[size=small]...I took a spin to one of my research sites to see if I could sniff up a little Ag. I couldnt. I am looking for a few sites that fell off the map in the 40's and havent stumbled on them as yet.
So, after some searching and digging of all deep signals, I ended up with nut. Well, nut old. Man, the clock was ticking! So it was off to the fairgrounds for some deep knee bends - at least I get paid for them.
While I was there, I had a critical revelation, too. First came the usual thunder clap and then a booming voice from the cloudless sky shook the earth at my feet with the following....[/size]
[size=medium]"David, it is time you took the leap..."[/size]
[size=small]"Huh," I said, looking around. "What leap? Who are you?? How did you know where to find me?"[/size]
[size=medium]"Nevermind all that, dummy!" said the Voice. More thunder clapped. "Stop interrupting me when I'm revealing cosmic knowledge and pay attention, if you don't mind! Now, where was I...oh, yes...
From this moment on, YOU are a Nickel Hunter. Few have what it takes to master this course, but YOU are ready. It is to be your challenge to compare all signals against the nickel measure. So it shall be...I have spoken! Now get to it." [/size]
[size=small]I looked around to see if anyone else might have heard this, but I was alone. I felt sort of like Scrooge and shrugged, saying to myself, "Hmmm, maybe I need to lay off the garlic pizza and beer before bedtime. Well, whatever..."
This new method means I dig alot more signals and work the midrange DISC harder. Hopefully 'Ol Boomer, as I've started calling him, knows what he's doing and the payoff will come.
Todays gleanings:
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After my little, er, "encounter," I went back to gridding, vs. cherry picking, and decided to dig all the Stinkin Zincer tones along with the nickel and other signals. Hey, Boomer didn't say I couldn't, right? First signal was the handcuff key you see in the pic - dead on SZ. All the usual suspects surfaced and I hit a nice Hot Zone, too. Marked that one for next time.
Hope you got to it and kept 'em swingin'. Oh, and about 'Ol Boomer there... mum's the word, okay?[/size]
So, after some searching and digging of all deep signals, I ended up with nut. Well, nut old. Man, the clock was ticking! So it was off to the fairgrounds for some deep knee bends - at least I get paid for them.
While I was there, I had a critical revelation, too. First came the usual thunder clap and then a booming voice from the cloudless sky shook the earth at my feet with the following....[/size]
[size=medium]"David, it is time you took the leap..."[/size]
[size=small]"Huh," I said, looking around. "What leap? Who are you?? How did you know where to find me?"[/size]
[size=medium]"Nevermind all that, dummy!" said the Voice. More thunder clapped. "Stop interrupting me when I'm revealing cosmic knowledge and pay attention, if you don't mind! Now, where was I...oh, yes...
From this moment on, YOU are a Nickel Hunter. Few have what it takes to master this course, but YOU are ready. It is to be your challenge to compare all signals against the nickel measure. So it shall be...I have spoken! Now get to it." [/size]
[size=small]I looked around to see if anyone else might have heard this, but I was alone. I felt sort of like Scrooge and shrugged, saying to myself, "Hmmm, maybe I need to lay off the garlic pizza and beer before bedtime. Well, whatever..."
This new method means I dig alot more signals and work the midrange DISC harder. Hopefully 'Ol Boomer, as I've started calling him, knows what he's doing and the payoff will come.
Todays gleanings:
[attachment 41673 DSCF0006.JPG]
After my little, er, "encounter," I went back to gridding, vs. cherry picking, and decided to dig all the Stinkin Zincer tones along with the nickel and other signals. Hey, Boomer didn't say I couldn't, right? First signal was the handcuff key you see in the pic - dead on SZ. All the usual suspects surfaced and I hit a nice Hot Zone, too. Marked that one for next time.
Hope you got to it and kept 'em swingin'. Oh, and about 'Ol Boomer there... mum's the word, okay?[/size]
, I came to a similar conclusion a couple of weeks back. after testing a florin on the detector (it showed up on the second highest notch) I found that I have been digging up too narrow a signal range! I have generally, only been digging the mid range signals. Bad move. I now dig anything that sounds half way descent. Our 5 and ten cent pieces show up where 5 cents is indicated on the Ace. The end result, is that my coin count has climbed through the roof. Sure I dig up more junk now, but I must be starting to develop a thick hide. I used to be quite concerned with discrimination, but I think that working the detector like that, holds us back. There have been quite a few occasions where good targets show up in the wrong spot. Sure, if there your in a target rich environment, then cherry picking is the way to go, but if you are happy to work at a slower pace, then you may find more interesting stuff. At one point Saturday, it took me three quarters of an hour to go three yards, and it didn't seem to bother me. It would have a few weeks back.