I realize that any locality can have different types of soils especially in yards and parks where soil may have been brought in and also conditioned... but... what sort of ground do you encounter most of the time.
I will start: around here most of the ground is iron bearing, rocky, red clay and of course anyplace that holds relics or old coins usually also is littered with small iron or square nails... or worse... cut square nails. I have a few sites where there is some softer and darker soil but if you dig deep enough you hit the red clay. I'd call it medium to medium-high mineralization at most places.
I think it will help to know this because a lot of people do not have their city/state on their posts (everyone should add city/state to their signature... it would really help everyone who is trying to apply what is posted) and even if I know where you are... I still probably wont know what kind of ground you have there unless you tell me.
Knowing this will help me to interpret what advice you are giving and how the settings you use might apply or not apply to where and how I hunt.
Thanks,
Julien
I will start: around here most of the ground is iron bearing, rocky, red clay and of course anyplace that holds relics or old coins usually also is littered with small iron or square nails... or worse... cut square nails. I have a few sites where there is some softer and darker soil but if you dig deep enough you hit the red clay. I'd call it medium to medium-high mineralization at most places.
I think it will help to know this because a lot of people do not have their city/state on their posts (everyone should add city/state to their signature... it would really help everyone who is trying to apply what is posted) and even if I know where you are... I still probably wont know what kind of ground you have there unless you tell me.
Knowing this will help me to interpret what advice you are giving and how the settings you use might apply or not apply to where and how I hunt.
Thanks,
Julien