Another question for you guys

What factors do you think govern a successful hunt. List them in order if you want. Just wondering your thoughts are on this subject

A successful hunt is where it is you and the great outdoors. Doesn't matter the detector you use as long as you enjoy using it. If you find something great it's awsome but even if it's just a few old horse shoes and iron relics it was still a good day.

Welgund Wrote:
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> A successful hunt is where it is you and the great
> outdoors. Doesn't matter the detector you use as
> long as you enjoy using it. If you find something
> great it's awsome but even if it's just a few old
> horse shoes and iron relics it was still a good da
> y.

2xs

Believing that you will dig something good. Without that, you might as well give up.

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MichiganRelicHunter Wrote:
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> Welgund Wrote:
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> > A successful hunt is where it is you and the gre
> at
> > outdoors. Doesn't matter the detector you use a
> s
> > long as you enjoy using it. If you find somethi
> ng
> > great it's awsome but even if it's just a few ol
> d
> > horse shoes and iron relics it was still a good
> da
> > y.
>
> 2xs

I couldn't agree with you guys more. My feelings exactly. But. When you go on a hunt say Saturday and find nothing but trash, most would consider that an unsuccessful day. Then go out on Sunday and find something like that awesome brass bell or some nice coins, buttons and such, human nature says to you, that was a successful day. So what factors governed that Sunday hunt. Was it the detector, Mother Nature, location, just what.

Even if you find thrash and nothing else, you have gained more knowledge on the workings of your detector, ground and targets.....that will help you during your next hunt................eventually it all pays off.
Just using a detector, learning how to use it and seeing what it can do is fun.......

DeepTech Vista X with 3 search coils.
Works for me

For me, a successful hunt is doing the research, getting permission and finding out that what you hoped was gonna be a good spot, turns out to be a good spot.

Other than that, every hunt is a good hunt regardless of finds.

one where you don't step in dog shite

Bill long Wrote:
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> I couldn't agree with you guys more. My feelings e
> xactly. But. When you go on a hunt say Saturday a
> nd find nothing but trash, most would consider tha
> t an unsuccessful day. Then go out on Sunday and f
> ind something like that awesome brass bell or some
> nice coins, buttons and such, human nature says to
> you, that was a successful day. So what factors go
> verned that Sunday hunt. Was it the detector, Moth
> er Nature, location, just what.


Location location location 1st and foremost

if you hunt places where there's little to nothing to be dug = doesn't matter what detector you use or how skilled/experienced you are you won't find much/anything

it only helps to be a skilled hunter and in the choice of machine used

Perfect example is one of my long ago diggin buddies who never even held a detector until the day I took him to a virgin site nobody ever dug before (this was like 17/18 yrs ago) way out in the woods near a lake on a cold spring day in early April. I let him use a GTAx 1000 I had as a backup unit and I was using my CZ20 --- we weren't there 20 minutes and he starts yelling he found a big coin,,, I walked over and sure enough he dug a 1921 silver Morgan dollar about 5 ft from the shoreline of the lake in the sand next to a dead deer carcass at about 6 inches deep! That's when I knew the lake had to have a ton of stuff IN it and so I went back the next day all alone with my wetsuit to get in the cold 38/40 degree water and proceeded to dig a massive amount of stuff in the lake that would make you cry if I listed it all (1800s thru 1950s) coins, silver/gold jewelry, religious medals, old toys, etc!! At that point it had been a good decade or more since having found a lake with that kind of/amount of stuff in it as most lakes here were cleaned out in the 80s (as is the case across the country) and now have mostly nothing in them except recent drops for the most part and only if you get there before someone else does

MichiganRelicHunter Wrote:
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> Bill long Wrote:
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>
> > I couldn't agree with you guys more. My feelings
> e
> > xactly. But. When you go on a hunt say Saturday
> a
> > nd find nothing but trash, most would consider t
> ha
> > t an unsuccessful day. Then go out on Sunday and
> f
> > ind something like that awesome brass bell or so
> me
> > nice coins, buttons and such, human nature says
> to
> > you, that was a successful day. So what factors
> go
> > verned that Sunday hunt. Was it the detector, Mo
> th
> > er Nature, location, just what.
>
>
> Location location location 1st and foremost
>
> if you hunt places where there's little to nothing
> to be dug = doesn't matter what detector you use o
> r how skilled/experienced you are you won't find m
> uch/anything
>
> it only helps to be a skilled hunter and in the ch
> oice of machine used
>
> Perfect example is one of my long ago diggin buddi
> es who never even held a detector until the day I
> took him to a virgin site nobody ever dug before (
> this was like 17/18 yrs ago) way out in the woods
> near a lake on a cold spring day in early April. I
> let him use a GTAx 1000 I had as a backup unit and
> I was using my CZ20 --- we weren't there 20 minute
> s and he starts yelling he found a big coin,,, I w
> alked over and sure enough he dug a 1921 silver Mo
> rgan dollar about 5 ft from the shoreline of the l
> ake in the sand next to a dead deer carcass at abo
> ut 6 inches deep! That's when I knew the lake had
> to have a ton of stuff IN it and so I went back th
> e next day all alone with my wetsuit to get in the
> cold 38/40 degree water and proceeded to dig a mas
> sive amount of stuff in the lake that would make y
> ou cry if I listed it all (1800s thru 1950s) coins
> , silver/gold jewelry, religious medals, old toys,
> etc!! At that point it had been a good decade or
> more since having found a lake with that kind of/a
> mount of stuff in it as most lakes here were clean
> ed out in the 80s (as is the case across the count
> ry) and now have mostly nothing in them except rec
> ent drops for the most part and only if you get th
> ere before someone else does

So your answer is location. Thanks Michigan

Welgund Wrote:
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> A successful hunt is where it is you and the great
> outdoors. Doesn't matter the detector you use as
> long as you enjoy using it. If you find something
> great it's awsome but even if it's just a few old
> horse shoes and iron relics it was still a good da
> y.

Agreed.

I love researching old sites, locating them and enjoying their remoteness is priceless to me

The Perfect Hunt......

You find a viable spot or are suggested a viable spot.
You are able to verify your research data before you execute the hunt example: this area was where the county fair was staged for 30 years prior to 1960 etc etc
You're able to successfully locate the spot, maybe with provided GPS coordinates... if abandoned, remote or no longer widely known or easily recognizable.
You've arrived successfully at the spot without need for expensive or additional transportation needs, air boat, 4X4, all terrain vehicles etc.
You've arrived and your gear survives, intact without issues.
You've not forgotten anything on the check list including all contingencies, possibles and emergency items.
You have more batteries than you need for the day maybe several days.
The ground is soft and no dry sand.
The weather is a perfect 65 degrees at 50% humidity with no chance of high wind or rain.
There's very little trash as you hunt, the soil neutral, and there is zero RFI & EMI you're able to turn the disc down and the sens up.
There are no rocks and no roots everywhere you dig.
You find zero beaver tails, square tabs, crown or screw caps.
As soon as your pin pointer hits the hole its directly over your target.
No one interrupts your hunt, there are no spectators around.
Every item you dig is worth keeping, every coin you extract is a key date, every ring tone is 14k gold or better with ice, every relic is the best condition and rarest example.
No birds poop on your hat.
Your car is still parked where you parked it.

Up to my ____ in Pulltabs, Grant

I just love doing it. I use to deer hunt, use to play a lot of golf. Now any chance I get to Metal Detect I go. Of course I love finding silver.. but really any coins and I always love finding Nickles.
I have been digging a lot more trash lately but to find a nickle? It’s something about it. I’m looking for my first buffalo, war and V nickle.

XP Deus
Minelab Etrac
Minelab Equinox 800
Garrett Carrot
22 silvers, 2 silver rings, 1 Gold Ring -YTD 2018


Some of my random digs: [www.youtube.com]

Its the hunt. I enjoy the challenge of finding something..... digging it and most of all getting surprised. Ole farm boy ... and soldier who grew up fishing, hunting, and about anything that was a challenge and out doors.

For me its 'the thrill of the chase',predominately deep relic/hoard/artifact detecting on pasture and deep plough,enjoy the solitude that detecting gives me once those headphones go on then everything like politics,religion,wife and about anything else just evaporates away.

I can't add but one or two things.

When your heading out you feel rested and with a high positive energy. I also enjoy going out with a bud...it makes for double excitement.
It's a big adventure like all us out door boys love. How many times have you all seen some awesome wildlife while on your knees looking for the target? Herd of deer walking right at you, not seeing you there. Turkeys roaming bye...etc.

How about the eerie feeling you get when around a cellar hole far into the woods.? All fun stuff...got to do what keeps life exciting.

Good post, pumps me up...can't wait to get out again.

A successful hunt? Depends. If I'm just going detecting, then the very fact I got to go would make it successful. On the other hand, if I'm going out to recover something specific, like a gold ring, then for the hunt to be successful means I had to find the sought after gold ring.

HH
Mike

Its all about smelling the roses....sure a nice find is a plus......actually so many facets of hobby to list but if you are no enjoying mother nature and engrossed in finds time to find a new hobby...

Gannon, you're looking for the wrong thing. Try n-i-c-k-e-l-s.
Just trying to help. <g>

Wayne

Pleasant Garden, NC
AT Max, Nokta Impact, MX Sport, Nokta FORS Relic, GPX 4800, Infinium, Racer, Deus, F75SE, Nautilus DMC II (order of acquisition, last to first)

Does an archeologist argue with a plow? A bureaucrat with a bulldozer?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/08/2018 03:26PM by ncwayne.

right frame of mind
location
location
location
moisture content in the ground
atmospheric conditions, ie, stars aligned, planets in right orbit, low emi
good equipment
good home and spouse/person/cat/dog to come home to after the hunt

Wayne

Pleasant Garden, NC
AT Max, Nokta Impact, MX Sport, Nokta FORS Relic, GPX 4800, Infinium, Racer, Deus, F75SE, Nautilus DMC II (order of acquisition, last to first)

Does an archeologist argue with a plow? A bureaucrat with a bulldozer?

ncwayne Wrote:
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> right frame of mind
> location
> location
> location
> moisture content in the ground
> atmospheric conditions, ie, stars aligned, planets
> in right orbit, low emi
> good equipment
> good home and spouse/person/cat/dog to come home t
> o after the hunt
>
> Wayne

My thoughts exactly. But I might add using a detector one has had long enough to understand what it's telling you

Bill long Wrote:
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> ncwayne Wrote:
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> > right frame of mind
> > location
> > location
> > location
> > moisture content in the ground
> > atmospheric conditions, ie, stars aligned, plane
> ts
> > in right orbit, low emi
> > good equipment
> > good home and spouse/person/cat/dog to come home
> t
> > o after the hunt
> >
> > Wayne
>
> My thoughts exactly. But I might add using a detec
> tor one has had long enough to understand what it'
> s telling you

I covered that in "good equipment" as opposed to bad equipment, which would be mismatched to site, not up to designed performance standards, or mis-set/misunderstood/misused by operator

Wayne

Pleasant Garden, NC
AT Max, Nokta Impact, MX Sport, Nokta FORS Relic, GPX 4800, Infinium, Racer, Deus, F75SE, Nautilus DMC II (order of acquisition, last to first)

Does an archeologist argue with a plow? A bureaucrat with a bulldozer?

ncwayne Wrote:
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> Bill long Wrote:
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> > ncwayne Wrote:
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> > -----
> > > right frame of mind
> > > location
> > > location
> > > location
> > > moisture content in the ground
> > > atmospheric conditions, ie, stars aligned, pla
> ne
> > ts
> > > in right orbit, low emi
> > > good equipment
> > > good home and spouse/person/cat/dog to come ho
> me
> > t
> > > o after the hunt
> > >
> > > Wayne
> >
> > My thoughts exactly. But I might add using a det
> ec
> > tor one has had long enough to understand what i
> t'
> > s telling you
>
> I covered that in "good equipment" as opposed to b
> ad equipment, which would be mismatched to site, n
> ot up to designed performance standards, or mis-se
> t/misunderstood/misused by operator
>
> Wayne


Right on