Lingo for the new guys

[Woodland Detectors]

I just thought I would post this for the new guys in the hobby. Please add to it if you wish!

HH - happy hunting
MDing - metal detecting
TH'ing - treasure hunting
tector - metal detector

clad - any US coin that is "sandwiched" with alloys of different metals.
merc - mercury dime
rosie - silver roosevelt dime
wheatie - wheat back cent

IH - indian head cent
Walker - Walking Liberty Half Dollar
cartwheel - silver dollar
mint mark - a special mark placed on coins to let you know where or who made it.

coinshooters - detectorist who look mainly for coins
beach hunters - detectorists who mainly hunt beaches
relic hunters - detectorists who hunt mainly woods

probe - A tool to pinpoint the target while still in ground
the machine - your detector
digger - the tool used to dig your targets
topsoil - first 4 inches of ground

hipmount - mounting the control box of your detector with a belt on your waist
display - the target identification on your detector
ground balance - adjusting the detector to the mineralization in the soil
disc - ability of your detector to reject unwanted metal
tweak it - adjusting the detector
whispers - low, barely audible tones
beep beep - the sound certain detectors make.

dig it - just dig it up
find - something you found
finds - the good stuff you found
multi-targs - an area with a lot of targets
keepers - the targets that you keep whether good or bad
cache - a large amount of coins or jewelry buried together in a container
nice haul - a comment on your great finds
thingy - something you find and don't know what it is
sand stuff - normal trash you find in the sand
globola - a black corroded glob
black gunk - in the water where the sand don't move
snippers and snappers - small items you find

hunting - grabbing your detector and going!
newbie - someone new at the hobby
loner - a detectorist that doesn't belong to a club
seeded hunt - a hunt where the the finds have been scattered or planted

dry sand - The sand people lay there blankets and lawn chairs
wet sand - The high tide line to the low tide line, at low tide
blanket line - first 10 ft in the dry sand, from the high tide line
gridding the beach - detecting using a pattern as you walk along, most common is "straight" or "circular"
hot rock - a black volcanic rock, meteorite, or a rock that gives a off a metallic signal
erosion - a part of the beach that will strip right down to bedrock.
black sand - iron particles that are so small they look like sand

coil - the round thing at the end of your detector
WOT coil - a 15 inch coil made by Coil Tech, for Minelab detectors
hard wired - a modification or quick fix to your detector
swingin' coil time - the amount of time you spent detecting
pulseor PI - a waterproof detector that locates all metal targets
VLF - auto discriminates against iron
Target ID - a meter or display that shows you what your target might be.
Tone ID - different sounds identifying different target's sounds


Did You Know?

- Metal detectors use radio waves, much like radar
- Pulse Induction is used exclusively by underwater detectors
- Very Low Frequency (VLF) detectors operate between 3-30 kHz
- Even under ideal conditions, most detectors can only get 6-12" deep.

 

[Sandman]

Very good list, but you forgot one.

fubar - stabbed with the probe to hard.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Also:

"%#&@^!!" - Introduced Lesche to face of Seated Liberty quarter.

"D'Oh!" - left spare batteries at home.

Pull Tab - what a detector icon really means in spite of what is displayed.

Sock'er Mom - the angry woman at the tot lot who punches you in the eye and accuses you of being a child abductor.

 

[godisnum1]

Crap, I just realized I'm a Loner... lol

Oh... you forgot "canslaw - a beverage can that has been torn to pieces or chunks" (which I hate digging)

Bran <><

 

[extractor]

Dirt bank = Where we go with the metal detector to make withdrawls!

 

[scrubber]

Canopy -- what you end up with in your car after failing to find a restroom in a crowded area.

 

[GopherDaGold]

WAG= "Wild A$$ Guess"

THAT'S the one I was wondering about!!

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Good ones!

 

[Tank69]

cherry picker.......someone who only cleans off the top easy finds of any worth but leaves everything else .

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

Dirt Fishing - another name for metal detecting.

 

[DCMatt]

Three ringer - a civil war era bullet

I seen posts by people confused with this monicker. One guy thought it meant the detector rang three times on the target.

DCMatt

 

[Noodle]

A$$ - Acronym for "Abandoned Spouse Society" - The poor unfortunate non-detecting folks who accompany their spouses and loved ones to organized hunts, who sit around and stare at one another until they get bored, realize all the others are bored, and they decide to talk to one another and realize they are all members of a unique society... that being ASSes. (This originated several years ago at the first Missouri organized hunt. True. Four or five spouses sat in a circle at the top of a hill overlooking a nice civil war valley where their spouses were hunting. Being the true souls they were, they banded together and a couple of hours later declared themselves to be "The ASSes." When asked what that meant, .... they couldn't remember. They had to go by each letter to d e c l a r e themselves to be the ABANDONED SPOUSE SOCIETY. We, the hunters, left them to their own devices the rest of the weekend... and then declared them to be the ORGANIZERS OF THE ASSES!

Hi, all you ASSes!! May your organization grow and grow and grow!