Grid or random detecting?

kayden · Aug 25, 2012

Do you grid the area while detecting or just ramdomly detect ?I just wanted to know what everybody else is doing ...I just did a quick count of my top 75 older coins & relic finds & over 85% of my finds have been found from a grid style instead of random detecting! Just something to think about the next time you hit your favorite site.

sonofadigger · Aug 25, 2012

I like to try to grid off sections and hit it thoroughly but alot of times I go all over the place it all depends how I feel

worldtalker · Aug 25, 2012

I grid a LOT ,even then I know I miss targets,the only random is in the woods. God Bless Chris

spartacus53 · Aug 25, 2012

Unfortunately, I need to stay off the grid for a multitude of reasons. :laughing7:

So random works for me :tongue3:

ticm · Aug 25, 2012

kayden said:
Do you grid the area while detecting or just ramdomly detect ?I just wanted to know what everybody else is doing ...I just did a quick count of my top 75 older coins & relic finds & over 85% of my finds have been found from a grid style instead of random detecting! Just something to think about the next time you hit your favorite site.

Why wouldn't any body grid?

kayden · Aug 25, 2012

ticm said:
Why wouldn't any body grid?

Great point..I have detected with people that just run off wild

deepskyal · Aug 25, 2012

I try to mentally grid an area when the area permits...like a park. But most of my detecting is off the grid, in wooded areas with brush and such which make gridding difficult.
I went whole hog gridding a park one time that was virgin. Had drawn a park to scale with reference points so I knew what areas I hit and what I didn't. Quite an undertaking....but found many, many coins.Guess I was a bit obsessed with the idea.

Al

Frankn · Aug 25, 2012

I detect the hot spots. Gridding is a last resort method, unless you are an Archie.

I look near trees and rocks, near old porches, where old sheds once stood. The trick is to just stand there and visualize where people played or sat on the ground or had a picnic, etc. Look at it this way, if no one has ever crossed that field, nothing will be there.

TNGUNS · Aug 25, 2012

Grid when ya can. Tire tracks from mowing or furrows in a turned field make it easy if you have them. Use survey flags and move them over as needed if I have to. In big fields that just checking for potential etc. Pick a tree or other reference then head to it . Move over 10 or 20 yards and repeat in the other direction. If start finding stuff tighten up a little but do whole field then come back to target rich areas and really hit hard overlapping slightly etc. In the wood you do the best ya can. :thumbsup:

TerryC · Aug 25, 2012

I don't "grid" much, unless I know a certain item is nearby (lost ring) and I am looking for that item. Otherwise, I look for those "draws" that attract people and concentrate there. Tree trunks, small hillsides, edges of parking lots, concession stands. TTC

sonofadigger · Aug 25, 2012

Oh that, makes sence thanks I never thought of doing it like that before

ticm · Aug 25, 2012

Well I like the fact that a lot of folks don't grid. Means there will be a lot of targets left behind.

billpa · Aug 25, 2012

Have to grid around those apple trees :laughing7:

Kayden

Frankn · Aug 25, 2012

ticm, maybe the targets will be right behind!

chrisplay2004 · Aug 25, 2012

I grid most of the time. However, on a really hot day in a park I grind the shade areas only... 8-)

Treasure_Hunter · Aug 25, 2012

I grid in front of resorts and heavy traffic hotels, on beach areas where no resorts or hotels on beach front I hunt the zones, water is first choice if I can get in, then surfline, wetsand and then towel line..... Now if a sudden thunderstorm goes up and everyone runs for cover I hunt the towel/ blanket line....

If I know I'm not going into the water I use my Sov GT with the SEF 15"x18" Butterfly coil and grid, I can cover a lot of area with that baby fairly quickly and it goes deep..... People say large coils want find small gold, but all my large coils have hit on very small gold with no problem, ...... I can understand when your talking nugget hunting, but at the beach I ahve had had no problems with any of my large coils seeing small gold.......