Hunted out. Hammered.

[BC1969]

Okay new people to the hobby and old timers alike!
Hear and heed my words!
There is NO such thing as hunted out!

I have parks that I have hunted for decades!
I still find good old stuff in areas that I have hammered!

My version of hammered is probably different than yours due to length of experience and experimentation.

Its never hunted out!
When I want to have the illusion of "finding it all"
I'll hammer it by griding off a 12x12 patch of earth with twine and plastic stakes.
I'll then create new geometry and attack that ground from every conceivable angle!
I use GPS for exact location so I can come back to the exact same spot in a few years.
If you live in an area that experiences the phenomenon of frost heave, then you start to understand how you missed those targets two years ago!
Its comparable to a farmer plowing a field.
Every time he/she does that stuff that was buried is brought up to the surface and next plowing, under it goes and new material comes up.
The frost heave does the same thing in principal.

Never get discouraged!
Even a half of one degree of angle can make you miss a target.

I hope this helps someone.

Have a great day.

Mike.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Well said...


Back in the early 90's I had a good detecting partner, and
we hammered the bejeebers out of most of the parks,
playfields and parking strips in the greater Seattle area.
I have no doubt that others have detected those places
since we were there, and picking up all the goodies we missed.

Had one playfield that was relatively close to my home back then,
and I hit it regular..2-3 days a week. One small area in particular
I must have covered from every possible angle a dozen times.
One cold afternoon I worked the spot again, and was shocked when
I got a high-tone signal on my CZ-6a, and right smack dab in the
middle of that square yard of grass that I'd covered so many times
before. My initial guess was that it was a thin silver earring, recently
lost.

Found the target roughly 12" deep, in damp soil..a 1907 Barber dime,
and the only Barber coin I've ever found.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I agree. I used to work near a town park and wound detect on my lunch-hour. In five years I don't believe I ever had a trip I came back empty-handed. And I also saw other detectorists there on weekends and weekdays. Found a Barber quarter and an IHC so obviously things get missed or conditions change.

I do believe several of the other "shooters" either masked out or ignored nickels. I found LOTS of nickels there.

That park also had a summer field-days. Refreshed the soil.

 

[BC1969]

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Back in the early 90's I had a good detecting partner, and
we hammered the bejeebers out of most of the parks,
playfields and parking strips in the greater Seattle area.
I have no doubt that others have detected those places
since we were there, and picking up all the goodies we missed.

Had one playfield that was relatively close to my home back then,
and I hit it regular..2-3 days a week. One small area in particular
I must have covered from every possible angle a dozen times.
One cold afternoon I worked the spot again, and was shocked when
I got a high-tone signal on my CZ-6a, and right smack dab in the
middle of that square yard of grass that I'd covered so many times
before. My initial guess was that it was a thin silver earring, recently
lost.

Found the target roughly 12" deep, in damp soil..a 1907 Barber dime,
and the only Barber coin I've ever found.

You divulged one of the best kept secrets of metal detecting!
Wet earth.
On detectors such as your CZ-6a they work much better when the soil is well moistened.
Soil conductivity increases when wet.
If you really want to grab the depth from that Fisher or any of the Los Banos units, do it at night with wet soil.
Something about the sunlight hinders the CZ series...The newer ones..blah!

IMHO anyways and I have been using Fisher since 1979 or 8 dunno, getting CRS lol

Congratulations on that Barber!
That's a rare bird out that way I imagine.

 

[BC1969]

I agree. I used to work near a town park and wound detect on my lunch-hour. In five years I don't believe I ever had a trip I came back empty-handed. And I also saw other detectorists there on weekends and weekdays. Found a Barber quarter and an IHC so obviously things get missed or conditions change.

I do believe several of the other "shooters" either masked out or ignored nickels. I found LOTS of nickels there.

That park also had a summer field-days. Refreshed the soil.

I find that often enough, if I start finding lots of tabs and nickels, I know that gold is a good possibility because of lazy folks, disabled folks or just folks cherry picking..

DIG IT ALL!
ALL METAL.

 

[Trezurehunter]

You speak the truth ! I just hunted a school yard yesterday, that I have been hitting on and off for 20 years. Still managed a neat token, and a '56 Wheat. Granted, I don't hunt it often, but you think I would have found those items by now.