What am I doing wrong?

[togamac]

Well, I've been at it for a year with my AT Pro. According to my log, I've spent about equal times on land and in the water, a total of about 80 hours.
My problem is that I don't think I'm finding all that I should be finding or I'm a lousy picker of sites. I've hunted parks, old foundations, private backyards, beaches, football fields, baseball fields, boat launches, woods, old drive-ins, and farm fields.
In one year I've found ONE silver coin, a merc.
I'm hunting in Pro mode, iron audio on and off, iron notched out up to 30. I hear a lot of noise but usually only dig the "round" tones from 40 to 90.
What am I doing wrong?

 

[nebraskagoldhunter]

It takes time and you may need to hunt in places that others are not. My favorite place is the park ways. Good luck,Terry

 

[togamac]

Thanks Terry. What do you mean by park ways?

 

[Hank68]

Dont look at the screen and listen to the tones and dig, you'll find more that way, and a sniper coil could help if you don't have one, hank

 

[togamac]

Thanks Hank. I've been advised to get a 5x8 but haven't gotten around to it. I will definitely keep that in mind.
Mac

 

[nebraskagoldhunter]

The strip between the sidewalk and street.

 

[Fishers Ghost]

Well, I've been at it for a year with my AT Pro. According to my log, I've spent about equal times on land and in the water, a total of about 80 hours.
My problem is that I don't think I'm finding all that I should be finding or I'm a lousy picker of sites. I've hunted parks, old foundations, private backyards, beaches, football fields, baseball fields, boat launches, woods, old drive-ins, and farm fields.
In one year I've found ONE silver coin, a merc.
I'm hunting in Pro mode, iron audio on and off, iron notched out up to 30. I hear a lot of noise but usually only dig the "round" tones from 40 to 90.
What am I doing wrong?

Your settings are fine alyhough I would suggest that you check those not so 'ROUND"signals. Rings and coins that are edge on to the coil will often give a clipped tone.
I would say that if your are not finding sil it is because you have not passed the coil over any yet; The stock DD coil is fine but maybe a bit large to get in close to Playground framework.
Even though the coil is a DD wide scan you must overlap each sweep by 30 to 50% if you want the best chance of not missing a target.
Also do some bench testing and find out what is the best sweep speed for the Pro. Too fast or slow will miss targets

 

[togamac]

Thanks Terry. That's excellent advice. There is a video online from a guy in Chicago who gets info about sidewalk replacement from the city and detects after they've removed the sod - finds lots of silver. I think I'll try some "park ways" tomorrow. I'll let you all know what I find.
Mac