Second Day Metal Detecting

[Silver Wendigo]

Since I didn't have the chance to post yesterday, I'll post my finds from yesterday with my finds today.
Yesterday I visited my relatives' house in Montgomery, and I arrived a bit late, so I only had about an hour to detect before it got dark. I found a nail (I practically have a nail collection now) and a black rock that the pinpointer said was metal so I took it too. Later I found out that it was a hunk of melted copper.
Today I went detecting in the backyard again for more practice and found 8 more nails (see what I mean?!). I also found 2 pieces of iron rebar, one of which was as long as my arm, plus 2 lengths of steel wire. They were probably wrapped around the rebar to hold it in place when the concrete was poured.
Hopefully I actually start finding things besides trash soon. Any tips you guys can give me for the Bounty Hunter Discovery 2200 would be helpful, especially on how to find coins with it. Happy New Year's!

 

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[Loco-Digger]

I would discriminate out iron and then go hunting. Also, you should throw an assortment of coins on the ground and swing your coil over them. You will now know the VDI for each coin along with it's tone.

Have you watched this video?

 

[CTwoods]

If that s really a ball of copper, then you can find coins too

As with any brand, take a few things to bury for a test. A quarter, a dime, pre-1882 penny, a nickel for sure, and a couple sizes of those nails..

about 3-4 inches deep, and if it's super dry dirt, maybe wet them in.

Now try adjusting disc to knock out the nails, but don't go too far and get a poor hit on the nickel

spend some time and listen to the different targets you buried

 

[Silver Wendigo]

Thanks for the video Loco! Definitely a big help. I probably just need to turn the sensitivity down. If it doesn't rain tomorrow I'll try out the coin experiment a couple of times.

 

[Cletus]

if you hit the disc/AM button a R will appear on the screen.
this should discriminates nails and wire. if not you can use the "zap" button to
set the machine so it will not tone on unwanted objects.

 

[Garrett424]

The main thing is to keep practicing and then go practice some more. The more you use your machine the more you'll learn it's language and the more treasure will begin to appear.
Once you start digging clad coins it'll only get better. In no time you'll instinctively know what kind of metal is under your coil. I would also disc out iron to start. Once you learn the signals and tones you can hunt with no disc at all if you want but you'll know what those iron signals sound and feel like.

Oh, and don't EVER be afraid to dig pull tabs and other trash. Trust me on that. The gold is hiding in the same range. If you dig a thousand pull tabs chances are you'll hit a little gold and pick up lots of nickels along the way.

Welcome to T'Net and to the addiction to a fantastic hobby.
Good luck and HH in 2016.....

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks for the video Loco! Definitely a big help. I probably just need to turn the sensitivity down. If it doesn't rain tomorrow I'll try out the coin experiment a couple of times.

I would not turn down the sensitivity from its highest setting unless the ground conditions force you to. ie. unstable/chatty/false signaling.
You are best off learning the sounds (takes 100's of hours), look at the VDI numbers but don't use them as a means to dig or not dig, as they are unreliable.

I would also have the Discrim really low but as your starting out, it maybe best at the mid-point.

General rule is Ses high, Dism low, this will have the best depth for most sites.

 

[bill from lachine]

Like others have said just knock out the iron and pretty much dig everything else and you might even find some pulltabs like in my avatar.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[against the wind]

Practice, Practice, Practice

 

[Silver Wendigo]

I thank all of you so much for all of the tips. I have some good news! This weekend I went detecting a bit west of Palestine, Texas where my grandparents live and I finally found my first coins! A 1998 clad dime in a campsite out in the woods, and a 1966 clad dime in the parking lot of a nearby church. I went detecting for 15 minutes in my front yard today too, and the first target I pulled up out of the ground was a 1965 clad quarter. Against the wind was certainly right, it really does just take practice.

 

[Scrappy]

Keep at it. I personally keep my detector "open" with no descrim. Also i keep it full sensitivity and so between the two you won't miss a thing

Like Cru said - 100's of hours. Then after thousands of hours you'll start finding the stuff you missed with 100's of hours under your belt. Whatta hobby right?! Congrats on day 2 and dig everything!

 

[trapperart]

It'll come