AirmetTango
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Ok, this might really be a question directed pretty much straight at Mud-puppy, but instead of PMing him, I figured I'd post it as a thread so others who might be interested can benefit from any responses. What the heck is "hopping coil", how and when would you do it, and what are the benefits?? Clearly we aren't adding bitterness, flavor, and aroma to the MD coil (Double D IPA, anyone??)
I've seen a few posts lately where Mud-puppy has mentioned "hop coil" or "hopping coil" as a technique for use in the field while detecting:
From How do you deal with super trashy areas:
From Nox Noticings:
These are just the recent posts - I know I've seen the technique talked about in more detail in older threads that I found when I first started detecting last year, but I haven't been able to find them again in a search - I was intrigued then, but I was also a clueless noob so I quickly forgot about it. I'm even more intrigued now that I've seen it mentioned again and I have a little more experience.
I'm guessing it's a method of pumping the coil over the ground (almost like ground balancing) to help differentiate a ferrrous/non-ferrous target and/or improve separation? Any insight would be much appreciated!
I've seen a few posts lately where Mud-puppy has mentioned "hop coil" or "hopping coil" as a technique for use in the field while detecting:
From How do you deal with super trashy areas:
...You can learn to use alternative coil manipulation techniques in heavy trash areas...a big DD can even work like a sniper...hopping it instead of swinging it...shooting the signal straight down instead of side to side....
From Nox Noticings:
....yes, you can hop coil and stoopNstab clad just like with the F70...
These are just the recent posts - I know I've seen the technique talked about in more detail in older threads that I found when I first started detecting last year, but I haven't been able to find them again in a search - I was intrigued then, but I was also a clueless noob so I quickly forgot about it. I'm even more intrigued now that I've seen it mentioned again and I have a little more experience.
I'm guessing it's a method of pumping the coil over the ground (almost like ground balancing) to help differentiate a ferrrous/non-ferrous target and/or improve separation? Any insight would be much appreciated!