How long do you Detect at a spot for

[Gare]

In a days time when you go to a spot to detect. How long do you stay there detecting normally? {Please post your hours at a site so others can see this is not just a one or two hour session.

I am old and usually 3 to 4 hours. But if good finds are coming in its ,maybe 5 or 6 hours
I just wanted new people to see this is not a short time event


Please post your times

 

[digger460]

Well if this weather ever breaks, if it's a full day, I'm pushin' to go 6 to 8 if the property is giving up goodies, and is large enough to spend that much time. If it's an open permission to hunt anytime, I'll try 3 to 4 hrs. after work. Weekends 6 to 8. Heck, if it's the first time on the property, I'll spend 3 to 4 just getting some trash out of the way.

 

[pepperj]

10 yrs ago I could throw 10hrs to the wind without notice. Now it seems when time allows I'm good for 6-8hrs so the body is slipping a bit. If the finds are coming I really can make 4/6hrs disappear without notice, but if the digging is tough then I start to notice the time.

 

[Rookster]

5 to 6 hours. My knees aren't what they were. BUT, if I'm finding targets A little longer.

 

[Slowtaknow]

I have to agree with almost everyone so far, but i am the 2 to 4 hour detector, unless as others have said, it's giving up goodies to motivate me to go longer. But also depends just how i feel that day.

 

[Phishfarmer]

Interesting post. I'm 61 and I'm pretty much like the original post-er. I normally go for 3 or 4 hours. Yesterday I took a friend to a new-ish spot and we were finding CW bullets pretty consistently; it was briers, small saplings spaced about 12" apart with a few small creeks mixed in- all of it wet. Normally I would've lasted 2 or 3 hours but with the finds I stuck it out for 5. We found over 30 bullets between us with a few other relics to boot.

As far as being old I'm using a new system of gauge. Single digits is young, two digits is middle age and 3 digits is old.

Happy hunting to all.

 

[Tpmetal]

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[Tpmetal]

when I detect I try to go as long as possible. minimum is usually 3 or 4 hours, My average is 5-8 hours, and in the past I've gone as long as 10-12 hours in good spots. If you are talking how miuch time will I spend at one spot? depends on what I'm finding, but usually I give an site a minimum of 2-3 hours before switching it up.

 

[DDancer]

New spots 2 hours, getting goodies 4 and getting old stuff 6 hours is my average. Old spots 6 hours because they are worth it.

 

[Ammoman]

Once I am on a property the only thing holding me back is my job, weather and my wife! I am pretty sure i can get rid of two of those things but which one do i keep?

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Back in the early 80's I could do 10 - 12 hours on a virgin Boy Scout camp where the silver was frequent.

Today I'm worn out after 3 hours. But, I'm pushing 70 pretty hard now. And I don't have that scout camp to hunt any more.

 

[Hawks88]

Ammoman im still laughing but my wife’s not. Lol. I agree though.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Three to four hours is normal for me. I'll detect the same site over and over for years. Wooded sites change dramatically from season to season and I can get into spots that were overgrown the previous seasons.

 

[smokeythecat]

Gare, I'm getting older too and it's normally 3-4 hours. I was out the other day for over 5 hours. That HURT.

Most of my spots I can go back any time I want, so there is no need for me to try to get everything in one outing. These are not public property.

Even when I'm on the beach, it's normally 3 or 4 hours anymore. With a VERY lightweight machine!

 

[Gare]

I am asking this question for 2 reasons. First one is for people to see how many hours it takes to find targets. It is not just turn on and poof you have good items. Some times it takes hours. The second reason is toi find out WHO i want to detect with LOL I am not up to a 10 to 12 hour detecting day any more. I did want people to see that a LOT of hours are put into this sport

 

[smokeythecat]

Ammoman, dump the job. Gare, you did post an excellent question. The other day I went to a friend's site. I walked 10' and found a 19th century "D" buckle. I also found about 6 more good items, we were there an hour. It was bam, bam bam. The other guys didn't do as well. It had nothing to do with the machines or skill, just getting the coil over the item and digging it. At the one beach I go to, I can walk for half an hour and not get a signal. Now at THIS beach, there is a strong possibility, depending on the tides, of a shipwreck coin, but if I don't get anything within about 3 hours, I'm ready to go home. I have hit this beach 6 hours straight when the coins are present.

 

[ARC]

Some spots... years of occasional working... IF... repeat IF... the spot has been a fruitful in the past.

Heck I have gone back to spots I hunted out 10 years ago... just to see if ground conditions are in better favor for a missed hit.

Now...

When speaking of beaches ... which... are what I primarily hunt...

I have been hitting some of the same spots on beaches for decades.

 

[digginNdreamin]

I am going in a different direction here..I guess im getting softer as I age but The weather has the biggest impact on me..Cold,wind,hot and humid etc.. Ill average 3-4 hrs per outing to answer your question though..

 

[Professor of Engineering]

I still can do my usual 8 - 10 hour hunts with lunch and snack breaks, but nowadays life (teaching responsibilities, home...etc.) seems to reduce that number. I usually start hunting about 6:00 am (most cases) and hunt till 4:00 pm plus; on weekends.

 

[against the wind]

I will hunt a new spot for 4 to 6 hours. If it is productive, I will return over and over and hunt it to death. On average with a packed lunch in my bag, I'll hunt for 4 to 6 hours.