Advice You'd Give Yourself

[az46]

Don't expect to get rich,be realistic and have fun.

 

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[GA_Boy]

I would tell myself;
1. Location
2. knowledge of terrain
and
3. Patience
will help you find the CW relics you search for.
Marvin

 

[luvsdux]

Always wear headphones and re-check your holes/plugs before moving on.
luvsdux

 

[TerryC]

Learn your machine. Do the 100 hours as the manual (Garrett) will suggest. You cannot learn it in a weekend or even in a month. TOO many machines are being sold in less than a month as not the one for me, and another bought, then another.......
1. Learn your machine.
2. Slow down and keep that coil at the ground your entire swing.
3. Know the 90 degree turn for pinpointing.
4. Last, learn your machine. ╦╦Ç

 

[SusanMN]

If you go out hunting you might not find anything, but if you sit on the sofa you are guaranteed not to find anything.

 

[Ammoman]

Wear sunscreen....of course, back then, sunscreen had not been invented yet.

 

[Rawhide]

Dont marry stupid.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Dig everything.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Don't enter a detector naming contest.

 

[TerryC]

If you go out hunting you might not find anything, but if you sit on the sofa you are guaranteed not to find anything.

I don't know, Sue. When my dad got up from lying on the couch, us kids would dive for the couch. Sometimes, now, I think he left the change on the sofa on purpose. ╦╦Ç

 

[TerryC]

SLOW DOWN!!!
For a long time I swung way too fast with several different detectors and still did pretty good then one day at a site I had thought I drained completely I tried going way slower and it came alive again...it was almost like I was never there before.
This was life changing, after that using much lower swing speeds my good finds volumes increased exponentially and continues to this day.
It was difficult to change and I still need to watch myself, much easier to learn good habits from the beginning than to try to relearn them later on.

When at the beach I would overlap my swing and waddle small steps like a penguin. Then, when I turned around, everyone was laughing at me. No, but I could tell exactly where I had been because I was making tracks that looked like turtle tracks. ╦╦Ç

 

[sprailroad]

Hurts my head to even THINK about it. Toooooo many things, but then again, after 30 yrs., I'm still learning.

 

[Kurios1]

I would tell myself to go back 20 years and buy a metal detector instead of waiting until 2 years ago to buy one

I must be older than you. I'd go back 40 years and can only imagine the hoard of great finds I may have had.