Post by GaryC/SanBdno on Jul 22, 2004 15:01:53 GMT -5
OK, Beach Experts, lets get the real dope on what you guys do for technique.
I spent some time on the beach this week and observed about six or so detectorist with varying brands of detectors, who had varying techniques on hunting.
I own a Tesoro Sandshark P.I. machine with a 10" head. When I began using it a year and a half ago, I was pretty deliberate and slow in searching with a slow swing speed. Nowadays I have picked up the pace somewhat and complete a five foot arc, left to right in about one second. A pretty good clip, while not completely overlapping, because there is just too much ground to cover. I can just hear that telltale grunt noise that makes me slow down and investigate further.
I observed a detectorist from quite a long distance using a confusing technique that day. He obviously had used this technique before as he seemed to be very comfortable with it. His box was hip mounted and that made his stick light. It was apparent that this was so, becasue he was swinging that thing with enough force as to keep his arm almost straight. His search head looked to be almost 6" from the ground.
All I can assume is that he was just looking for large targets (Watches, Large Rings Bracelets, ETC.) while ignoring small coin hits. In fact I don't believe he could even get coin hits at all. His technique was to move in a sporadic pattern, up to the dry and down to the wet, not much worrying about any overlap.
OK. The question: Does the machine dictate the technique or does the person dictate the technique, no matter the quality or brand of detector. If there is a better way of searching, while keeping my chances of finding good targets high, I want to know about it.
Thanks for hanging in there on this long post. GaryC/SanBdno.
I spent some time on the beach this week and observed about six or so detectorist with varying brands of detectors, who had varying techniques on hunting.
I own a Tesoro Sandshark P.I. machine with a 10" head. When I began using it a year and a half ago, I was pretty deliberate and slow in searching with a slow swing speed. Nowadays I have picked up the pace somewhat and complete a five foot arc, left to right in about one second. A pretty good clip, while not completely overlapping, because there is just too much ground to cover. I can just hear that telltale grunt noise that makes me slow down and investigate further.
I observed a detectorist from quite a long distance using a confusing technique that day. He obviously had used this technique before as he seemed to be very comfortable with it. His box was hip mounted and that made his stick light. It was apparent that this was so, becasue he was swinging that thing with enough force as to keep his arm almost straight. His search head looked to be almost 6" from the ground.
All I can assume is that he was just looking for large targets (Watches, Large Rings Bracelets, ETC.) while ignoring small coin hits. In fact I don't believe he could even get coin hits at all. His technique was to move in a sporadic pattern, up to the dry and down to the wet, not much worrying about any overlap.
OK. The question: Does the machine dictate the technique or does the person dictate the technique, no matter the quality or brand of detector. If there is a better way of searching, while keeping my chances of finding good targets high, I want to know about it.
Thanks for hanging in there on this long post. GaryC/SanBdno.
