Pound for Pound.

[relic nut]

Thought I would mix it up a little today and show how much junk you need to dig to get good stuff. I think sometimes I dig 3 lbs of junk to get 1/8 lb of good stuff. We see some awesome finds on this forum but rarely see the junk. Junk is a reality of this hobby and, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. Every hole to me is like a lotto ticket, you never know what you'll get. Today I hunted a Union camp that I have been to many times. The relics on this site are getting scarese so we discriminant very little and dig a lot. The site still produces bullets and I will take them all day long. I love the pretty music they make on my ATPro. It is the one signal that I can almost always guess what it is. I have a small pouch for good stuff and a five gal bucket for junk. Although my good/junk ratio changes constantly, I've never needed the bucket for good stuff. Hope everyone had a great weekend, I did. Thanks for looking.

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on the bullet and round ball recoveries. You are right about the amount of junk we retrieve for every good item, as relic hunters that is to be expected!

A lot of people in my area do not dig mid-tones, they say "All I do is dig junk". I wish to thank them for leaving all of the nickels, Gold and Platinum for me to recover; its been a very productive year!

 

[relic nut]

I hear ya, a lot of the deep buttons I have dug give real iffy signals. If you are relic hunting you need to dig every consistent signal. I trust my shovel way more than my vdi. Lol