Four different ways to scan to improve your finds..

[Uncle Willy]

The first three are self-explanatory. The last one can be executed in one move. Just make the oval with your coil and when you get back to the starting point ( either end of the oval ) just scan across the middle and when you get to the end start the next oval again. This one probably covers the most ground six to eight inches down where the signal is only covering an area the size of a half dollar or a quarter ( depending on what depth the target is ). These scans will cover more at depth than the old standard of overlapping.

Bill

 

[metalhead]

Awesome!Thanks for the tips Uncle Willy!I'm ready to go out and do some griddin'.

 

[TN Girl]

Thanks for sharing. I'm definitely going to give them a try this weekend.

 

[Dan-Pa.]

For sure if your coil don't go over it it not going to find it..I even saw a fellow walking backwards detecting as coil covered ground a different way..Whatever works ought to cover the situation and that why double D coils by some companies excell...

 

[Gene]

Thanks Bill. That sure is interesting and something I don't think I have ever
seen in print before. Will definitely give these techniques a good workout.
Thanks again for sharing them with us. HH Gene

 

[slingshot]

For sure if your coil don't go over it it not going to find it..I even saw a fellow walking backwards detecting as coil covered ground a different way..Whatever works ought to cover the situation and that why double D coils by some companies excell...

Now that's funny!(to me). About 25 years ago, I had found this to be true and stood in front of my treasure club to tell the virtues of hunting backwards. A couple of the members then asked what would I do if I backed upon a snake or into a hole and the whole membership started howling. I never gave tips again.

 

[Oakman404]

I sometimes detect backwards. Sometimes it's easier for me to back down an incline and tect while I'm backing down. It's easier on my back than adjusting the coil and going forward down the hill. I found a lot of coins doing this too.

 

[slingshot]

Caution: If you're an old coot like me, don't watch the coil while doing the figure 8. The world may start spinning around

 

[GrafeR]

Bill, thanks for the tips! I tried the narrow oval swing last night and it's what netted me the gold ring I found. It seem like the most natural modifcation to my swing. I hit several signals on the "back-sweep" that I would have missed with the normal arc swing.

 

[Uncle Willy]

You too?

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

That's the way I've always done it.

Bill