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pete [b.c.]

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Hello... Besides the settings on your detector do you have a tip that you would like to share with your fellow detectorists ? Here's mine ..Remember when you first got your new detector you had all these great sites to hit. You probably did not find to much ,you got disappointed and never went back. After a few years of practice with that new detector go back to those sites you might be surprised. Have a tip ? Thank-You.
 
Here is a good tip for any detector.

When you get a new or different detector be sure to use it for at least 40 hours and learn it before you decide the detector is no good, too many use a new detector for 2 hours and say it is not a good detector, but they never learned it and what it can do. We see these a lot advertised with less then 2 hours of use.
 
This goes along with what Rick said.......

When trying out a new detector, you have to keep in mind that it is DIFFERENT.

There may be only a few similarities between it and the previous one.

Takes time to figure out how to best use it, and to determine what it can and can't do.

At that point you can decide if there is any particular value in keeping it, or if it would be best used under particular circumstances.

HH
 
Learn and use the wiggle, swing slowly, learn the tones, and above all practice pinpointing with the double D coil. I suppose a Sov. isn't for everyone but the 4 above should help greatly and many actually prefer the Sov. over an Explorer...which is a much higher priced unit...
Years ago read an article by Charles Garrett and he maintained using the new unit many hours(can't remember the amount) before you can feel comfortable with it and even using many over the years does take time.
As far as those being sold with a few hours on many may be white lies, many newbies just try and say this hobby is not for me, financial obligations may be the culprit or some of us just have too darn many units.
Personally for the average newbie might be months before a detector becomes a potent weapon or even for a oldbie with experience weeks at best
 
Good tips all. I would add - Keep look for new sites and when you find one you believe has potential, hunt it. Your finds may surprise you.

A friend who hunts 10,000 year old Indian stuff said it all:

"I don't find any artifacts in my living room - that I didn't put there - you got to go look for the stuff, and it ain't easy"

HH Don
 
Great Thread Idea, I keep getting ore and more info, this is great. I am glad to hear several of you make the point that it takes time to learn a new machine.

Having ordered a whites, and sent it back, and now having th Sov Gt your comments about learning the machine taking time have really helped alot. I tend to get frustrated easily, as many newbies I am sure, and the point that it takes a while to learn, makes me way more patient. I have learned alot of cool things here already, but the most important thing is that metal detecting is not as easy as it looks. I really believed the "turn it on and your ready to go" sales pitch.

Point being when I thought I had a turn it on and go detector, I got very discouraged after one day at the beach, wondering what I was doing wrong. Knowing there is a learning curve to this and that the Sov Gt takes time to learn has really made this way more enjoyable to me, because I realize my initial "this is easy, I'll be expert in no time" expectation was incorrect. Going in with the expectation that this will take time to learn, like playing a musical instrument, has put my personal goals for this hobby into a different mind frame. Know I go slower and try to learn more rather than just focusing on why I am not finding stuff, or can't ground balance the machine.

Thank you for that, hopefully this newbies machine won't be for sale anytime soon, thanks to you guys.

Gonzo
 
Remember ......... when using the meter ...it is just a tool to help guide you in making an educated descision as to target id.....remember no meter is fool proof and coins can dance around depending on orientaion in the ground or even ground coditions themselfs ......use the tools WORK SLOW and if in doubt dig it out ................
 
Use Zero discrimination, Zero notch and rely on the tones for the deep signals, which will be very faint. Go slow & low with the coil to hear the deep Gold rings & coins. H.H.:)
 
Great replys ...But I was hoping to get tips away from the detector all together. One method or thing you do, or look out for that has helped you the most over the years . Example : old trees , sidewalks ,old newspapers, parks ...ect. One thing or tip that really stands out or has helped you. Thanks To All .
 
hi pete,i know what your saying now. im very new with the sovereign. ive been using an explorer xs for a number of years. i live right next to an old park that was once a picnic park in the 30's and 40's the park is very over grown and when i first moved there id cut the over grown park back alittle to open up my yard a bit. well ive found alot of silver there in the years among other neat relics too. in the past 10 ive been letting the park grow back because i dont want as much work anymore. i found it to be the same with other old parks . the maintance worker let tree lines grow out a bit so it cuts down on there work. thats where small coils come into play. you got to get into those tree line's. they werent grown out 100 years ago and i alway find the old coins in the bushes. alot of trash too but most detectist would rather stay in the open fields.
this has worked well for me.
ikon
 
When hunting around old houses.........

Over the years, additions are made, and the location of doors, windows , flower beds, and outhouses change. Trees and porches have come and gone.

You can't tell just by looking which areas would be most productive.

Hunt it all very carefully.

HH
 
Saving the best for last(RESEARCH) heck you can have the best machine be an excellent detectorist and if nothing in the ground not going to find anything...as an addendum, heck I have hunted my Dentists house,
Vets farm, Aunt mables yard well you get the idea as the list is endless and all they can say is no...
 
try this website...
Found some maps from the 1800's. Shows the location of all kinds of things back then.

http://www.usgenweb.org/
 
May not do our Canadian friends much good. Maybe they have a similar source.

Also seems to depend on what county you look at. Next county west of here don't have maps.

Pretty neat to see where buildings and wells used to be. Also old churches and school houses that have been torn down since then.

Good field hunting !!

HH
 
I got back into this hobby just two years ago, with a second hand detector and a computer. I found a coastal chart of Pensacola/East Bay (1861) from Lib of Cong on-line. Surprise, when enlarged on my computer it not only showed coastal features but three plotted homesteads showing building locations along the shore. I determined the lat/long from the chart and loaded my GPS with coordinates. Found that sites could be hunted. Long story short, went hunting and on the very first trip found an 1858 half-dime in exc condition. I've been hooked on hunting linked to computer research ever since.
For those who hunt Florida city sites I highly recommend The Sanborn Insurance city maps (Florida) on-line. When used with Google Earth on-line you can compare the old and the new. Photo (1860 chart) is a good example of whats on-line if you look for it. I'm happy to share local information with anyone who hunts this area. HH Gone to see the rodent in mouse land. Don
 
Talk to as many elderly people as you can that have lived a long time in your area of interest.

It is one of the best ways to learn about the past,... by a person that has actually lived it.

I have found several older sites lost to time out in the middle of nowhere by chatting with elderly people.

You not only learn alot about the history of your area.

Chatting with these elderly souls brightens their day by being able to reminisce about their childhood, or days long ago.

It's actually refreshing to sit and listen to what it was like to live in a more simpler time when a deal was a handshake, radio was entertainment, and GOD was still our friend.

Try it, you might get a good tip to help you find a good site, but I know for a fact you will make an elderly person's day by going back with them to a time held dear in their hearts.
 
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