How much time do you detect a place before

[Gare]

Saying there is nothing left here to detect . Hours days ? When do you stop ?

 

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[Rad1sh]

After I run out of detectors to hit it with. And I’m always seeming to be getting a new one.

 

[pa plateau hiker]

I have been detecting a site since 1972 and still find items I had missed before.

 

[smokeythecat]

Actually, for me it takes years. After all the briar patches, next to the road, in any aluminum can breeding ground, under power lines, at the edge of swamps and in creeks, it all takes time - plus if the place is farmed, and plowed or deep disced, you may NEVER get done!

 

[jeff of pa]

over 5 decades and still going, and finding.
no site is hunted out

 

[SultansOfSwing]

Longest is 4 years and counting. Its where I started detecting. My best finds have come out of it last 2 years. And I wasnt the first to hit it.

 

[fistfulladirt]

‘Bout an hour.

 

[Gare]

i REALIZE NO SITE IS EVER COMPLETELY HUNTED OUT.bUT SPENDING 5 OR 6 HOURS FOR A INDIAN HEAD MAKES ME DRAW THE LINE

 

[ArfieBoy]

NEVER! I have returned many times to many sites and I still find good finds! At one site almost every time I return, and I have been hunting it for about 50 years, I almost always find silver. I will never write it off.

 

[Xraywolf]

Never hunted out - Thats what you want other guys to think.

Going slower, different angles, different detectors, different settings/mode, spotty weak signals, can each or all produce finds that you and others have gone over a dozen times and missed ,, And they don't necessarily have to be super deep, or deep at all. For instance, a coin on edge 2" down can be all but hidden to the returns of most coils.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

I never give up on a spot, but I will take a break from it. My rule is three hunts in a row getting skunked and I'll avoid that spot for a couple of months. Easy to get sick of a spot if you push it too much and keep coming up empty.

 

[Gare]

Also A lot depends on how well ypou searched in the previous times.I go slow and cover a half coil on every swing both ways. Then i take a step of about 1/2 coil length. I have seen many swing one way and then take a giant step missing a lot of ground.
A lot depends on how you swing a coil and then move

 

[Mackaydon]

I stay with each site until I'm bored.
Don....

 

[Wildcat1750]

There's always potential at a 'hunted out' site, so I have no problem returning esecially years later after several freeze/thaw cycles.

 

[cannonball]

If I have a really good site, depending on the size, I detect the surface area right away multiple days and then sift /detect down to about 3-4 feet depending on finds. That is only the beginning. Then I go out in all directions and sift for days if it's a really good site. Every square yard gets cleaned out and filled back in. It's truly amazing what the detectors don't get. Only then do I start to consider a site to begin to get cleaned out.