NEW TO THE GAME PLEASE HELP!!!!!

[stevew]

I have a mine lab safari i live in Massachusetts's I'm brand new to metal detecting I'm having same real hard time finding really anything a few pennies couple pull tabs i am hunting some real old parks 100 year + I know there is some good silver here I just need your help. I was also wondering if there are any clubs in the Springfield Massachusetts area. I know with a little help maybe more than a little I would find silver i have Andy's book mastering the quarto
I am so determined to beat this machine I just need some clear guidance


Thanks Steve

 

[hershey1]

You have the best learning tool you could have with Andy's book. Leave your machine in factory preset for awhile until you get more familiar with the sounds. Then experiment with ferrous vs. conductive tones to see which you prefer. Go slow and keep refering back to Andy's book. Learn how to reject targets you don't want to dig. When that coil goes across silver you will know. Listen for small chirps. Test in your house with different metals for their sounds and it won't be long before you'll be grinning from ear to ear. Hope this helps. And remember you always have the BOOK. HH

 

[Dan-o]

I'll let you know what has worked for me as I just got my Safari the end of January.
If you are hunting parks, I would opt for the Coin and Jewelry mode, or Coin mode. I like Conductivity Audio over Ferous, but thats a personal preference. There is a good video on the sounds on mlotv.com.
I now run my discrimination as low as I can stand and listen to the tones. I only reject -10 to -4, but this will drive you crazy if there is a lot of trash, but it helps with masking of good targets by junk.
Auto sensitivity works very well, use it until you get some experience, then try manually adjusting it.
Use the High Trash Density Setting.
Don't rely on the target ID, but listen to the sounds. If you are hunting trashy sites, the Target ID is going to try an ID everything. I have recovered silver where the target ID goes from a 38/39 and then down to the negative numbers. You will get low tones mixed in with the high tones. Sometimes it's just junk, but I have recovered silver this way.
I sweep at a moderate speed if not to trasy, then if I hear something worth checking out, I slow way down over the target with short sweeps and may have to check the target from different angles.
If the area is very trashy, I slow way down.
If I get in a spot where I am recovering some old coins, I slow way down and meticulously check the area.
Also, use the depth meter. This is one of my favorite things about getting a modern detector. It tells you the depth without having to pinpoint first. Once you get an idea of how deep the older targets are, once you hear a target response worth checking out, look at the depth. If it's deep, dig it. Last weekend the old coins I recovered didn't sound great, but they registered at 5+ inches so I dug.
I have used the depth meter to recovery lots of War and Buffalo nickels. Most tabs I find are surface to 3 or so inches. When I get a good nickel signal that reads 5 or more inches it's a good chance that its something good.

Hope some of this helps.

Dan C

 

[itfchaos]

Thanks for the tips guys, I'm having the same issue as Stevew.
Got my safari monday and only found about $5 in modern coins so far, still looking for my first silver. Every day I learn more on the tones.

 

[EZrider]

Finding silver for the first time takes awhile. Your looking at least 30 hours of in the field hunting if not more. Some are more lucky than others. Also you have to be in a place that holds silver to begin with. Modern parks and places built in the 70s wont cut it. Also make sure your "old" place hasn't had fill dirt brought in. Learning the equipment is one thing. Researching and learning to read a place is another. Allot of times what was there 100 years ago isn't there now. The landscapes change.

Keep at it and it will come around.

EZ

 

[itfchaos]

Yeah I knew that. The places I go are very old, some back to 1700's. No fill, etc.. the only problem is a lot of these places turn into teenager hang out spots, lots of pull tabs, beer cans, trash

Anyways in short, the places I go, I know have old coins etc.. but I just ain't having any luck over the past several years trying to dig one up
Plus I have in way more than 30 hours of total time.

Maybe this year may be the year with this new safari, I'm going to keep looking. I still have fun either way, even with the new coins. For example one time we dug up a stack of susan b anthony dollars, all new type (gold colored ones). But still to find 8 dollars in one hole was just awsome.

 

[ronaldj2]

Hey Steve, I am in Belchertown, and one of my detecting buddies lives in Springfield. Small world isn't it? A lot of parks have been detected for years but probably not with the newer technology(Safari).

 

[Chief390]

If you get a 38 or 39 in your target ID, you normally have found silver. I found quarters and dimes my first day out with the Safari.

 

[Sky1]

Here is what a Safari sounds like when hovering over a deep mercury dime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlVNym6_KDY

 

[edjcox]

 

[Sky1]

Invite a few Whites and Bounty Hunter users to your spot to clean out the clad and pulltabs for ya.
Then you can simply ignore everything but that 38 shrill sound and grab all that silver 7-9" down with the Safari without breaking a sweat.