Tips and Tricks: 2015

[Higgy]

Well, I don't think that anyone has started a thread for 2015 yet. What are your favorite tips and tricks that you like for metal detecting? Call 'em hacks if you like. What do have for a cool trick or shortcut for doing something related to detecting? One of my favorite things to use is Pam. Yeah, PAM the cooking spray. I wash my Sampson after I get done with the day of digging, and when it dries, I spray it with PAM. It helps keep moist soils from sticking.

I was having a problem working some very rich soils on the farms that I have been hunting, and it would irritate me to no end that I would have huge globs of soil sticking to the steel on my Lesche and my Sampson. I used to do a lot of woodworking, and I read that guys who cut a lot of pine like to spray PAM on the blades of their table saws to help in keeping the pine resin down. I decided to try it on my digging tools, and I have to say that it worked really nice.

What do you folks have for some decent tips or tricks?

 

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[BigWaveDave]

My trick?...I roll up my sleeves when asking for permissions...one look at my tat, permission granted!!!

 

[villagenut]

I carry a 12 inch probe with me on a certain site I frequent and probe the bottom and sides of the deeper holes that I dig after retrieving the artifact.Quite often I will hear the familiar sound of glass and will dig a bottle from hole before moving on. This of course will not get results on every hole or just any site but on properties where the structure was burned down and leveled along with the iron patch, this does prove a valuable method to score a little extra something. Here is a photo of an old broad hoe from 16 inches and an import beer bottle from just below it, probably from 1870's. Would have missed it had I not probed the already open hole

 

[T.C.]

I use PAM on my snow blower intake and discharge chute and snow shovels....works great!!

Well, I don't think that anyone has started a thread for 2015 yet. What are your favorite tips and tricks that you like for metal detecting? Call 'em hacks if you like. What do have for a cool trick or shortcut for doing something related to detecting? One of my favorite things to use is Pam. Yeah, PAM the cooking spray. I wash my Sampson after I get done with the day of digging, and when it dries, I spray it with PAM. It helps keep moist soils from sticking.

I was having a problem working some very rich soils on the farms that I have been hunting, and it would irritate me to no end that I would have huge globs of soil sticking to the steel on my Lesche and my Sampson. I used to do a lot of woodworking, and I read that guys who cut a lot of pine like to spray PAM on the blades of their table saws to help in keeping the pine resin down. I decided to try it on my digging tools, and I have to say that it worked really nice.

What do you folks have for some decent tips or tricks?

 

[bzbadger]

I use No Touch tire spray does same thing as Pam but leaves no residue, makes items slick so nothing sticks

 

[TheHunterGT]

My trick?...I roll up my sleeves when asking for permissions...one look at my tat, permission granted!!!
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That is rad in so many ways.

 

[bzbadger]

You can tell that tat came straight out of a cracker jack box.

 

[Dave Rishar]

For trash and targets that will be kept but are worth little (trinkets, toy cars, etc.), I use mesh bags on my belt for carrying them. The agitation caused by my movement tends to dislodge the dirt on them, which in turn simply falls out of the bags. As I'm normally hunting in an urban environment, I also like that curious bystanders can see those finds and deduce that I'm basically digging up garbage - a deception that I have no problem with, as it seems to make everyone happier and I don't believe that my good finds are anyone's business but mine...and perhaps a few thousand like-minded strangers on the internet.

Jewelry goes into a pocket, and quickly. I don't bother to examine it more closely until I'm back in the car, especially if it's gold. People have been killed over less here in the past.

 

[Skippy SH13]

Three that I can think of.
1) Wear a knee pad on your opposite knee (from your dominant hand). most of the time, I simply kneel down on one knee. This saves my knee and my pant leg. Makes it a lot more comfortable to detect for a few hours.

2) When its hot outside, just wear your headphones around your neck and turn up the volume to where you can hear it. No point in getting too warm. Besides, when it's warmer outside, there's typically more people, and I find it better to hear what's going on around me.

3) A thick steak knife works wonders in sod. No point in using a massive digger for a 2" dig. A thick bladed steak knife (readily found at thrift stores) works great to cut a small flap and pry it up. Also works great coin popping stuff out of the thatch.

Skippy

 

[relicmeister]

I attached a belt extension to my tool belt where I attached my pro pointer holder so it is roughly halfway down my left theigh. from here I can leave the pro pointer
on throughout my detecting session and it won't be set off by anything. I hate turning it on and off with each use.

 

[metaljunkie]

One of my best time savers is my magnet digger holder. I used a flat piece of plastic from a plastic tub. Cut it to fit in the digger sheath. I then glued multiple rare earth magnets to the plastic. Then just slid it into the sheath. Now the digger clickers and sticks to the out side of the sheath. No more trying to find the sheath opening, or dirt jammed in there. Quick and easy...

 

[leomessi]

 

[Sandman]

Here's a tip for beach hunters.

Wear mirrored polarized sunglasses for cutting the glare from the surface of the water so you can easily see paper money or chains on the bottom. It also helps cut down on beatings from girls that are sunbathing from you staring at them. Or can't we talk about this?

 

[Skippy SH13]

Wow... I just read this (without looking at the author), and though, MAN, that guy is just like Me. I Like this guys style. I went to click the "like" button, and DOH! It WAS me.

Maybe I outa lay off the Diet Mt. Dew for a while. Seems like it's affecting me.

Three that I can think of.
1) Wear a knee pad on your opposite knee (from your dominant hand). most of the time, I simply kneel down on one knee. This saves my knee and my pant leg. Makes it a lot more comfortable to detect for a few hours.

2) When its hot outside, just wear your headphones around your neck and turn up the volume to where you can hear it. No point in getting too warm. Besides, when it's warmer outside, there's typically more people, and I find it better to hear what's going on around me.

3) A thick steak knife works wonders in sod. No point in using a massive digger for a 2" dig. A thick bladed steak knife (readily found at thrift stores) works great to cut a small flap and pry it up. Also works great coin popping stuff out of the thatch.

Skippy

 

[Skippy SH13]

We can ALWAYS talk about how girls beat you up because you were watching them sunbathe like a creeper.

oh DO tell...

This could be funny... or really really sad. Either way, I'm up for returning later to read all about it!

Here's a tip for beach hunters.

Wear mirrored polarized sunglasses for cutting the glare from the surface of the water so you can easily see paper money or chains on the bottom. It also helps cut down on beatings from girls that are sunbathing from you staring at them. Or can't we talk about this?

 

[Higgy]

I like to wear lightweight mechanics coveralls, long-sleeves, or a pair of Carharrt coveralls when detecting. This totally eliminates the dreaded crack-attack. It also eliminates the need to haul up on your drawers every time you bend over to dig. My preference is the coveralls. They are roomy, and if you get the 65% polyester/35% cotton, they look sharp, and are quite cool and comfortable. Clothing IS gear.