How does your garden grow??

[Pulltab Parson]

Hey all,

How many of you have a test garden? What do you have in it? How deep do you set your coins and in what position (flat, side etc)?

Thanks, I look forward to hearing your comments

HH
PTP

 

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[pa plateau hiker]

Oh, I thought you meant my vegetable garden. Too much snow here now to grow veggies.

 

[swantek]

I just go to pulltabs garden to test.

 

[jmoller99]

I put in a test garden around 10 years ago. Most coins are at 6 inches - but I have nails and pull tabs and 1 silver ring in it as well. It helps new people learn how to detect (something I do as part of our GPAA club). I use it a lot in the summer (I have 9 detectors) before going out on trips. I also have a lot of gold in plastic bags with white paper in them (so I don't misplace them) that I throw down for practice.

People starting out in metal detecting are often quick to blame their detector when its often a case of not understanding how it works and learning to understand what it is telling you. A detector garden simplfies testing your gear. Also, I practice a lot for gold prospecting - knowing your detector is critical if you want to find gold nuggets of any size.

 

[cudamark]

There have been several threads dealing with test gardens. Some like them (like me), others think they are a waste of time. Run a search on here and decide for yourself.