Your Detector Is Only A Tool

MR.D

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Having a detector that does everything but shine your shoes is great. But it will only do half the job.
You have to train your mind to focus every minuet of the day to find treasure.

So many times I have been out and about and found valuable jewelry just laying on the ground.
You would not believe how many times I have found an item of value before the detector is close to it.
Here is an example:
I was once hunting a tot on a cold, drizzly, day and the wind was blowing about 35 mph.
I glanced over at the sand box and it was smooth as glass. Then I realized in the middle laying on top of the sand, was a long, 14 K gold chain, like someone had layed it out in a straight line for me to find.

The strange thing was, it took a minuet or so to realize what I was looking at. That's because I had let my mind get lazy and focused on only what the detector found and not what I was looking for.

If your mind does not recognize what you are looking at, you lose. How many times do you look for something that is in plain sight but don't see it?
There are many ways to keep your mind focused for treasure. On rainy days check around the drains in the parking lots or check the fence line on windy days. These are just a couple of exercises you can do to stay sharp.
I am always looking for what is on the ground every where I go. It just amazes me how many times I do find items of value.

Not every day is a payday, but if you're in the right frame of mind, you can bring them closer together.
 
I agree, lots of surface finds for me while MD-in and also just going out to parking lots, stores and resturants im always looking around.:shock:
 
I eyeball find lot of stuff while walking my dog, even wadded up paper money in the grass. Found a 2 D-cell Maglite once, even had the LED upgrade bulb, looked brand new. It was wet with morning dew, knew it been there most the night. Spot coins, day or night, mostly pennies and quarters. Think mostly, it's because we walk the same streets, twice every day, so it's easy to see things out of place, new.
 
Interesting post, I agree completely.
When I detect, I am totally engrossed and completely focused.
Once a week or so, I will hunt a totlot and let my brain melt.
In other words, just digging clad for fun:D
 
Like the two $100 bills I found laying on the floor while walking thru a casino. Or the wallet with the $100 bill still in it after being thrown on the side of the road=found while riding my bike. I also have a new hammer, box of fishing tackle, several bills of different denoms-like the 2 $20 bills I found while walking to the playground to detect. I turned off my detector and went home!:laughing: Many tools found while riding my bike. In fact, I had ridden 15 miles to the next town and found a man's wallet LOADED and with all information and knew where the street was located and rode up JUST as he finished returning from a bass tournament. He could hardly believe it-said he'd left it on the boat and didn't know what to do. When I tried to refuse the $20 reward, he said "Oh, no. Last time I spent over $100 stopping the credit cards, etc. and that I SAVED him money. He then picked up my bike and DROVE me back home!:shock: Wonderful, wonderful hobby.:cool:
 
Having a detector that does everything but shine your shoes is great. But it will only do half the job.
You have to train your mind to focus every minuet of the day to find treasure.

So many times I have been out and about and found valuable jewelry just laying on the ground.
You would not believe how many times I have found an item of value before the detector is close to it.
Here is an example:
I was once hunting a tot on a cold, drizzly, day and the wind was blowing about 35 mph.
I glanced over at the sand box and it was smooth as glass. Then I realized in the middle laying on top of the sand, was a long, 14 K gold chain, like someone had layed it out in a straight line for me to find.

The strange thing was, it took a minuet or so to realize what I was looking at. That's because I had let my mind get lazy and focused on only what the detector found and not what I was looking for.

If your mind does not recognize what you are looking at, you lose. How many times do you look for something that is in plain sight but don't see it?
There are many ways to keep your mind focused for treasure. On rainy days check around the drains in the parking lots or check the fence line on windy days. These are just a couple of exercises you can do to stay sharp.
I am always looking for what is on the ground every where I go. It just amazes me how many times I do find items of value.

Not every day is a payday, but if you're in the right frame of mind, you can bring them closer together.


Great post!
 
I went fishing with my buddies from work not too long ago at a lock. They were looking for fish while I couldn't keep my eyes off the sandbar we were fishing off of. Needless to say, I went home with a lot of "free tackle" that day. They didn't catch much, so I'd call it even.
 
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