How do I dig up coins and stuff I found with my metal detector?
Tom S asked:
Ok so I got this new metal detector but every time I get a good signal I can never find it when I go to do dig. BTW I have the Bounty Hunter Quick 2 , and i have a pair of headphones for it.
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Ok so I got this new metal detector but every time I get a good signal I can never find it when I go to do dig. BTW I have the Bounty Hunter Quick 2 , and i have a pair of headphones for it.
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Tags: Bounty Hunter, Coins, New Metal
December 9th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
Depends on how deep you are probing. You might need a shovel or you might need a tea spoon…..
December 11th, 2007 at 11:56 pm
All you need is a gardeners spade, it’s easier to handle than a shovel, and can be used in almost any type ground, sand, dirt, grass, mud.
You can find a cheap one at Walmart in the Home and Garden section. They will know what you are talking about if you tell a clerk you need a gardeners spade.
krystan
December 14th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Dig it out with whatever you have, scan the dirt you just dug out. If there is no signal, scan the hole again and if there is no signal there or the dirt you dug out, it was probably a false reading or black sand. If there is a signal in the hole, dig deeper and careful. If there is a signal in the dirt you dug out sift through it. Treat it as an excavation of an archaeological site.
December 17th, 2007 at 6:09 am
A lot of people use a large bladed knife…so as to not damage whatever you are digging..if it isn’t too deep of course!
December 17th, 2007 at 8:22 am
You may be under/over estimating the depth being signaled by your detector. Try burying objects of different size, different metals at different depths, as a way of verifying how your detector behaves in different situations.