should you let your metal detector touch the ground or not while detecting?

[Odanscoils]

I swear if I get one more wrinkle in my brain from listening to you…….
I will now obviously have to go try this.

Me too.
Oll Garrett CX 3 in all metal has always been nutty if I just raise it off the ground. Very difficult to do sizing.

 

[Odanscoils]

In grass, I always "slide" it along the grass as close to the ground as possible without causing excess friction. For an extra 1/2 inch or so of depth,I use the "scrub" method, which is pressing the coil against the ground during my side to side swing. Scrubbing slows me down and also requires a little more effort, but more times than not will pay off on a couple more deep targets. Farm field hunting usually requires a little more coil height for me because of crop stubble and plowed furrows. Everyone has their own methods but I feel that if you are "pumping" the coil to ground balance, the coil should be "pumped" down as close to the ground as possible.

I'm wondering if it's the position of the coil when I stop pressing the GB button.