Hiding more on edge, masked, or deep?

[DirtFlipper]

Just curious what folks think attributes more to finding the stuff that has been missed before - coins being on edge, being masked by trash, or just plain deep? Yeah, could be combination of all, certainly. At the moment, from revisiting some of my previous sites I'm leaning towards stuff being on edge, with trash a close second.

What are you experiencing?

HH,
DirtFlipper

 

[LabradorBob]

I would have to say masked by trash,i have learned to go slow,very slow and pay attention to all signals,
sorting them out and seperating them apart,i also seem to find a few old nickels,people seem to pass them up looking for silver.
which is ok with me!

 

[wildherre]

Masked by trash, I would say 90% of the coins I found this year in previously covered areas are a result of the improved separating abilities of coils that have become available. First being the Pro & then the 6X8 SEF & X-5 .. In almost all of the instances I can remember there was a near by iron or trash signal that had accounted for me missing it in the past... The Pro coil & 6X8 are fairly new but I should have had a X-5 a long time ago.. wildherre

 

[UtahRich]

I would have to say masked by trash,i have learned to go slow,very slow and pay attention to all signals,
sorting them out and seperating them apart,i also seem to find a few old nickels,people seem to pass them up looking for silver.
which is ok with me!

I agree here. Having hunted for a lot of years and found lots of leftovers from others my first comment is that many hunt too fast and don't take the time to be thorough in their search. I am a minelab fan, but I have found lots of difficult targets over the years by learning my detector and hunting at a methodical pace that works for the detector I am using. I believe the minelabs give me an edge over other detectors I have used, but I will still leave items behind due to mistakes in my coverage, conditions of the ground, current settings of my detector, and lapses in my attention.

Despite my mistakes, I still manage to find some goodies that keep me coming back.

 

[bgscofield6]

I am a firm believer in the power of a winter of good freezes and thaws shifting coins and trash around.

I have spots that I have pounded over and over from every angle for a few weeks digging every single high conductive target only to come back in the Spring and find several OBVIOUS signals at shallow depths of 4-6", sometimes even quarters.

 

[LabradorBob]

I am a firm believer in the power of a winter of good freezes and thaws shifting coins and trash around.

I have spots that I have pounded over and over from every angle for a few weeks digging every single high conductive target only to come back in the Spring and find several OBVIOUS signals at shallow depths of 4-6", sometimes even quarters.

Good comment:i have gone over an area,and as an example,i was hunting an old homesite,and went back over it at a 45 degree angle and found a barber dime i previously missed.

 

[Hotcz70]

a combination of all three...but the main reason I am able to sniff out missed coins is because I will pound and REpound from many angles.

Sometimes from one angle...the on edge coin...deep coin...masked coin...etc....will only make a peep that sounds like falsing..and I might not stop to investigate it.
When I hit the same spot on a different grid (angle)....that same signal that just seemed to be a falsing peep...might now turn into a signal that will make me stop to investigate it.

The slower I go...the better I do.

I have found some of my best coins hiding in...under...beside....on top of...etc...of iron.

Another big factor is that when I'm hunting...I realize that most all of the clear, sure thing, sweet silver hits disappeared years ago. Most of the sites I hunt have been pounded by some very talented hunters...so any signal that sounds interesting...I always "mess" with it from all angles to see if I can get any info to help me decide whether or not to dig.
If you spend your hunt time listening for that textbook silver sounding hit...you can get disappointed very fast.