and got another 208 from the same place. My knees and ankles were sore and I didn't go back to that spot until about 2 months later, scoring another 131 coins.
My point is that the first thing you have to find is a good spot littered with coins (obviously), and they have to be easily recoverable (not so obvious until you start). In the above case, the bark chips made both easy. I cherry-picked the monkey bars, jungle gyms and parallel bars (several sets of each where kids hang upside down) first, then the other pieces of equipment. The second trip I finished off the swings and seesaws, the third trip I hit the areas in between equipment.
Good luck with your 100-coin day, it'll come.
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My point is that the first thing you have to find is a good spot littered with coins (obviously), and they have to be easily recoverable (not so obvious until you start). In the above case, the bark chips made both easy. I cherry-picked the monkey bars, jungle gyms and parallel bars (several sets of each where kids hang upside down) first, then the other pieces of equipment. The second trip I finished off the swings and seesaws, the third trip I hit the areas in between equipment.
Good luck with your 100-coin day, it'll come.
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