[Deteknix Quest] Post Up Your Number One Tip For New Treasure Hunters

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[Deteknix Quest] Post Up Your Number One Tip For New Treasure Hunters
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Post up your number one tip for new treasure hunters. Can be anything from purchases, must have tools, hunting grounds, finding locations, sluicing tips etc.

 

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[kingskid1611]

Have fun would be my number one tip. Relax would be number two.

 

[QMaze]

Has anyone experienced any intimidation from other detectorists?

 

[kingskid1611]

Has anyone experienced any intimidation from other detectorists?

Don't see too many other detectorist here where I am. I have met a few and they usually share places where things can be found. I know that is not common but it was still cool.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Always keep spare batteries close by. Nothing worse than getting to a distant site and only hunting for a few minutes when you detector or pin pointer begins to tell you "I need new batteries".

 

[Fishingfromakayak]

Always let someone at home know where you are going. Never know what will happen.

 

[diggingthe1]

Throwing down coins to see what they sound like. Sure helped me.

 

[Bitdrop]

It has to be in the ground for you to find it! Research location as much as possible, old maps will be extremely useful. All the resources you need to plan out your next hunt will be readily available online or at your local historical society.

 

[GoldFinger006]

Just dig it! Dig everything about it, the great outdoors, the exercise, the alone time, the time with family and friends, and of course, finding great things.

 

[Carpdogman]

Its about serenity and health. I still detect the hills and gulches of the prairie country where I live after 9 heart stoppages.

 

[Dagger Woods]

As I'm a rank beginner I find I'm having a problem with one thing, mainly.... so my one piece of advice to newbies would be:

Have patience. You'll dig way more trash than treasure but keep at it and good things will come.

(At least I'm hoping so.)

 

[QMaze]

As I'm a rank beginner I find I'm having a problem with one thing, mainly.... so my one piece of advice to newbies would be:

Have patience. You'll dig way more trash than treasure but keep at it and good things will come.

(At least I'm hoping so.)

Yes I'm a huge newbie still and patience is important. I find practicing pinpointing and knowing how to dig a plug. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong but my practice plugs in my own yard seem to die after awhile so I wouldnt want that happening in a nice park or private yard. Great tips keep them coming.

 

[fishnnut]

Dig those iffy signals sometimes a person is pleasantly rewarded...

 

[T.C.]

Always remember to TAKE your battery pack with you!! I was thirty miles out of town when I remembered...DUH!!

Always keep spare batteries close by. Nothing worse than getting to a distant site and only hunting for a few minutes when you detector or pin pointer begins to tell you "I need new batteries".

 

[T.C.]

My huntin' buddy digs flaps....try that. We have re-hunted these areas and haven't seen any dead plugs

Yes I'm a huge newbie still and patience is important. I find practicing pinpointing and knowing how to dig a plug. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong but my practice plugs in my own yard seem to die after awhile so I wouldnt want that happening in a nice park or private yard. Great tips keep them coming.

 

[OWK]

Take the time to learn your machine. Every machine is different. They have a language all their own, with subtleties of dialect and inflection. Study closely what you machine is telling you.

While learning, take a moment with each target to swing from multiple axis orientations, and from a little above the target.... maybe even change modes and do it again... note what your pinpoint mode tells you is the center of the target, and whether that is where your machine's hunting mode also says it is... if your machine has a VDI number, note how steady it is, or if it changes with swings from different directions...

Then dig.

If you do this... and are patient... and listen to what your machine is telling you... you will eventually develop the ability to know what you're digging before you dig it with a pretty high degree of confidence.

 

[OWK]

Yes I'm a huge newbie still and patience is important. I find practicing pinpointing and knowing how to dig a plug. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong but my practice plugs in my own yard seem to die after awhile so I wouldnt want that happening in a nice park or private yard. Great tips keep them coming.

I used to have this problem too, until I watched a more experienced digger replace a plug.

If after replacing the plug, you use your digger to "cut in" the plug, by making small cuts with your digger around the periphery of the original plug so that the old soil blends with the replaced plug... you won't have this problem any longer.

I've gotten to the point where I can return to sites a day or a week later, and can't find any evidence of holes I know I've dug.

I like that.

 

[Bquamb]

Dig EVERYTHING repeatable. Figure out what the trash comes in as, after a few 1000 pieces, you'll get the hang of the Beep-Beep Dig.

 

[QMaze]

My huntin' buddy digs flaps....try that. We have re-hunted these areas and haven't seen any dead plugs

What does that mean "flaps"? Does that mean leaving a hinge, could i possibly be sawing off the grass roots?

 

[GA_Boy]

What does that mean "flaps"? Does that mean leaving a hinge, could i possibly be sawing off the a hingee grass roots?

Yes, leave a hinge. I go from 2 O'clock to 10 O'clock with my digger and fold back about 2 inches depth if possible. That leaves enough connecting roots to feed the flap after you fold it back into its original place.
Marvin