I think I am starting to get better at this..............

[tford62]

I think I am finally beginning to get better at using my M6. Today I hunted at the park close to home, and park workers have told me it has been well hunted, after work for about 2 hours and I had my first 3 old coin day. I found a wheat penny that I can't get the date from yet, a 1937 Buffalo nickel, and my 2nd silver coin ever, a 1943 Mercury dime in pretty decent shape. Still a newbie and that Merc really got my heart pounding for the rest of the afternoon. I was concentrating on iffy and deep signals and 8-10 VDI signals that JuJu mentioned a couple of days ago that lead to jewelry for him. I didn't get any this time, but I am not one to give up. HH all, and good luck out there.

T.

 

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[tymcmurray]

And the more you use it, the BETTER and BETTER You will get!!
Good hunt.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Keep at it. It will come. My ace 250 video reccomended at least 1000 hours to get used to all of the detail. I get better at evry hunt but still learning. Learning takes time. You can master your machine over time. Just be patient

 

[mikewaz]

Congrats on the merc Sounds like you're getting the hang of that machine.

I heard the same thing about parks getting pounded hard by others. I watched one guy early
in the morning going through it like he was on a competition hunt.

He was swinging that thing and moving like someone was after him. To make a long story short,
I ended up with just under 100.00 in change in 12 or 15 trips there, plus a few silver dimes and
rings. I like taking my time.

Good Luck with the M6!
Mike

 

[juju]

Sounds like a good day to me. The gold will come to ya. Congrats on the silver. WTG

JuJu

 

[AZ-Mtnman]

Congrats on the Merc.

 

[jsu]

Nice finds. You are on the right track for finding gold. Most people run through those parks with their discrimination turned up and miss all of the gold. Keep digging those nickel targets. I think the saying goes you have to dig 300 pulltabs for each gold ring. Good luck and HH. Jeff

 

[SC_hunter]

Welcome to TNet and congrats on the silver....nothing looks better than silver staring back at you from the dirt....WTG

 

[tford62]

I want to thank you all for your kind words and encouragement. It will be a few days before I get out to detect again, but I am going to keep looking at the site for more pointers and then get out there and use them.

T.

 

[Indianhead Jones]

It's just the beginning....thee are sooo many more silver coins and other treasure finds out there waiting for you!! Keep us all posted on your future finds!

Larry

 

[twistidd]

Tford,

Nice digs! That M6 is an awesome machine. I tend to detect at a more concentrative pace at older parks and yards and that's how I find things others have missed time and time again. If you found a Mercury dime, you're doing good!

Joe

 

[TerryC]

Tford62,
You're learning! Now, one of the hardest things to do is, while in your glory, change a parameter or two and see if you can TWEEK that machine into doing better. What?..... change things?.........but why don't I just keep 'er set just like this? Many guys will do just that.... change nothing on a new machine that seems to be doing enough. The learning curve goes way up if you also know what doesn't work... and why! Keep tweeking and trying different settings. Keep up the good work! TTC

 

[tford62]

What sort of tweaking would you suggest? The last few hunts I have had the discrimination turned up slightly beyond the first factory setting (probably at about setting 1.25) and think this has helped, but I will take all suggestions.

T.

 

[TerryC]

What sort of tweaking would you suggest? The last few hunts I have had the discrimination turned up slightly beyond the first factory setting (probably at about setting 1.25) and think this has helped, but I will take all suggestions.

T.

Sorry T,
I don't own an M6. My reply was a "pep rally" to keep you experimenting. I bought a Scorpion years ago but only used it for clad in parks. MAN, I was hot! I learned that if I cranked the disc up to 7.8, I would pretty much not have to worry about tabs and caps. It wasn't till I had a friend in CA show me the main reason a Scorpion exists (gold prospecting) that I realized I had to re-learn about ground balancing and no-motion all metal mode. My point being: don't get stuck in a one mode rut, like some guys will. TTC

 

[TerryC]

What sort of tweaking would you suggest? The last few hunts I have had the discrimination turned up slightly beyond the first factory setting (probably at about setting 1.25) and think this has helped, but I will take all suggestions.

T.

 

[Detectingfreak]

Thats awesome! congratulations!!!!

 

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

Nice. You will only get better with experience

 

[twistidd]

Tford,

Might I suggest setting the discrimination at or just below the first notch. Even if you don't want to dig pulltabs, the lesser discrimination allows some of the really deep silver coins peep through where they wouldn't before...I learned this myself. Good luck!

Joe

 

[tford62]

Joe, I think I am going to be able to get out and detect for a couple of hours either tomorrow or Friday, maybe I will set the disc. lower like you said to, and go over a spot I have already done, see what "pops" up at me. It is definately worth a try.

T.

 

[nightwolf]

Practice, patience and persistence always pay off, way to go on your finds!