My first Hunt

Wormdrive66 · Apr 15, 2010

Hello everyone, I just bought my first detector and went on the first hunt today with my son. I spent last night planning my trip up to Colfax,CA and admiring all the great finds on this site, so lets just say i was a little excited to get started this morning. Listened to a little Neil Young-Heart of Gold on the way up just to get the mood right. Our first stop was a long gone miners cabin that my Great Grandfather had showed me years ago, lots of junk and one Square nail. Spent about an hour or so poking around to no avail so we moved to a nearby campground and spent a few hours and found a rotting penny. I think i will spend some time getting to know my machine :help:

at some local parks before returning to the gold country. All in all we had a great day wandering through the woods on a beautiful day.

bigtim1973 · Apr 15, 2010

Well at least you were able to locate and dig up what your machine was telling you!!! It looks as if that old nail may be a good sign of other relics or possibly old coins. You may want to try looking around there again once you get to know your machine a little better. Keep it up, Tim

Slabman · Apr 16, 2010

Welcome to the hobby, and T-Net!! You are correct. You need to learn what your machine is telling you.
If you have any silver coins and a silver & gold ring, a nickel, and a pull tab, etc, and make yourself a test
garden in your back yard. Make sure you make an accurate map of where and at what depths you bury
everything. You can use color or number coded golf tee's to mark the positions of the objects you bury.
Then just go over them with your machine, and notice the sounds, and VDI (what your screen says). Keep in
mind, that sometimes the sounds of items might sound differently out in the field, like a coin that's on edge,
or a piece of iron in close proximity of the target, so after you learn the sounds of the items in your test
garden, you will still want to almost dig everything, just to see what made that type of sound and VDI number.
In no time at all, your machine becomes an extension of you, and you will know what your digging up before
you dig it. Hitting public parks that have alot of clad coins, and all of the other stuff that people lose will also
help. The diggings easy, as most of the new stuff will be real shallow, but you'll still get the machine sounds,
and VDI numbers.
Good luck in your treasure hunting adventures!

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Slabman

TheTreasureAddict · Apr 16, 2010

Hey and welcome,

Most all of our first hunt are like that. Dreams of gold nuggets, class rings and silver coins are runnin through ur head only to dig up a rusty nail and a beaten up penny. I've had days like that and they're still great days cause I love hitting a target and dreaming about what it could be. That's what Youll learn to love about detecting, that and spending time with family while doing it. Detecting has brought me and my father kingpulltab closer than we e ever been so enjoy and love even the not so good finding days! Again welcome and may u find lots of silver and gold

Crackbadger

Wormdrive66 · Apr 16, 2010

Thanks for the advise on the treasure garden i think i will do that. I have wanted to do this since i was a kid so i am very happy to finally get started.

pennyfarmer · Apr 16, 2010

What everyone else said.

Nothing can be substituted for experience with your machine.

You have a good machine that will find you some treasure. Keep at it.