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Lesson 1

To maintain early privacy, make sure any onlookers, hear you shouting "Outta here, damn snake!" during your ground balancing procedure.

Lesson 2

Under the Laws of Murphy, if there is a small stone hidden in the grass, you have an 86% probability that your right knee will find it during a target retrieval.

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(just bored)
 
If you hunt tot lots bring aspirin.
Can't count how many times I have banged my head on metal hunting around and under the equipment.
 
1.You will make your best finds walking to or from the car. Not while you meticulously gridded an area you thought held promise.
2. Your wife or other relatives will call just as you were about to recover a coin tone deep in the woods.
3. No matter how hard you try to avoid them, you will walk straight into the biggest spiderweb.
 
Some important things to always carry with you: insect repellent, sunscreen, extra batteries, drinking water, granola bars, wet wipes (small packets), hand sanitizer (for the occasional dog poop encounter - also keep extra shoes in car), cell phone (fully charged!), extra car keys (do not leave in car), gloves (to avoid broken glass and sharp rusty metal objects - also keep your tetanus shots up to date), excuses (to tell the wife why you were gone for so long).

To keep in car: backup headphones, an alternate location, a small ice-filled cooler containing water, gatorade, and a sandwich bag containing a wet washcloth (feels great on your face after on a hot day, and can also be used to clean hands).

If you do not use a pinpointer, GET ONE!!! It will save you much recovery time...

Occasionally sharpen your recovery tools, if applicable.

For research, use Google Maps (especially "Earth "and "Street Views").
 
n/t
 
Some additional wisdom:
Drinking and detecting rarely go well together.
Always know where your detector is before closing car doors, windows and trunks.
Never put your detector on the roof of your car.
If you hear gunshots, get the Hell outta there! Do the same for lightning.
Overturned trash cans = bears.
Keep an assortment of treasure magazines in the bathroom.
Avoid potential bathroom issues: Never eat chili before your trip.
If you told someone about your new secret spot yesterday, if you go there today, you are one day too late.....
Stepping in dog poop does NOT bring you good luck!
The farther you are away from your car, the more likely you will have an equipment malfunction.
Don't expect to be home for dinner (plan for it).
Don't try to figure the cost (in equipment, batteries, gas, etc.) per value of found items. You will not like the answer.
Cookies taste different when eaten with dirty hands.
Detecting in thick fog is really cool.
Some of the many "pleasures" we may encounter while detecting: ticks, biting flies, mosquitoes, rats, snakes, spiders, snapping turtles, bears, annoying gnats, sunburn, frostbite, animal poop, lightning, muskrat holes, deer hunters.
 
REVIER said:
If you hunt tot lots bring aspirin.
Can't count how many times I have banged my head on metal hunting around and under the equipment.
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Also helps for headaches resulting from screaming children.
 
1. I agree with gkman, your wife will ALWAYS call just as you are about to recover the best signal you have heard all day.
solution: leave phone in the car, "sorry dear it was on the charger when I left the car"
2. after carefully coin popping 40 or 50 coins in the local popular park and you are forced to dig a small plug to recover that one elusive target, no matter how care full and discreet you are,
the nosiest old busy body in town will walk by just as you pop the plug out of the ground and she will be staring holes trough you!
3. That 10 to 12 year old little boy that has been watching you intently while you try desperately to ignore him and not in courage him to come closer will be the one that finally comes up to you,
hands you a quarter and says " I hope this helps mister"! This has happened to me twice!
4. After having had a pleasant conversation with the curious gentleman that was truly interested in what you are doing, you almost always will forget to turn your machine back on for a least
the first 5 minutes of resuming your hunt! The thought that you walked over a $5.00 gold piece or at least a walker half will plague you the rest of your hunt and of course you were wandering
aimlessly not griding, so retracing your steps won't do much good!
HH Ed in co.
 
Keep your eye's peeled at the ground, I have found small gold chain's doing this that the machine wouldn't pick up.
 
When I am in the water and kids hanging areoun me to much, I look up at them and say, ( I just peed ). Works everytime. KEN
 
The older the coin, the better it's ability to move through the ground, seeking to hide under a large rock, a tree root or it's ability in attempting to camouflage itself in a meeting of nails.

(smart little suckers)
 
dirt doctor said:
ken ward said:
When I am in the water and kids hanging areoun me to much, I look up at them and say, ( I just peed ). Works everytime. KEN
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That is brilliant Ken !:clapping::thumbup:
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Best advice ever... Wait did you really?
 
An old prescription bottle makes for a nice "good targets" holder until you get home because it allows you to throw your junk in the pouch and your coins in the bottle by themselves..... just don't get pulled over on the way home with your prescription bottle (which may or may not have your name on it) on the dash of your car. This happened to me once when I got pulled over for an expired inspection tag and the cop was very interested in the bottle (which had my wife's name on it) in my cupholder. I have two I normally carry because sometimes one gets filled up if it's a good hunt, and this particular bottle was the empty backup one. I had to get my full one out of my pouch to prove my point!
 
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