Detecting in overgrown / thickets?

[Fiveyball]

I'm new to this so humor me. I finally went to a location I'd researched for a while. It was ruins from a train station from a line abandoned since the 60s. It was an old line so I hoped to find coins from the early 1900s. The problem? It was nothing but a tangled mess of trees, saplings, weeds, vines and bushes. I could barely get into the area let alone detect. I was tempted to return with a weed whipper and sickle. It's now along a local scenic trail so I'm not sure that would be a good idea.

How do you experienced guys handle this?

 

[Magnumdan]

u need to find out who owns the property first, if its owned by the city or town no go with the tools!

 

[JoeL0]

Yes, come across this a few times and I just try to find an area there where I can detect, which at times is not poss. I myself have yet tried to clear brush to detect ESP. On our state land hear so I too am interested in any answers that may come along.

 

[yowow#1]

you might try hunting in no motion all metal if your machine has that option, you wouldn't have to swing your detector, just sort pick it up and sat it down in areas where you want to detect.

 

[runninnavaho]

Even with all metal mode you would still have to walk through the thicket first.