Advice to newbies -

steve in so la · Sep 14, 2010

When I started detecting about 30 years ago I hit every place I had grown up with. After a few years & I had learned my detecting skills much better (if not then find another hobby) I hit the original sites again and dug yet more. After I had done it the very first time I didn't believe there was anything left. I sure was wrong.

And after doing it the second time I returned a third time later and detected at a different angle and dug yet more !

So do these spots when you can and as much as you can while you can. Now I sit here thinking of several sites that produced a load of coins but are now totally locked up, destroyed or just not available.

Get in while you can, no place will last forever, steve in so az

goob · Sep 16, 2010

Thats great advice! Goes to show that a site is never really hunted out!

JBird · Sep 18, 2010

Thanks for the advice Steve.

dpitt8 · Sep 23, 2010

so very true

NevTrac · Sep 23, 2010

Great advice Steve. One of the first places I detected was on old abandoned campground where I found A few clad coins. Went back 3 months later & found twice as much, including 3 wheats. No silver yet, but I know it's there and I will find it.

DIGGER27 · Sep 23, 2010

steve in so az said:
When I started detecting about 30 years ago

30 years, huh?
Surprised you can still swing a detector :oldguy:

Thanks for the tips...it is a good thing you are still able to pass on your knowledge...Before you forget it all, that is. :giggle:

Just kidding...I kid...I am a big kidder!

steve in so la · Sep 24, 2010

I have another 20 years left to swing, just getting warmed up

Steve

M-scope · Sep 24, 2010

Good Advice!. I think back on some of the places that I hit when I was "Green" and didnt quite understand everything my detector was telling me or worked the sites thoroughly... Now, 20 some years later, alot of those sites are gone/un-touchable. :no:

sonnydigs · Jun 17, 2012

Great bit of advice Steve...
Soil conditions, moisture in the ground, hitting it at different angles, using different settings, using a different coil, new detector and newer technology, etc.. It can all bring different finds that were missed . I always say, it's never all found..
This year is 40 yrs since I bought my first detector.. Still just as excited today as I was in the summer of 72 when I found detecting to be my passion..
Thanks for all your great and interesting posts..HH
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