It's been raining for TWO-THREE weeks straight and sometimes a 30 minute hunt is a blessing. I thought all my fun was goin' to start because the sun was out this am.
Then I realized the kids hadn't been outside the schools for 3 weeks to replenish them or the parks or tot lots for that matter.
Well, I had had a good time a few days ago for a few minutes (Lady in the trash) and figured the only thing to do was go to my trashy sites that no one wants to hunt. I don't have my sniper coil yet
so I've devised a method: sensitivity 2 bars and coins mode. It only covers the first 2-3 " but I overlap AS IF it was only a 4" coil. It started out pretty good with a dime and a penny together until a sharp pain shot in my lower back. Finally, it ended up with me taking my shirt off (not a pretty sight) and scratchin' only to be met by another mosquito!
After swatting them for another 5 minutes, I got a dime signal-right in the MIDDLE of a fire ant bed!
The first few probes (ouch!) didn't help, so I ended up cutting a shallow conical plug awwww-wch! Did you know those things still bite even when you've squashed them and they're almost dead?
Finally, I felt the target but it was at about 6" and was now reading a quarter! 
This was gonna be my deepest quarter at sens. #2! After slapping the target out with the end of the screwdriver, it was a brass water coupling about the size of a quarter.
I chunked the thing in the trash, and after I cooled off a bit, I thought of how funny it was,well, sort of . So I went back to the trash can to retrieve it and make a picture. Inside the can were little winged creatures with stingers!
Now, it ain't so funny.
Oh yeah. Yesterday I had to put the cats inside and spray their den for fleas.
Then I realized the kids hadn't been outside the schools for 3 weeks to replenish them or the parks or tot lots for that matter. Well, I had had a good time a few days ago for a few minutes (Lady in the trash) and figured the only thing to do was go to my trashy sites that no one wants to hunt. I don't have my sniper coil yet so I've devised a method: sensitivity 2 bars and coins mode. It only covers the first 2-3 " but I overlap AS IF it was only a 4" coil. It started out pretty good with a dime and a penny together until a sharp pain shot in my lower back. Finally, it ended up with me taking my shirt off (not a pretty sight) and scratchin' only to be met by another mosquito! After swatting them for another 5 minutes, I got a dime signal-right in the MIDDLE of a fire ant bed! The first few probes (ouch!) didn't help, so I ended up cutting a shallow conical plug awwww-wch! Did you know those things still bite even when you've squashed them and they're almost dead? Finally, I felt the target but it was at about 6" and was now reading a quarter! This was gonna be my deepest quarter at sens. #2! After slapping the target out with the end of the screwdriver, it was a brass water coupling about the size of a quarter. I chunked the thing in the trash, and after I cooled off a bit, I thought of how funny it was,well, sort of . So I went back to the trash can to retrieve it and make a picture. Inside the can were little winged creatures with stingers! Now, it ain't so funny. Oh yeah. Yesterday I had to put the cats inside and spray their den for fleas.
I've also heard meat tenderizer (wetted) is good for the stings.