hillbillydigger
Elite Member
Went to a park with tot lot and can't believe I found absolutely nothing despite the detector going off like crazy. I wanna cry nearly because I thought I had done a lot of reading over past month and thought I had it figured out. The F-2 manual isn't very informative so I wasn't really sure about the notch button and I don't understand how the depth indicator reads. Please don't laugh at me I realized I don't understand what is probably the most basic concept which part of the coil is doing the reading? Is it the center? Well what really is even the center when its an open coil with a hole in the middle?? I thought I was hitting something with the right edge and dug several inches and nothing. The pinpointer wasn't even picking up anything though yes it did work because my trowel made it go off. That's another thing my Lesche hasn't arrived yet so all I have is the little trowel I dig in my flower pots with which I've discovered is the only thing it can dig into is potting soil. I had just gotten into the tot lot and learning for first time wood mulch is hard to dig especially when damp then 5 toddlers appeared and stood an arm length beside me staring at me like they were either Stepford children or zombies. I didn't bother speaking to them because I didn't think any of them spoke English and wasn't sure what to say anyway. If they had said "hey whatcha doing?" at least that would have given me a segway to explain why I was scraping around in the mulch on 'their' playground with that funky metal thing in my hand. So yes toddlers scared me away. Then I wasn't having any luck on the grassy areas digging anything up with my pathetic garden trowel that will not cut a plug. Course I couldn't figure out how far to dig down anyway.
To make matters worse I couldn't use the headphones I bought because the F-2 headphone jack is for a larger size plug. I purchased an adaptor on way home so hopefully that will work.(it was pouring rain later so didn't want to get detector out of trunk to try the adaptor) I realize now even though I have read a lot I still don't know what the heck I am doing. Every inch of dirt was reading something mostly iron and under 10 reading. I had a few high numbers like 73 in the quarter range and keep thinking what if that was something really good like jewelry. Epic fail in the tot lot. Hanging my head in shame now at all the money I have spent on this and couldn't even come up with a penny out of the dirt or for that matter even a pull tab.
To make matters worse I couldn't use the headphones I bought because the F-2 headphone jack is for a larger size plug. I purchased an adaptor on way home so hopefully that will work.(it was pouring rain later so didn't want to get detector out of trunk to try the adaptor) I realize now even though I have read a lot I still don't know what the heck I am doing. Every inch of dirt was reading something mostly iron and under 10 reading. I had a few high numbers like 73 in the quarter range and keep thinking what if that was something really good like jewelry. Epic fail in the tot lot. Hanging my head in shame now at all the money I have spent on this and couldn't even come up with a penny out of the dirt or for that matter even a pull tab.