Ed Steinhoff
Active member
I hunted a well hunted small town park today and didn't get a single signal in the gravel covered tot-lot.
Moved into the grass right next to the playground because experience has shown me that often if the tot-lot is being picked clean by a local md'er, they are usually to lazy or unskilled to work the grass.
This place was no exception. As soon as I got in the grass the coins began popping up. Worked a 84' by 42' patch between the playground and the first picnic pavilion and pulled 17 coins. Standard park program ie. 60 sens 4 disc, dp speed. 4h tones. -1 thres, 11" DD coil , the f-70 was humming!! But something was nagging me, gut instinct said something wasn"t right.
After I finished the patch east to west and stood looking back at where I had been and it occurred to me to grid it the other way! Duh!
When I had finished the north south pattern, I had pulled 17 more coins! My first pattern had missed 50% of the targets in the same piece of ground!
Observing what I was doing on the next area, I saw that my pattern was careless and sloppy. I was going to fast and zig-zagging, a little golf swing at the end and worst of all, instead of a smooth even stride behind to machine, I was leading with my left foot, long step with it and short step with right foot, which widened the zig-zag on every other step.
Cleaned up my act and on the next two way grid only found 5 coins on the right angle second trip over.
Never hurts to go back to the basics and tune yourself up!!
Finished the 2.5 hunt in dry hard ground with 64 coins and renewed confidence in myself!!
HH Ed in co.
Moved into the grass right next to the playground because experience has shown me that often if the tot-lot is being picked clean by a local md'er, they are usually to lazy or unskilled to work the grass.
This place was no exception. As soon as I got in the grass the coins began popping up. Worked a 84' by 42' patch between the playground and the first picnic pavilion and pulled 17 coins. Standard park program ie. 60 sens 4 disc, dp speed. 4h tones. -1 thres, 11" DD coil , the f-70 was humming!! But something was nagging me, gut instinct said something wasn"t right.
After I finished the patch east to west and stood looking back at where I had been and it occurred to me to grid it the other way! Duh!
When I had finished the north south pattern, I had pulled 17 more coins! My first pattern had missed 50% of the targets in the same piece of ground!
Observing what I was doing on the next area, I saw that my pattern was careless and sloppy. I was going to fast and zig-zagging, a little golf swing at the end and worst of all, instead of a smooth even stride behind to machine, I was leading with my left foot, long step with it and short step with right foot, which widened the zig-zag on every other step.
Cleaned up my act and on the next two way grid only found 5 coins on the right angle second trip over.
Never hurts to go back to the basics and tune yourself up!!
Finished the 2.5 hunt in dry hard ground with 64 coins and renewed confidence in myself!!
HH Ed in co.
need to be in the zone, and most of all having fun, found myself getting frustrated the other day all the form goes out the window !!
) HH