Griding for a search - How ?

[FrankG]

I also posted this to the beach & water detector forum buy accident!

I'm probably not the only one curious about how various people grid for a search so I thought I'd ask in a separate topic. I've never gridded myself except for making some guidelines lines in the sand at volleyball courts. I typically like to use the lines on a soccer or football field as a general guide as well.

So as a learning experience, I'm wondering about the mechanics how different folks grid... i.e. do you use something like a chalk line or string or scribe some sort of lines in the ground? How large an area do you typically grid at a time and how small/dense do you make the grid. That sort of info would be helpful.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Reader]

tennis balls, 5x8, 4x6, 6x8, whatever's comfortable for you, even 10x10, or ping pong balls, filled with a litle silicone for weight, many other ways. Just a few i use. Other times i will get my bearings from a tree, post, work from that. other ideas let me know

 

[Spanky]

Snow is great for griding in the winter....I use my footprints.

Wet sand I again use my footprints....sometimes drag a line with the side of my foot every 20'if there are too many footprints.

Dry sand I use two 16" lengths of wire with a small plastic flag attatched at the top(similar to a surveyers flag).I set a flag at each end of my grid and move it each time I make a pass. If I forget the flags I use drift wood on the beach.

Parks with fences I use fence poles as markers.

Grass I use long handle screw drivers with bright handles and move them as I do the flags in sand (if the ground is soft I have used the flags).Tennis balls work great as well.....dogs like them though....so do kids.

Night hunts I use glow in the dark markers.