SpiritRelic said:
I get no depth lose on the vaq setting at tab.I have dug hundreds of silver coins using this method since the time i was ten years old.I am forty eight now.I have used this tab setting when i want to quickly locate silver coins and not giving a rip about what i missed because read my lips,i am hunting silver coins.So by setting the disc on tab it quickly allows me to home in on faint deep good signals .Are you with me so far.I don't give a rip about missing something because i was hunting for silver coins.Does everyone understand what i am saying.I will say it one more time.Old silver coins are mixed in my very trashed tab laden parks.By me setting the disc to tab,i quickly was able to just concentrate on good faint coin targets to increase my silver coin finds.I was not jewelry hunting.Anyone that does not understand the concept.I don't really care. :-D
I've not been following this topic that much but! its VERY common what your doing!
Yes we understand it!
All of us has done it at one time or another! (those of us that has been at for a number of years anyway)
In metal detecting I have found two different uses for the term "cherry Picking"
One,
To surface hunt for fresh drop coins and jewelry (modern fair grounds and ball fields, ect..)
Two,
Run high discrimination and just try to pull out silver coins. (the most common people I know of that do this is E-Trac owners, I know others do it but the this is the E-Trac's claim to fame)
Now, the problem with many machines is that running high levels of discrimination you loose a good bit of depth, and some more than others.
So, don't get the idea that you've found some new way of detecting that nobody has figured out, you haven't!
What some people can't get over is picking out two or three silver coins worth maybe a total of $15.00 and in the same area passing up $300.00 worth of gold! to some people that just don't make sense. (different people with different ideas)
Trust me! we do understand what your saying, we really do get it! Your Looking For Silver Coins and running the disc at or above tabs you get more of what your looking for, "Silver" and in doing that your not wasting time digging so much trash! WE GOT IT! (really)
Years ago your style of hunting was MOST common among coin shooters, silver was common and the few pieces of gold laying around just wasn't worth the effort of sifting through the trash to get it. But! times have changed sense your were 10 years old, silver coins in most area's are getting pretty thinned out, yes they are still there, but in a good number of places they have been worked HARD! for YEARS of your hunting style.
So, for the modern days of hunting and wanting to stay into the hobby and the fact that GOLD is now worth so much money and the silver coins are all but gone in the common hunting places. So, many of us are changing gears and starting to get the gold as well.
We Do Understand What Your Saying!
In The Days Gone By, you had basically two types of hunting,
One,
Relic (rusty barn door hinges, never liked that, yes, I know that included War relics)
Two,
Coin Shooters. (in the early 80's I was a coin shooter, give me an ID meter and a place where some silver coins and I was happy)
So, I'm from the old school of the coin shooting group. (Yes, I understand what your saying, its a pretty basic way of thinking)
Mark
Normally for me, when the ground is opened it will change from a good tone to a broken tone, especially if I X the pattern. Some times when I get that good tone I will dive in (in a hurry) with the propointer and not check it with the detector and out comes a nail. Usually the only ones that wont disc out are the large square nails, but for some reason I like finding those old square nails in good shape
During dry spells I dont have this problem.