Lowbatts
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Lots of different detectorists here and lots of styles. What's yours? I am somewhat limited in total experience and would like to hear the pro's and con's of the different types of treasure hunting with metal detectors that you participate in or intend to participate in. I follow several methods:
Research method: Old maps and atlases tell me what was in a spot, then it's compare that to modern maps/references and see determine if there's good potential during a visual drive-by. Follow that with permissions and go at it. The research method has subsets that include coinage and relic hunting, bottle and privy digging and cache hunting.
Volume Hunting: As we've noted and argued from a previous thread hereabouts this is a big clad catcher. Subsets include beach hunting, park and playground sweeps, my favorite-carnie cleanups and festival hunts. It usually involves shallow detecting and quick recoveries.
Beach Hunting: Deserves it's own category as well because within a beach hunt there are coin and jewelry hunters, dry and wading hunters.
Water Hunting: I've done a lot of snorkeling for goodies in the long gone past, but know little of diving. Fill us in. Freshwater/salt water, range of depth, clear water, river, lake or sea? I do know the equipment can vary widely but my water hunting is primarily shallow river and creek-oriented.
Relic Hunting: A lot of research methodology here as well. Getting all fired up over all those rusty iron objects? These are the hardcore hunters from what I know of them. How different is your approach? Is it all audio or do you use any of the ID/target category machines?
Targets Of Opportunity: Do you mainly wait for the construction/demo sites to show up and hit them? I know the rewards of this method can be great as well. But the sheer horror as you watch a truckload of parkway dirt hauled off before you got to it can bring on real frustration!
Lemme know what I'm leaving out and what you do and how you do it! New detectorists are looking for their own inspiration guided by your experience!
Research method: Old maps and atlases tell me what was in a spot, then it's compare that to modern maps/references and see determine if there's good potential during a visual drive-by. Follow that with permissions and go at it. The research method has subsets that include coinage and relic hunting, bottle and privy digging and cache hunting.
Volume Hunting: As we've noted and argued from a previous thread hereabouts this is a big clad catcher. Subsets include beach hunting, park and playground sweeps, my favorite-carnie cleanups and festival hunts. It usually involves shallow detecting and quick recoveries.
Beach Hunting: Deserves it's own category as well because within a beach hunt there are coin and jewelry hunters, dry and wading hunters.
Water Hunting: I've done a lot of snorkeling for goodies in the long gone past, but know little of diving. Fill us in. Freshwater/salt water, range of depth, clear water, river, lake or sea? I do know the equipment can vary widely but my water hunting is primarily shallow river and creek-oriented.
Relic Hunting: A lot of research methodology here as well. Getting all fired up over all those rusty iron objects? These are the hardcore hunters from what I know of them. How different is your approach? Is it all audio or do you use any of the ID/target category machines?
Targets Of Opportunity: Do you mainly wait for the construction/demo sites to show up and hit them? I know the rewards of this method can be great as well. But the sheer horror as you watch a truckload of parkway dirt hauled off before you got to it can bring on real frustration!
Lemme know what I'm leaving out and what you do and how you do it! New detectorists are looking for their own inspiration guided by your experience!
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but the weather is cramping my style in a big way getting ready to tell the kids to throw some handfulss of change around the back yard just to keep the itch releived and at bay!!! 
dekalb33 the terror of dirt in a truck being hauled away keeps me up at night, how bout you(wink)!!
