Just a test hunt

[WHADIFIND]

I really wasn't going to go today. Pretty tired.

But, I had just fixed my headphones and had the equipment in the car when I happened
to pass by the mansion. Just running errands, you know.

Had to stop for 30 mins and test 'em out.

The only way they would've sounded sweeter was if there happened to be a 90vdi.
Alas, there weren't.

Have I mentioned that finds are dwindling here? LOL




Did they make bullets out of iron?



Still turned something interesting.
A small flat button and a ferrule of some sort?

Anyway, a better test tomorrow. ( I hope)

 

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[Old Dude]

Nice old finds Gary. Just can't complain when an old flat button shows up. Nice job!

 

[cjon455]

nice flat button gary, nice that you have a go to spot when you just have the urge

keep at it!!

 

[McCDig]

Nice finds. On my Fisher, a 90 vdi could be a large cent or .... a rusted steel bottle cap. Ask me which I've dug more of.

 

[OBN]

That's a good spin Eagle 4 Eyes!! We need to get your butt in the water!

 

[Subterranean]

Whadi, are you running that ATPro "hot?" Sacrifice the batteries for the finds, I say. Those VDI 90's are out there, maybe hiding in the edges of the Mansion estate? Best of luck and glad you are back digging. Blingie and Fishy must be STARVING! Sub

 

[VOL1266-X]

You have mentioned it but testing your equipment is a good policy-LOL. Flat button still has gold gilding on it. WTG & HH, Q.

 

[park pirate]

Not bad..

 

[WHADIFIND]

Whadi, are you running that ATPro "hot?" Sacrifice the batteries for the finds, I say. Those VDI 90's are out there, maybe hiding in the edges of the Mansion estate? Best of luck and glad you are back digging. Blingie and Fishy must be STARVING! Sub

Ya know, Subby ole boy, I hear that more and more these days. Those 90's are there! Absolutely, positively, and for sure! It's almost as if it's that silvers will ALWAYS be there because they are just another crop and all we need to do is go away and let the next crop grow. Am I saying that this place is hunted out? No. I know better. No place is EVER hunted out! Until, that is, the finds are gone.

One thing I know is that I'm one of those more fortunate ones who has an infuriating knack of finding things where everyone else has hunted. (Infuriating to others that is, LOL )

The ATP can't run any hotter than I have it running now. Every time I use it there, I find something. Most of what I'm concentrating on when I go there now is approaching different angles, looking for areas I might've missed. What I'm planning on is getting a sniper coil so I can really go over the particularly noisy areas. Try to pick inbetween the garbage.

I'm not worried about the batteries. The ATP has more than paid for itself and the batteries for the rest of my "career".

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Sweet finds!
If you run the AT any "hotter" take fire extinguisher with you, wouldn't want you go'n down in flames!

You will always find something there, then you will be saying to yourself, "now how did I miss that one, I've been over this area a dozen times?"

Sometimes I think the trash decomposes enough so that the goodies can be heard.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Sweet finds!
If you run the AT any "hotter" take fire extinguisher with you, wouldn't want you go'n down in flames!

You will always find something there, then you will be saying to yourself, "now how did I miss that one, I've been over this area a dozen times?"

Sometimes I think the trash decomposes enough so that the goodies can be heard.

Ya know, I've been in this hobby for longer than some of the current hunters have been alive. L - O - L !!!!

In all that time I've learned one thing. I find stuff where even I have hunted countless number of times. The thing is,
nowadays, I find that I am NEVER surprised that I "missed" something the last thousand swings. I also NEVER blame
my machine for shirking it's duty.

One thing I do KNOW for a fact is there are many, many more ways/conditions to cause a missed target, than there are to find one.

Am I saying the machine has nothing to do with it all? No. Just ask me about my very first "Radio Shack" detector and I'll give a
dissertation on just how BAD a detector can be! LOL The old adage of "You get what you pay for" does come into play. But, always
remember, that the people who have something to sell are the ones behind the idea. Buy the "new & improved" is also.

I'm not saying we shouldn't improve/upgrade to the newest and the bestest. If we can afford the jump. But, I am saying that no matter what
your financial limits are or what your purpose in hunting is, it will always be best to learn ALL that you can about the machine in your hand.
Also, the reasons behind finding and not finding. You'll ALWAYS do better than most if you do.

I would absolutely LOVE to have a Deus and an Etrac and , etc. etc. etc. In addition to my current machine! The plain and simple fact is, I can't
afford a new machine. If the ATP even thinks I might be able to try because of a diamond ring it might find. It gets jealous and selectively
"misses" that target.

Now, I'll just bet nobody ever thought of THAT reason for a miss!

 

[WHADIFIND]

You have mentioned it but testing your equipment is a good policy-LOL. Flat button still has gold gilding on it. WTG & HH, Q.

Thanks Quindy. Yeah, I just can't get enough learning of a machine. That's sometimes as fascinating as the finds to me.

That flat button came out of one of the more trashy places. I'm learning to hear what the ATP is saying, ya know?