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Does anyone dig every signal

BigTony

BigTony

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I am wondering if folks here in the US dig every signal. I don’t do that and I get too picky. I am missing some good targets?
Take the 80’s VDIs - where I detect most are screw caps or junkers.

I usually only go out for about two to three hours and not that often anymore. I end up digging about thirty targets or a little more.
 
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I don't dig it all in the states or in england. Do I miss some little pieces, Yes I'm sure I do, BUT not much of anything that I give a shit about... Here's how I justify this reckless behavior.
Firstly I know my machines inside and out. I know that in the states after decades of detecting that I never dig anything with a Deus below 35 TID that amounts to Something I Care About. Are there tiny pieces of gold or silver down there in those numbers ? Yes I'm sure and you can have them. LOL
In england I do the same but my number is 38 TID. Missing tiny pieces Yes, But not digging 137 tiny pieces of lead and coke every single day.
Here's the thing.
If you spend your valuable detecting time digging every little signal, it takes away from time that is better spent looking for GOOD Targets. All of the time spent digging the little tiny crap is wasted on things that you Couldn't Care Less About. At the end of the day I will have more Keepers than you because I used my time looking for the good stuff. Think about this logic. How much more ground will go under my coil while you dig retrieve and fill holes? Time is targets. In england most people have 5-10 days total. How do you want to spend your time?
Now there are a couple of buggaboos to this or exceptions that need to be on your mind as you apply this method.

When there is iron present I dig more. Iron can drag down the TID of a good target.
Size of a target is always on my mind.
Where I'm digging is important to a point.
In places with multiple adjacent targets I dig more.
Depth of the target can be a consideration in the woods or yards but less of a factor in farm fields where anything can be at any depth due to the plow.
Lastly some targets just sound too good to pass.

I don't hunt parks or beaches where this method would be harder to apply, But I would still do this.

Machine settings
I hunt in multi frequency 99.9% of the time
I hunt a stock coil 99.9% of the time
I adjust my machines to give me an iron grunt all the way to 35 or 38 TID depending on where I am hunting.
I hunt at the highest sensitivity that I can get away with and be stable.

Get out there guys
 
CT Todd said:
I don't dig it all in the states or in england. Do I miss some little pieces, Yes I'm sure I do, BUT not much of anything that I give a shit about... Here's how I justify this reckless behavior.
Firstly I know my machines inside and out. I know that in the states after decades of detecting that I never dig anything with a Deus below 35 TID that amounts to Something I Care About. Are there tiny pieces of gold or silver down there in those numbers ? Yes I'm sure and you can have them. LOL
In england I do the same but my number is 38 TID. Missing tiny pieces Yes, But not digging 137 tiny pieces of lead and coke every single day.
Here's the thing.
If you spend your valuable detecting time digging every little signal, it takes away from time that is better spent looking for GOOD Targets. All of the time spent digging the little tiny crap is wasted on things that you Couldn't Care Less About. At the end of the day I will have more Keepers than you because I used my time looking for the good stuff. Think about this logic. How much more ground will go under my coil while you dig retrieve and fill holes? Time is targets. In england most people have 5-10 days total. How do you want to spend your time?
Now there are a couple of buggaboos to this or exceptions that need to be on your mind as you apply this method.

When there is iron present I dig more. Iron can drag down the TID of a good target.
Size of a target is always on my mind.
Where I'm digging is important to a point.
In places with multiple adjacent targets I dig more.
Depth of the target can be a consideration in the woods or yards but less of a factor in farm fields where anything can be at any depth due to the plow.
Lastly some targets just sound too good to pass.

I don't hunt parks or beaches where this method would be harder to apply, But I would still do this.

Machine settings
I hunt in multi frequency 99.9% of the time
I hunt a stock coil 99.9% of the time
I adjust my machines to give me an iron grunt all the way to 35 or 38 TID depending on where I am hunting.
I hunt at the highest sensitivity that I can get away with and be stable.

Get out there guys
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Good info Todd!----I must admit though----coming from you I'm a little surprised---as I would have thought you dug more.-----But----I really like your logic & it makes good sense.-----Especially to a guy like me at my age that's only got so many "gett'm down & gett'm ups" in me per hunt. :)------Get out there!
 
Hy guys " I agree with 35 & higher.... Other day I had a hit at ,36 , I dug a ladies tiny silver bracelet...
Your right, people would use up most the day by digging all the lower #s . I won't !! But that's just my program hunting..⛏️⛏️
 
BigTony said:
I am wondering if folks here in the US dig every signal. I don’t do that and I get too picky. I am missing some good targets?
Take the 80’s VDIs - where I detect most are screw caps or junkers.

I usually only go out for about two to three hours and not that often anymore. I end up digging about thirty targets or a little more.
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For me I echo some of CT Todd, and for me it is also sight dependent. I mess with nothing in the 30’s period. I will chase 40-50s on the D2, which would be in farm fields and not someone’s yard for example. I have never dug much worth poo squat in the 40-50 range, yet I think 3 cent nickels are in there somewhere. I go in stages on sites as well, meaning focusing on 70s through the 90s, when I have done that numerous times then I go down and start doing in the 60s. Now if the target is a good strong repeatable signal say like a nickel I will dig that in the early phase of a sight. Like CT says I know my machine and have a good idea what it’s gonna be before digging.The sight you are digging at and what it has produced previously does help deciding to dig or not dig, that coincides with knowing what your machine is “saying”. Time is of essence while you though.
 
BigTony said:
So basically folks do dig it all but it’s site specific. Not in parks or trashy beaches.
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Yes Tony, site specific is exactly right. If a person likes the concept I use but are uncomfortable with my break points then they can set the number at say 25 or 30. The point is to save your valuable time and put more ground under your coil looking for better targets. Not all targets are created equal But good or bad they take time.
This tactic works well with a Deus 1 or 2 But doesn’t work at all with my Manticore. The TID system of the manticore puts good targets all over the available 1-99 range.
So advantage Deus.
Get out there.
 
T-DUB said:
For me I echo some of CT Todd, and for me it is also sight dependent. I mess with nothing in the 30’s period. I will chase 40-50s on the D2, which would be in farm fields and not someone’s yard for example. I have never dug much worth poo squat in the 40-50 range, yet I think 3 cent nickels are in there somewhere. I go in stages on sites as well, meaning focusing on 70s through the 90s, when I have done that numerous times then I go down and start doing in the 60s. Now if the target is a good strong repeatable signal say like a nickel I will dig that in the early phase of a sight. Like CT says I know my machine and have a good idea what it’s gonna be before digging.The sight you are digging at and what it has produced previously does help deciding to dig or not dig, that coincides with knowing what your machine is “saying”. Time is of essence while you though.
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Site specific for sure but I definitely have dug very good targets in the 40-50 range. I would be digging those wherever I am detecting. Nickle 3cent is a 36 TID in general hence my 35 break point. I don't have one and want it. Get out there
 
D&P-OR said:
Good info Todd!----I must admit though----coming from you I'm a little surprised---as I would have thought you dug more.-----But----I really like your logic & it makes good sense.-----Especially to a guy like me at my age that's only got so many "gett'm down & gett'm ups" in me per hunt. :)------Get out there!
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I definitely do dig a lot But from 35 to 99 though. I just don't waste my time on things I won't care about. Damn the knees and hips. Get out there
 
CT Todd said:
Site specific for sure but I definitely have dug very good targets in the 40-50 range. I would be digging those wherever I am detecting. Nickle 3cent is a 36 TID in general hence my 35 break point. I don't have one and want it. Get out there
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Laplander dug a three center the week after I was down at his place in the same field we were both swinging in, think it was last year. I’m going with I never swung over it. Interesting on the 36, didn’t know it was that low of a tone, I will have to investigate more of them if I come across them. Thanks for the info CT.
 
T-DUB said:
Laplander dug a three center the week after I was down at his place in the same field we were both swinging in, think it was last year. I’m going with I never swung over it. Interesting on the 36, didn’t know it was that low of a tone, I will have to investigate more of them if I come across them. Thanks for the info CT.
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That’s what I claim every time somebody digs one around me. He’s also a very good detectorist’s one of the best unless his wife is around.
 
I fall in line with CT Todd but here on the Florida tourist beaches, my Deus 2 number is 29. I've never found anything worth keeping that falls at or below 29. In fact, I have one custom program I call NOLO ( No Low TIDs) based on Beach sensitive that notches out 0-29. Works for me but only on the tourist beaches. Along the treasure coast, I pretty much dig it all as nice iron artifacts from the 1715 wreck have been found.
Just the view from my beach foxhole.....
 
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