i think im getting the hang of this now!

[shaun7]

went detecting for an hour or so today and nearly managed more coins than crap
i thought i had done this area to death(obviously not).
nothing old but i did get silver(1928 sixpence)
two pound coins that were in the same hole, the ice-cream man has them now!
1967 penny plus a couple more.

 

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[Detectingfreak]

nice job on the old coin!

 

[tinpan]

Hi shaun You still had a better day than i did

tinpan

 

[49er]

Fantastic finds... Don't give up on finding those lost treasures over their on your side of the pond..

 

[blklab]

Terrific finds Shaun. Your doing real well. You folks have nice coins on that
side of the pond. Congratulations. Doug (blklab)

 

[ivan salis]

try the coin crawl method yet?

 

[shaun7]

thanks all, and no ivan it was too wet and muddy+ i was right next to a main road!
i could have had all sorts of emergency services turning up

 

[CRUSADER]

All I can say is that Weds will make that silver look brand new. I predict your first hammered

 

[shaun7]

All I can say is that Weds will make that silver look brand new. I predict your first hammered

 

[woody50]

All I can say is that Weds will make that silver look brand new. I predict your first hammered

What is a Weds?

 

[woody50]

Shaun, every week seems to be getting better. I know when I started out it was every day searching, and by doing that I found more. But just like you have now learned, don't ever count a place searched. Just walking again over the ground you will find more, things that you missed. Or you could be (I think this) getting better at this business. It takes a long time to get a good ear for your detector, and you seem to be improving, knowing which signals to dig. Always dig everything in the beginning, and later somewhat less, but don't disregard all the signals. Coins and objects give funny signals sometimes. I dig I guess 5 holes with junk, and one with a find, even now. And that out of 7 signals. I think when you do find a hammered it will be more than one.

 

[shaun7]

Shaun, every week seems to be getting better. I know when I started out it was every day searching, and by doing that I found more. But just like you have now learned, don't ever count a place searched. Just walking again over the ground you will find more, things that you missed. Or you could be (I think this) getting better at this business. It takes a long time to get a good ear for your detector, and you seem to be improving, knowing which signals to dig. Always dig everything in the beginning, and later somewhat less, but don't disregard all the signals. Coins and objects give funny signals sometimes. I dig I guess 5 holes with junk, and one with a find, even now. And that out of 7 signals. I think when you do find a hammered it will be more than one.

thanks woody, i've started lifting the coil on a "good signal" because large or deep iron can sound like a coin with my machine! if the signal is still there after lifting the coil 5 inches then i think i know its iron!

weds is wednesday when with a bit of luck and a lot of driving i will have a post to be proud of

 

[Golden1]

I think you got the hang of it

Congrats

G1

 

[woody50]

Shaun, every week seems to be getting better. I know when I started out it was every day searching, and by doing that I found more. But just like you have now learned, don't ever count a place searched. Just walking again over the ground you will find more, things that you missed. Or you could be (I think this) getting better at this business. It takes a long time to get a good ear for your detector, and you seem to be improving, knowing which signals to dig. Always dig everything in the beginning, and later somewhat less, but don't disregard all the signals. Coins and objects give funny signals sometimes. I dig I guess 5 holes with junk, and one with a find, even now. And that out of 7 signals. I think when you do find a hammered it will be more than one.

thanks woody, i've started lifting the coil on a "good signal" because large or deep iron can sound like a coin with my machine! if the signal is still there after lifting the coil 5 inches then i think i know its iron!

weds is wednesday when with a bit of luck and a lot of driving i will have a post to be proud of

'a lot of driving'. I am not sure where you live exactly, but there must be good finds in your area. I know from experience that sites away from your area always seem better, but its not always so. You just have to find the right fields and 'hot spots'.

OK, but just be sure about that, lifting the coil. You can miss stuff that way. Don't forget, the deeper an object, the more difficulty the discrimination is for your detector. Lifting the coil does say how large an item is, that is for sure. But like I say, if its easy to dig, and you don't get any cracking sounds I dig it....

But good luck Wednesday! Wish I was with you!

 

[shaun7]

Shaun, every week seems to be getting better. I know when I started out it was every day searching, and by doing that I found more. But just like you have now learned, don't ever count a place searched. Just walking again over the ground you will find more, things that you missed. Or you could be (I think this) getting better at this business. It takes a long time to get a good ear for your detector, and you seem to be improving, knowing which signals to dig. Always dig everything in the beginning, and later somewhat less, but don't disregard all the signals. Coins and objects give funny signals sometimes. I dig I guess 5 holes with junk, and one with a find, even now. And that out of 7 signals. I think when you do find a hammered it will be more than one.

thanks woody, i've started lifting the coil on a "good signal" because large or deep iron can sound like a coin with my machine! if the signal is still there after lifting the coil 5 inches then i think i know its iron!

weds is wednesday when with a bit of luck and a lot of driving i will have a post to be proud of

'a lot of driving'. I am not sure where you live exactly, but there must be good finds in your area. I know from experience that sites away from your area always seem better, but its not always so. You just have to find the right fields and 'hot spots'.

OK, but just be sure about that, lifting the coil. You can miss stuff that way. Don't forget, the deeper an object, the more difficulty the discrimination is for your detector. Lifting the coil does say how large an item is, that is for sure. But like I say, if its easy to dig, and you don't get any cracking sounds I dig it....

But good luck Wednesday! Wish I was with you!

thanks woody, i shouldn't have to worry about this on wednesday as crusader is lending me a cortes

 

[woody50]

Shaun, every week seems to be getting better. I know when I started out it was every day searching, and by doing that I found more. But just like you have now learned, don't ever count a place searched. Just walking again over the ground you will find more, things that you missed. Or you could be (I think this) getting better at this business. It takes a long time to get a good ear for your detector, and you seem to be improving, knowing which signals to dig. Always dig everything in the beginning, and later somewhat less, but don't disregard all the signals. Coins and objects give funny signals sometimes. I dig I guess 5 holes with junk, and one with a find, even now. And that out of 7 signals. I think when you do find a hammered it will be more than one.

thanks woody, i've started lifting the coil on a "good signal" because large or deep iron can sound like a coin with my machine! if the signal is still there after lifting the coil 5 inches then i think i know its iron!

weds is wednesday when with a bit of luck and a lot of driving i will have a post to be proud of

'a lot of driving'. I am not sure where you live exactly, but there must be good finds in your area. I know from experience that sites away from your area always seem better, but its not always so. You just have to find the right fields and 'hot spots'.

OK, but just be sure about that, lifting the coil. You can miss stuff that way. Don't forget, the deeper an object, the more difficulty the discrimination is for your detector. Lifting the coil does say how large an item is, that is for sure. But like I say, if its easy to dig, and you don't get any cracking sounds I dig it....

But good luck Wednesday! Wish I was with you!

thanks woody, i shouldn't have to worry about this on wednesday as crusader is lending me a cortes

Sounds great... don't forget, if your ship comes in we can maybe find one for you....