Snow Pile Hunting Question

[nitro74d]

Hello,

I was thinking of doing some snowpile hunting before they fully melt away and was wondering if anyone has any info on how you would go about hunting them? I am going to be using a MXT Pro, I have a eclipse 4x6 DD, Sef 8x6 and Sef 12x15 and my 300 coil and a garrett propointer. I am assuming since they are full of garbage that a smaller coil would be best. What I would like to know is, do you hunt the edges or go on top? I tried going on top of some but they are pretty soft and after my whole leg getting buried in the pile a few times I figured most the coins would have fell down as well. What is your opinion on that? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Charles

 

[mudpuppy]

Hey, I hunt a lot of snowpiles and snow pile zones once they melt...you are right, they are full of trash, but coins and jewelry and even paper dollars.
I hunt the edges of them as they melt, most coins will be right on the top or a few inches down, I hunt with a 11" coil 'cause thats all I got, but I run it low sens and hover it 3-4" high off the ground and slowly listen for the pings. I posted quite a bit about it on the fisher Forum the last few months...I even hunt the ones on blacktop parking areas, since theres no rebar in blacktop, you can work your way through all the dust and gravel...its pretty easy and fun. Low sens is the ticket.
Mud

 

[nitro74d]

Thanks for the reply,

I'll have to take a look at some of your other posts on this subject. It just seems that one could find some great stuff in these piles if you had the patience.

Thanks again for the info.

Charles