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Some thoughts about detecting ....
- Thread starter Elton
- Start date
Elton,
I think I agree with nearly everything that has been said on this thread (now, there's an equivocal statement for you)
Getting to know your machine is certainly a big part of success for me, and even though I have several machines, I set myself the task of getting to know each one, and interchanging machines (once I have got to know them) to that I feel I am using the right machine for the right job. This leads to another aspect already mentioned: ie. mindset. If you dont have your mind on the job, and you are not tuned in to your detector and the task in hand, then you are putting in a poor effort and will achieve little. Knowledge has also been mentioned (but maybe not using that word). Once you develop good knowledge of your machine, and you have reasonable knowledge of the area you are hunting, you combine those two aspects and this should help the detectorist to do well. However, I must add, just when you think that you know everything about what your detector is telling you, and you think you have your interpretation of its signals down pat (or in the bag), you can still get a surprise or two, and this is one of the factors which makes this hobby so wonderful. I could go on for pages about this sort of stuff, but I'll spare you that for the time being. Thanks for reading.
I think I agree with nearly everything that has been said on this thread (now, there's an equivocal statement for you)
Getting to know your machine is certainly a big part of success for me, and even though I have several machines, I set myself the task of getting to know each one, and interchanging machines (once I have got to know them) to that I feel I am using the right machine for the right job. This leads to another aspect already mentioned: ie. mindset. If you dont have your mind on the job, and you are not tuned in to your detector and the task in hand, then you are putting in a poor effort and will achieve little. Knowledge has also been mentioned (but maybe not using that word). Once you develop good knowledge of your machine, and you have reasonable knowledge of the area you are hunting, you combine those two aspects and this should help the detectorist to do well. However, I must add, just when you think that you know everything about what your detector is telling you, and you think you have your interpretation of its signals down pat (or in the bag), you can still get a surprise or two, and this is one of the factors which makes this hobby so wonderful. I could go on for pages about this sort of stuff, but I'll spare you that for the time being. Thanks for reading.