Saltshaker said:
I gotta say Revier, after I read your post, you inspired me to check out a basketball court near my house. Its not in the best of areas so it I hit it around 6 in the morning. I figured there would be a fair amount of trash there and it turned out it was. But since it was just a quick scouting, I didnt mind however my pro coil on my SE Pro is just too much for the little area I had to work with. But just as I was checking a target right along the asphalt edge, out came a diamond stud earring. Now Im hooked on these spots, so much so I ordered a 6" Excelerator coil to work the heavy trash areas. Cant wait until it comes so I can head back and find some more bling.
Nice rock...congratZ!
I have stated several times I post these tips and insights because it is my way to pay it forward for all the great advice I have read and put to use in the last few years since I took on this great hobby.
When someone finds something great because of any advice I pass on I truly do feel just about as proud and happy as the hunter that found them.
I have had a few people thank me for inspiring them to hunt these things.
One lady on another forum said she has a park with one and never considered hunting it till recently because of my post about these finds and not only did she find over $6 in clad, she had her first ever 3 ring day.
All junk, but now she knows there is more and she is hooked.
Lots of people have these in their parks but never thought about hunting them or stayed away because of all the trash.
I love these things, the more trash the better, I say, because there is a higher percentage of better finds among all this trash, in my experience.
If you do the math, I dig less trash and find more gold and silver at this type of site than all others I hunt combined.
The correct tool for this job is a small sniper.
Isolate all signals and dig all solid signal trash to get it out of the way because of masking, but more importantly most of the great gold and silver chain finds I have dug have been solid, non jumping number signals but were disguised as actual trash like foil, tabs and can slaw in their sections and VDI numbers.
