First time swingin

[Wingnut]

First time swingin'

My BH Tracker IV arrived earlier today so off to a local park we go...after reading the manual, air test, etc. of course.

Totals after about 3 hours....

11 varied nails...5 varied pieces of foil...5 varied pieces of wire...2 bottle caps...
1 bolt...1 pull tab...1 hair pin...1 paper clip...1 AAA battery...2 small UMOs (unidentified metal objects)

And the good stuff...3 nickels and 7 zincolns...just another 9,733 zincolns and I'll have this thing paid for!

Not sure if it was a good haul or not but it's more than I expected since I'd never had an MD in my hand before...


HH, Rick

 

[CRUSADER]

Learn to swing low, fast, whilst digging faster. The more trash, the better.

 

[Gunrunner61]

Not a bad day at all for the first time out......................HH

 

[lowandslow]

you need to dig everthing for a while so you can learn your detector to see what its telling you.good luck with your finds.more will come.

 

[mrmackin]

you need to dig everthing for a while so you can learn your detector to see what its telling you.good luck with your finds.more will come.

What he said.....HH!

 

[Surfview]

Everything still sounds the same to me. Dig all signals. Sometimes you get surprises.

 

[Chips]

Yes when you first start and when you are still getting to know your detector, dig everything. Like mentioned above. After a while you will get to recognize the subtle things your detector may do when encountering an item of "interest" ..
Still I am impressed that you only had 2 bottle tops and a pull tab. I wish I only found that many tops and tabs when I go out Haha must be then that my favorite park plays host to the thirstiest bunch of campers out there.
Good luck out there !

 

[JanThorCro]

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11 varied nails...5 varied pieces of foil...5 varied pieces of wire...2 bottle caps...
1 bolt...1 pull tab...1 hair pin...1 paper clip...1 AAA battery...2 small UMOs (unidentified metal objects)

Any machine that picks up on foil and pull tabs is a winner. You'll find nickels and Gold with it. The people that find those gold trinkets, dig alot of tabs and foil...

I recently read something about fostering a positive attitude each & every time you go out with your detector. Sort of like "Picture yourself digging up a silver dollar from the early 1800's". This creates the positive mindset of "Yes I can".

HH

 

[ticm]

I like your name. I knew this guy everybody called wingnut.

 

[Dr Freezelove]

Even though there are no big finds I'm still jealous. I'm cashing in some gold jewelry to buy a md so I can dig some foil and pull tabs.

 

[inspectorgadget]

I like your name. I knew this guy everybody called wingnut.

Hmm me too... A friend of a friend, He isn't in SW Florida is he?

 

[MrSchulz]

I am currently also running the Tracker IV until I have enough dough to upgrade in a few weeks to Ace 250. It's a great machine I have no complaints about it, but I need something with more features. It's a perfect starter, found me tons of wheats and clad and tokens.

 

[jorge del norte]

hunt and dig everything now......then research and dig everything...think like a silver coin, then be a silver coin i'm telling it's a cinderella story http://kategale.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/8_22caddyshack.jpg

 

[shawngrey16]

Ughhh I'm going
To
Buy one tomorrow and
Still don't have no idea what I'm doing
Haha but I can't
Wait

 

[ironman]

Ughhh I'm going
To
Buy one tomorrow and
Still don't have no idea what I'm doing
Haha but I can't
Wait

You can gain a lot of info on here even if some of the old timers are grouchy and such in the end they will help you. I love going through the threads and reading them I learned a lot

 

[nov2101]

enjoy the hobby.....