How To Metal Detect Successfully
5) Try to treasure hunt at night, you might find it more rewarding. During the night hunt, you are less distracted by visual and audio factors such as surroundings, movements, noises, onlookers, etc. The focus of your attention is narrowed to the light circle of your headlamp on the ground, thus enabling you not to overlook any interesting object laying in dirt.
6) Never discard junk targets before investigating them thoroughly. It is better to bring the questionable items home, rinse the dirt off them and examine them closely. Be sure there is nothing valuable left in that pile!
7) Never ignore large iron targets. Dig them up! They may conceal many valuable targets under them, or may be the hidden treasures themselves.
8) Use minimum Discrimination or none at all at the picnic grove sites. The usual homestead iron junk is absent there, and you will be able to detect deepest, i.e. oldest coins; less discrimination - more depth.
9) Do not be discouraged by someone saying, "This site has been "worked out" completely!" It is never true! You can visit such a site every year and find a handful of coins and buttons, especially if you scan the spots next to the road. Believe it or not, many treasure hunters park their cars at those spots before searching them with metal detector first.
10) Always bring a magnifying glass with you. It will help you determine the value of finds like, for example, coins with key-dates. You would not want to toss such valuable coins into the pouch where they can be easily scratched by dirt and other finds.
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