Your Own Ability

[geodehunter]

Have you ever questioned your own ability to know what your metal detector is trying to tell you? The other day I was at the park here in town and caught myself doing it. I took Larry's advice and slowed my swing speed down and I am hearing different tones out of my DFX. I was able to find my first ring for 2012 even though it was an el-cheapo. Just wondering if I am the only weird one to question your ability with your machine.

 

[Larry (IL)]

No, you are not the only one, we all have been there and done that, some are still there.......... When the trash is really bad, we have to hunt at a snails pace, and that is slow.... even with a small coil. The secret is to isolate each target that your coil is going over, only then can you get an idea if it is trash or treasure.

 

[Steve1825]

I had a test at a past meeting where I had everyone guess what the item is when they passed their coil over it. There was about ten items and one good item and one trash item had exactly the same ID. Where does this lead us? Dig it all.

 

[flinthunter]

No one is going to have the ability to know what every signal is telling you. What Larry and Steve said. Slow-slow-slow in trashy areas and dig it if you are not sure. There are fairly clean areas that I will dig most signals and trashy areas that I will cherry pick which targets that I want to dig. If I get a signal in the trashy areas that I am not sure of I dig it. The more you use your machine the better you get at deciphering its tones and vdi numbers. I went from a 1970's Whites Coinmaster TR machine to a somewhat top of the line machine. It was like being new to metal detecting again. I bought my new machine about one year ago and feel that I am just now starting to get good with it. I've dug many hundreds of pieces of junk trying to learn the tones and vdi numbers but it has greatly helped my understanding of this detector. I decided from the start that I would try to learn the machine in the factory mode before I started tweaking the settings. In just the last few hunts something seemed to click between the machine and myself. I think its time to start playing with the settings on it. If you're not sure, dig it.

 

[geodehunter]

Thanks for the responses guy's I greatly appreciate it. Technology has come some far that I am just overwhelmed with all the advances. I have to basically slow way down and relearn everything from the ground up. Hand's on time is what I need the most right now. HH

 

[SWAMP HAWK]

dig it all .........find enough to fill a mall