ColoradoMike
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I'd like to be a beach hunter but unfortunately since there are no beaches in my neck of the woods, I hunt parks and ball fields quite a bit. When park hunting I find that most targets are less than 4 inches deep or at least that is what I find with my machine. Anyway, when I get a signal that I think is worth digging, I pinpoint to narrow it down to approx a 2" circle, then I use a modified screwdriver to probe until I touch the target item. Once I know where the target is, I can open the grass a bit and pry the target item up and out. I do all this to avoid digging as much as possible. I do carry a Lesch but rarely do I need it.
The blade of the screwdriver has some teeth filed into it on the sides of the blade. When I probe those doggone foil signals that make you wonder, I will generally either pull some foil out or if over a big piece, I can tell it is foil because my probe transmits the feel of a soft item rather than a hard coin, etc. Every now and again, my probe will bring some chain out so then I stop and carefully dig to uncover the rest. I recently brought out a 14K gold chain and pendant this way.
I realize there is a chance I will damage the target item to some extent but that doesn't happen very often. Worst case I might break or bend a chain.
For park hunting and ball field hunting, it is quick, effective, and leaves virtually no trace of digging.
Just more of my 2¢
Good luck and happy hunting all.
Mike
The blade of the screwdriver has some teeth filed into it on the sides of the blade. When I probe those doggone foil signals that make you wonder, I will generally either pull some foil out or if over a big piece, I can tell it is foil because my probe transmits the feel of a soft item rather than a hard coin, etc. Every now and again, my probe will bring some chain out so then I stop and carefully dig to uncover the rest. I recently brought out a 14K gold chain and pendant this way.
I realize there is a chance I will damage the target item to some extent but that doesn't happen very often. Worst case I might break or bend a chain.
For park hunting and ball field hunting, it is quick, effective, and leaves virtually no trace of digging.
Just more of my 2¢
Good luck and happy hunting all.
Mike
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