FurTrade
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I have a Bounty Hunter Quick Draw II that I know is not the best of the best that I have been using for about a month now on a farm property. I have 40 acres, including some plowed fields, large grassy yard, riverbeds, woods, etc. I have started trying to learn in the grassy yard but am having a really tough time finding anything. The ground is littered with nails, broken iron and other farm implements from the last 200 years. I would estimate 10% of the targets that I get a good reading on yield anything on a dig. I would actually be happy to find junk because part of me just wants to clean up the yard. Eventually I want to go relic hunting because there were Mohawk and War of 1812 regiments in this area.
Should I completely ignore the depth reader? I have read I should ignore the discrimination and learn to listen. I am learning the tones but when I go over a target it seems to jump, even after I try to pin point for a few minutes. When I hear a tone is that coming from the centre or outside of the coil or both? Once I dig what I believe was the spot, I go over it with a sweep and find that the detector thinks it is just north or south of the hole I dug.
I also have a cheapo pinpointer that has yet to pick up anything in the ground. It struggles to even go off when I touch it right to an item. I would like one that picks up anything within an inch. I'd rather buy a better pinpointer if that's the problem. I cannot afford a new detector.
Should I completely ignore the depth reader? I have read I should ignore the discrimination and learn to listen. I am learning the tones but when I go over a target it seems to jump, even after I try to pin point for a few minutes. When I hear a tone is that coming from the centre or outside of the coil or both? Once I dig what I believe was the spot, I go over it with a sweep and find that the detector thinks it is just north or south of the hole I dug.
I also have a cheapo pinpointer that has yet to pick up anything in the ground. It struggles to even go off when I touch it right to an item. I would like one that picks up anything within an inch. I'd rather buy a better pinpointer if that's the problem. I cannot afford a new detector.
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