Hey Paticake, what kinda Bounty Hunter do you have, they are good starter machines, I'd suggest starting in a park near you, so you can get to know the machine, first of all read the manual or if it does not have one you can go to the Bounty Hunter web site and down load a manual for your machine, there you can learn how to set it up, any machine needs to be properly dialed in before each hunter and on some rechecked during each hunt so that it will react to the ground like it should because most all hunting enviroments change as you move from location to location, around swings, sand pits any where people congregate in a park is good... Good Luck