getting skunked !

[Elmy]

I dont know about everyone else....but I will not go home without a coin found in the wild with my etrac !!!

 

[1hotwire]

Yeah at some sites even a penny is a prize

 

[IDXMonster]

Are we talking ANY coin Elmy? Shoot, I won’t go home without a SILVER coin, SOMETHING silver or unless the sun went down. Even then, if it’s nice, I’ll get the headlamp. We are a persistent bunch!

 

[Elmy]

just one more field...one more lot...one more sidewalk....one last swing....can't go home with nothing !

 

[D&P-OR]

Go home skunked???----That doesn't happen with an Etrac!

 

[IDXMonster]

just one more field...one more lot...one more sidewalk....one last swing....can't go home with nothing !

You are what I call a “true hunter”. We do the same thing....hunt till we have found. Is it irrational according to some? Perhaps. It’s just what HAS to happen. As Del said...it hardly ever strikes out!

 

[Elmy]

the etrac is very easy to customize...I have set it up for half dimes...found 2...one was a 1834 bust...silver dollar...got it...3 center...nickel...very low conductor ...got that one too....
seems like all I got to do is set it up for what I want and hunt....take it to where the coin you want could possibly be and I can usually find it. Might take a few hunts but it ends up in my pocket sooner or later.

 

[Elmy]

Also got some fatties....copper / nickel indian head cents that way....

 

[Xdigger]

Go home skunked???----That doesn't happen with an Etrac!

It does.... really. Even with my orx. Lol

 

[sd51]

Agree Elmy, some days I can't buy a coin but I usually deal with that by telling myself, I'll find a keeper as I'm walking towards the car.

Here's a question for everyone and see if you agree or if this makes any sense...

Over the years, I seem to have good luck about 1 to 2 hours before the sun goes down. It's almost as if the EMI radiating from the Sun is subdued and I seem to be digging deeper targets.

 

[Elmy]

Maybe doing a noise cancel would help for you ? Gets you the channel with the less interference.

 

[sd51]

You're right, I know I don't Noise Cancel often enough.

 

[Elmy]

yeah...me to...unless the detector starts chirping on my swings ...they you have interference and should do it.

 

[metalpopper]

Agree Elmy, some days I can't buy a coin but I usually deal with that by telling myself, I'll find a keeper as I'm walking towards the car.

Here's a question for everyone and see if you agree or if this makes any sense...

Over the years, I seem to have good luck about 1 to 2 hours before the sun goes down. It's almost as if the EMI radiating from the Sun is subdued and I seem to be digging deeper targets.

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Intriguing comment.....

At some time in the past, when I settled down to permanently using my E-Trac, I do recall mentally forming that conclusion !!!!!!!.....?

i.e. As the sun disappeared below the horizon, the ground I was searching seemed to become 'more active' in terms of target-contents.

As a 'scientific-professional-person', I could only surmise that the cause may be related to the magnetic aura radiated by the sun.

I never expressed my thoughts on any forums at that time, and eventually the subject just slipped into the brain's mental history cache.

Your post is the only one to revived that long forgotten moment of mental deliberation. !!!

So can EMI take on an alternative meaning? Electro-Magnetic-Integration?

I.E. Our planet's ferrous-ground effect being subtlety modified by direct solar integration during daylight, compared to indirect affect?

I honestly do not know if our dual experiences are viable, but I'm certainly intrigued by your similar scenario.

So come-on Minelab...what are your physicist's thoughts on this matter ?......Matt

 

[sd51]

Matt, thanks for your interesting comment. I've been detecting since the 70's and have noticed this occurrence more than once so I didn't think it was a fluke. The only problem in the Midwest is as the sun gets lower on the horizon, the state bird (mosquito) becomes very active too. I like your request to Minelab to get their thoughts. Hope they respond...

Steve

 

[dirt doctor]

Yeah at some sites even a penny is a prize

AMEN !!

 

[Phillip_in_NM]

I dont know about everyone else....but I will not go home without a coin found in the wild with my etrac !!!

Thank goodness! I thought I was the only one! LOL

If I don't find a keeper at a ghost town, I will find a coin SOMEWHERE before going home!

Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone!

 

[D&P-OR]

Thank goodness for "Old Abe"!!!!!!!!!

 

[Elmy]

I got it !

 

[Elmy]

The secret is to watch the kids playing and when they leave just sweep where they were at and old abe will get you home with another successful hunt !!!!
Thanks ....I love it !