longbow62
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I hear people mention a good way to tell if a target is worthy of digging is changing swing direction to see if it I.D. numbers stay the same or similar. I get that I think, but what if there is say a nail near it or another trash target that might change the numbers if swing direction is changed. I have not been doing this long enough to know if what situations the change of swing direction could fool you into not digging a good target.
What about a coin not lying perfectly flat. Could changing swing direction on a coin close to or on edge not drastically change the I.D. numbers? No one wants to pass good targets, and no one would rather dig every trash target. On most of the sites I hunt digging everything is just not feasible.
On anther note I dig a lot of targets that read exactly like solid coin numbers. I just know I have a coin and it turns out to be a washer or small semi coin shaped piece of metal. Copper tubing does this a lot too. Am I missing something? Does everyone get fooled by this stuff?
What about a coin not lying perfectly flat. Could changing swing direction on a coin close to or on edge not drastically change the I.D. numbers? No one wants to pass good targets, and no one would rather dig every trash target. On most of the sites I hunt digging everything is just not feasible.
On anther note I dig a lot of targets that read exactly like solid coin numbers. I just know I have a coin and it turns out to be a washer or small semi coin shaped piece of metal. Copper tubing does this a lot too. Am I missing something? Does everyone get fooled by this stuff?