GRAY GHOST
New member
hi everyone. i've received some questions lately through pm's and on here about the existence of "whisper" signals. i truly did not believe in them until about 10 years ago. as i get older, i've noticed i've slowed my hunts down,bought better equipment, - - headphones, diggers and machines- and learned to listen to what it is the machine is really trying to tell me. half of what we do and consequently, the finds we recover are 100% dependent on three factors - sight, hearing, and judgement. the failure of any one of these three factors during a hunt can make the difference between a poor day [aerating the worms] to a very good day [the happy dance thing.] i get a stong "gut feeling" on a good silver hit or good relic hit. it's those quieter and deeper hits that really get my attention.
a lot of whisper signals are generated just beyond the depth capabilities of your particular machine and coil combination. theyr'e like a half or quarter of an actual signal. theyr'e also quiet and fleeting, but theyr'e there. you will probably never dig a whisper signal without a good set of headphones. most people just don't realize how important a good set of headphones are. i've seen many times where someone would detect a great area without headphones on, and not finding much if anything, only to see someone else go there and find a boatload of stuff with a comparable machine using headphones.
it's almost a phenomenom in our hobby; quite often, the whisper signals i dug were deep old coins on edge or at a skewed angle, small gold, or very deep flatbuttons and relics. and it doesn't matter one bit if the ground is wet or not - of course, damp ground does help a lot - it's very easy to miss a whisper. theyr'e very difficult to pinpoint, which invariably makes the hole bigger and deeper. the whisper signals seem to come through better with low or reduced discrimination, and often are detected only on one side of your swing. but, theyr'e there.
i hope this short post will help you all in some way. i don't completely understand the entire idea of it either, but i do know that whisper signals do exist, contrary to what some people say, and are often really good finds. as always, i welcome your comments, suggestions, and perhaps more info or insight into this odd phenomenom. thanks for reading, and hh,
a lot of whisper signals are generated just beyond the depth capabilities of your particular machine and coil combination. theyr'e like a half or quarter of an actual signal. theyr'e also quiet and fleeting, but theyr'e there. you will probably never dig a whisper signal without a good set of headphones. most people just don't realize how important a good set of headphones are. i've seen many times where someone would detect a great area without headphones on, and not finding much if anything, only to see someone else go there and find a boatload of stuff with a comparable machine using headphones.
it's almost a phenomenom in our hobby; quite often, the whisper signals i dug were deep old coins on edge or at a skewed angle, small gold, or very deep flatbuttons and relics. and it doesn't matter one bit if the ground is wet or not - of course, damp ground does help a lot - it's very easy to miss a whisper. theyr'e very difficult to pinpoint, which invariably makes the hole bigger and deeper. the whisper signals seem to come through better with low or reduced discrimination, and often are detected only on one side of your swing. but, theyr'e there.
i hope this short post will help you all in some way. i don't completely understand the entire idea of it either, but i do know that whisper signals do exist, contrary to what some people say, and are often really good finds. as always, i welcome your comments, suggestions, and perhaps more info or insight into this odd phenomenom. thanks for reading, and hh,
no dig? If you don't dig on a one side hit, you may pass on something good.