Thank you Pearljameric. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I hope some of these tips will help you moving forward. Welcome to the hobby and best of luck on your hunts!
I have been metal detecting for about 2 mos and have been watching many videos. This video has the best tips I have seen! My house was built on 1928 and my town was discovered in the 1700s. Even after adjusting all my settings to my Minelab X-Terra Pro most that I have been finding is crushed aluminum. Your video helped explained and was an eye opening to what I have been doing wrong. Thanks this will help me a lot!
Hello, Ladyart! Thank you for watching and commenting! I am glad you enjoyed the tips video. I just wanted to help others know what tips I've learned over the years. Aluminum is frustrating to dig. It zaps our energy and disappoints. Best of luck on your hunts!
@Treasure-Charge here in Tasmania Australia they loved their beers over the decades. It amazes me where and how effing deep I still find modern cans!!! 🤦
I have watched MD videos for many years on YT, your content is excellent because it’s to the point, practical, And your tips are real tips about the work. Please continue with this knowledge sharing.
Thank you very much. I like to explain things the way I would best understand them. Seeing demonstrations is important for my learning process. Hope the tips help and good luck on your hunts!
Thanks, Shed Man! Someday you will run across a machine at a good price and maybe give her a shot. Those woods sites you went to have treasure I'd say.
This is one of the best tutorial videos I've seen. I'm brand new. I ordered a Minelab X-Terra Pro for my first metal detector and will be mostly on beaches in Mexico. I've liked and subscribed and look forward to seeing more of your videos.
Even the experts using these newer single scale detectors will tell you that you must dig all your targets to avoid missing good targets. A dual scale detector gives you so much more info you can afford to be selective.
I appreciate videos like this. I decided to start detecting and bought an equinox 600 - I figured if I kept it up, I can move up to a more expensive detector. I started pulling multiple cans from the ground, these tips will help a lot. Thanks again!
Thank you for watching and commenting, GuNN! Those cans can sound amazing at first...after digging a few, it gets frustrating. There's nothing wrong with a Nox 600. I've got the 800 and 900 and the 800 is still my favorite machine! Good luck on your hunts!
As someone who got into hobby back in February of this year, I wish I had found this video sooner. Thank you for posting this! I'm currently swinging a simplex that has loss depth over time. It's junk and I'm torn between a Nox900 or the Mantcore.
I'm glad you liked the video. That means a lot to me! I have the Nox 800 & 900 both. I still like the 800 best, probably since I'm so used to it. Good luck on your hunts!
Thank you very much! I appreciate that. These tips are the ones I thought of that helped me the most. Still much to learn though. God bless you as well!
Thank you, Joan. I think you're talking about using the pinpoint button on the Nox. I never use it actually, so I wouldn't know. I'll have to investigate that one. Not sure how to answer. I'll play with that one next hunt and see. I'll get back to you on that and good luck on your hunts!
Hello, SnapCircuits. Well, I can advise not to get one of the less than $200 models as they disappoint. I do recommend any multi-frequency machine which I believe Nokta has some at reasonably affordable prices. My friend Chris @wicked_digger is a representative and could better help with your question. His channel name is Wicked Digger. He's a great guy too. Thank you for watching and good luck with your hunts!
Hello Kenny and thank you! VDI is the number that displays on the machine for a given target. For example: a nickel is 13, but a silver dime is 28. Different machines have different scales and numbers. This video uses a Minelab Equinox 800. However, the principles are the same for all machines. Hope this answers your question and have a great week!
How often do you get a signal showing silver but when you dig it, its just trash iron? Found a piece of iron trash today that originally had a good silver signal. 8 inches deep, Garrett ace 250.
Yes, large or round iron can false a silver signal. Large iron overpowers the coil and round iron rings fool the machine. Often there's a low grunt in the tone when that happens. Not sure about the Ace 250. I can say that deeper trash is a pain because it pinpoints small. I still dig it though. Hope this helped and thanks for watching!
Glad I watched this. Coming up on 3 years, but still a lot to learn. Thank you for these tips. I’ve seen them before but not explained as clearly. I’m swinging a Nokta Simplex + and have my first farm field permit. My very first target was a soda can. Also lots of bottle caps too. Any tips on distinguishing them from possible gold jewelry or nickels that I want to dig? Also I’ve seen plenty of phantom signal. These are ones where I get a solid hi tone both ways. Then dig the hole only to find absolutely nothing, no matter how deep I dig. Thanks, Dave. Reading, PA
Thanks Dave! I haven't had success in distinguishing the lower tones, so I still dig many pull tabs and bottle caps. I also have got some phantom signals. If nothing good shows, I move on pretty quickly. One thing I have learned is to dig signals that are loud, repeatable both ways, and not large. Hope this helps and good luck on your hunts! PA is a good state to detect in!
I use the Garrett Carrot & how I narrow my target down is by detuning it. Let’s say it’s going off soon as you stick your pinpointer in the hole. I simply press the button once & it will detune it to that distance then every time it goes off I press the button again & so on until I’m right on the target. It’s super fast & you’ll narrow it down within 5 sec. Your way is also good, but you won’t have to turn pinpointer on & off.
Thanks for the tip, Kody! There's always something new to learn. I get this gear and rush right out to use it sometimes without doing a full deep-dive to know all the options. Good luck on your hunts!
@@Treasure-Charger after I sent that message I seen someone else had already mentioned it. I’ve got the TekPoint, Nokta Pulsedive & Garrett Carrot plus I’ve had the Minelab ProFind 35 & I’ll reach for the Garrett Carrot. It’s just tried & true. Simple to use & never false’s. The main thing I look for in a PP is the ease of use & I don’t want to have to look down at PP every time I want to turn on/off. I want to be able to feel button without looking. My 2nd fav is the TekPoint. It’s actually a little deeper than the Garrett Carrot & is also easy to find button without looking at it. Thanks for video.
Hey mate Ive lost some gold in roof cavity/ attic, its full of insulation. What can be done as the cavity is full of nails wires electricity… other metals .. please advise
Whoa! It's not lost. It's there somewhere. So, my machine (Minelab Equinox 800) will throw a specific VDI number for gold, likely around 10. Also, it has different frequencies it operates on allowing operation around electricity. I suppose a detectorist could get in the attic and locate it for you. Sounds like a fun hunt! Hope you find it!
Outstanding terminology and I agree! It is nice when I return to spots hunted when I 1st started detecting. Now I find the good stuff there! Thank you for watching and commenting. Good luck on your hunts!
In all my years detecting, I've seen so many people that have no clue how to swing a coil. Some hold it way too high or raise it up at the sides of each sweep. I have followed some of them beach detecting and picked up all the coins they missed. a couple years ago I picked up a silver St.Christopher and chain that one had clearly missed. They'd dug a massive hole that they hadn't even backfilled, and it was right outside the hole close to the surface.
Yes, sir CCT! It's easy to get into bad habits on the swing portion. I never mind detecting places that have been "detected before". Thanks for watching and commenting!
I knew how to swing properly before I even had a detector, and I didnt even watch any RUclips videos, just from I guess what ever media I did see that had detecorist in them over the years I seen the youtuber paystreak hand a detector to people in various videos, and it seems like people either dont swing at all, think it works standing still, or the swing like a pendulum
When I started it was very frowned upon scraping the ground but I always did good but years ago no coil covers lol I go slow over places that been hit very hard for several decades and always find deep coins and valuable jewelry but I also got virgin sites old farm fields with civl war stuff and very old silver cap bust seated but I only get a month s because of the farmers
The coil cover plates do help. I just wanted to share some things that help me. Oh yes, I can't wait to get into the fields again. Good luck on your hunts!
@@Treasure-Charger absolutely get every inch you can get especially back, then 6 inches tops, but I guess was always from the pond that you were the fall signal. I never listen.
@@Treasure-Charger thank you I've been rock hounding and tumbling for a full year now so I figured why not try to incorporate the two hobbies together still have a lot to learn currently using a Tesoro DeLeon a friend loaned me
Good question, Chris. Often it means the object is not a coin, or round. However, it could be a cool relic such as a watch fob. I dig them if I have the energy. Or I save them for the next time I hunt that area. Thanks for watching and your question. Also, good luck on your hunts!
So, these are good tips in terms of technique. But the absolute number one way to nearly eliminate trash is to BUY A MINELAB WITH DUAL NUMERICAL SCALES. I can tell the difference between modern zinc pennies, memorials and wheat, and Indian heads. Can your single scale detector do that? Didn't think so.
Dont want to dig aluminum or aluminum cans? A single scale detector cant tell the difference. A dual scale detector, Minelab SE Pro or Ctx 3030, will show you if its aluminum. Silver coin is 00 29, 01 29. Aluminum is 01 31. When you see 31, skip it. Ive covered 3 times the area of a guy with a single scale detector because he was bogged.down digging aluminum trash and pennies.
New to detecting and this is one of the better examples and explanations ive seen
Thank you Pearljameric. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I hope some of these tips will help you moving forward. Welcome to the hobby and best of luck on your hunts!
I have been metal detecting for about 2 mos and have been watching many videos. This video has the best tips I have seen! My house was built on 1928 and my town was discovered in the 1700s. Even after adjusting all my settings to my Minelab X-Terra Pro most that I have been finding is crushed aluminum. Your video helped explained and was an eye opening to what I have been doing wrong. Thanks this will help me a lot!
Hello, Ladyart! Thank you for watching and commenting! I am glad you enjoyed the tips video. I just wanted to help others know what tips I've learned over the years. Aluminum is frustrating to dig. It zaps our energy and disappoints. Best of luck on your hunts!
@Treasure-Charge here in Tasmania Australia they loved their beers over the decades. It amazes me where and how effing deep I still find modern cans!!! 🤦
You may have saved a few years on my life with that ground balancing of the pinpointer! Thanks T-Bro!! Fantastic video!!
Yeah, I didn't know that for like a year. It freakin works great!
I have watched MD videos for many years on YT, your content is excellent because it’s to the point, practical,
And your tips are real tips about the work.
Please continue with this knowledge sharing.
Thank you very much. I like to explain things the way I would best understand them. Seeing demonstrations is important for my learning process. Hope the tips help and good luck on your hunts!
Heck yeah! The only exposure Ive ever had to metal detecting is this channel. This episode gave me some insight on how It’s done. Very educational!
Thanks, Shed Man! Someday you will run across a machine at a good price and maybe give her a shot. Those woods sites you went to have treasure I'd say.
Thanks for the tips. Spent 2 hours this morning digging cans and jar lids til I was wore out. Will definitely use this advice
Hello Derek and I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Yes, digging those cans is annoying. Hope the tips help and good luck on your hunts!
@@Treasure-Charger thank you. That was my 1st time detecting
This is one of the best tutorial videos I've seen. I'm brand new. I ordered a Minelab X-Terra Pro for my first metal detector and will be mostly on beaches in Mexico. I've liked and subscribed and look forward to seeing more of your videos.
Awesome! Thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed it and best of luck on your hunts!!
Even the experts using these newer single scale detectors will tell you that you must dig all your targets to avoid missing good targets. A dual scale detector gives you so much more info you can afford to be selective.
Awesome tips, helped this old timer to remember some things. Thanks for posting this.
Thank you very much, Jeffery! Good luck on your hunts, buddy!
As a beginner you have given me some good tips thank you.
Great, Nevillelake! I am glad you got something from the video. Good luck on your hunts!
Very helpful & useful information. Thank you.
Thank you, very much and good luck on your hunts!
Very good instructional video brother! 👊 Will definitely be helpful for people, great job! 👍 Wicked happy hunting!!
Thanks, Chris! I appreciate it, brother! Good luck on your hunts!
Great tips. Thank you
Thank you, Jason! I appreciate the watch and comment. Good luck on your hunts!
I appreciate videos like this. I decided to start detecting and bought an equinox 600 - I figured if I kept it up, I can move up to a more expensive detector. I started pulling multiple cans from the ground, these tips will help a lot. Thanks again!
Thank you for watching and commenting, GuNN! Those cans can sound amazing at first...after digging a few, it gets frustrating. There's nothing wrong with a Nox 600. I've got the 800 and 900 and the 800 is still my favorite machine! Good luck on your hunts!
Very helpful! Great content! Thank you!
Thank you, Andrew. I appreciate it! Also, best of luck on your hunts!
Thank you some great tips. The stuff you covered was very helpful. I subscribed
Thank you, Jim! I appreciate it and thank you for commenting!
Thank you
Thank you, Jose and good luck on your hunts!
Thanks for the helpful tips. 👍
I'm glad you enjoyed it, William. Each week I seem to learn more. Planning a more advanced tips video soon. Good luck on your hunts!!
Fantastic information!
Thank you, JC!
Great video, lots of great info.
Thank you, AMP!
small steps help,, if you fond some thing good, stay in the area,, and circle around the area,,
Absolutely! Did that today after finding a silver Rosie and found another. Thanks for watching and commenting!
What a great video, those are great tips! Thanks so much! 👍
Thank you, DL! I appreciate that and your commenting!
As someone who got into hobby back in February of this year, I wish I had found this video sooner. Thank you for posting this! I'm currently swinging a simplex that has loss depth over time. It's junk and I'm torn between a Nox900 or the Mantcore.
I'm glad you liked the video. That means a lot to me! I have the Nox 800 & 900 both. I still like the 800 best, probably since I'm so used to it. Good luck on your hunts!
Try the vanquish it's very good also but less expensive with the same hardware and numbers
Great advice. Great video. Take care!
Thanks, Matt!
Great job on this. Thanks subbed. Good health and God bless
Thank you very much! I appreciate that. These tips are the ones I thought of that helped me the most. Still much to learn though. God bless you as well!
Thanks you'll save me alot of time
Great! Thank you for watching and commenting. Good luck on your hunts!
Apprecaite the tips!
You are welcome. Thank you for watching and commenting. Good luck on your hunts!
Cheers dude, cheers for sharing
Absolutely! Thank you for the comment and good luck on your hunts!
Very well done TC.
Thank you, Walker Magnet!
Dug up some old ugly barbwire this AM. Still learning. Thx for the vid
Absolutely. Some deeper targets can still fool the machine making us dig them. It happens. Thank you for watching and good luck on your hunts!
Thanks for the tips, good info video
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I hope it helps you and wish you good luck on your hunts!
good tips
Do you know why equinox 800 sometimes doesnt show numbers while pin pointing? Is that an indication its not a good target?
Thank you, Joan. I think you're talking about using the pinpoint button on the Nox. I never use it actually, so I wouldn't know. I'll have to investigate that one. Not sure how to answer. I'll play with that one next hunt and see. I'll get back to you on that and good luck on your hunts!
Do you have any recommendations for medal detectors that are quality but not too expensive?
Hello, SnapCircuits. Well, I can advise not to get one of the less than $200 models as they disappoint. I do recommend any multi-frequency machine which I believe Nokta has some at reasonably affordable prices. My friend Chris @wicked_digger is a representative and could better help with your question. His channel name is Wicked Digger. He's a great guy too. Thank you for watching and good luck with your hunts!
@@Treasure-Charger Thank you!
Thanks so much for the information
My pleasure. Thank you for watching and commenting! Good luck on your hunts!
Thank you for your help!
Thank you for commenting and good luck on your hunts, Ozark!
Loved it thank you..still don't know what vdi is?? If you use a tech term can you simplify it for us really newbies...many thanks...
Hello Kenny and thank you! VDI is the number that displays on the machine for a given target. For example: a nickel is 13, but a silver dime is 28. Different machines have different scales and numbers. This video uses a Minelab Equinox 800. However, the principles are the same for all machines. Hope this answers your question and have a great week!
Great video! Take care and keep happy
Thank you, Shane! Good luck on your hunts!
How often do you get a signal showing silver but when you dig it, its just trash iron? Found a piece of iron trash today that originally had a good silver signal. 8 inches deep, Garrett ace 250.
Yes, large or round iron can false a silver signal. Large iron overpowers the coil and round iron rings fool the machine. Often there's a low grunt in the tone when that happens. Not sure about the Ace 250. I can say that deeper trash is a pain because it pinpoints small. I still dig it though. Hope this helped and thanks for watching!
@Treasure-Charger Thanks! It was round maybe 8 or 9 inches in diameter.
@@Mrjeepcherokee1 Still disappointing when that happens. Hard to pass up a signal like that without investigating it though.
Always want to dig less trash for sure!!!!
Rob, the way my back and knees are, I want to eliminate as many junk signals as I can. I do respect those that dig it all though.
Thank You TC
Thank you, Daniel!
Very nice tips.
Thank you very much and best of luck on your hunts!
Great video, thank you, I'm following u
Thank you very much. I appreciate that and have a great week!
Thanks so much for these tips
Thank you, NetteSusan!
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Glad I watched this. Coming up on 3 years, but still a lot to learn. Thank you for these tips. I’ve seen them before but not explained as clearly. I’m swinging a Nokta Simplex + and have my first farm field permit. My very first target was a soda can. Also lots of bottle caps too. Any tips on distinguishing them from possible gold jewelry or nickels that I want to dig? Also I’ve seen plenty of phantom signal. These are ones where I get a solid hi tone both ways. Then dig the hole only to find absolutely nothing, no matter how deep I dig. Thanks, Dave. Reading, PA
Thanks Dave! I haven't had success in distinguishing the lower tones, so I still dig many pull tabs and bottle caps. I also have got some phantom signals. If nothing good shows, I move on pretty quickly. One thing I have learned is to dig signals that are loud, repeatable both ways, and not large. Hope this helps and good luck on your hunts! PA is a good state to detect in!
Super helpful!
Thank you, Rachel and good luck on your hunts!
I use the Garrett Carrot & how I narrow my target down is by detuning it.
Let’s say it’s going off soon as you stick your pinpointer in the hole. I simply press the button once & it will detune it to that distance then every time it goes off I press the button again & so on until I’m right on the target. It’s super fast & you’ll narrow it down within 5 sec.
Your way is also good, but you won’t have to turn pinpointer on & off.
Thanks for the tip, Kody! There's always something new to learn. I get this gear and rush right out to use it sometimes without doing a full deep-dive to know all the options. Good luck on your hunts!
@@Treasure-Charger after I sent that message I seen someone else had already mentioned it.
I’ve got the TekPoint, Nokta Pulsedive & Garrett Carrot plus I’ve had the Minelab ProFind 35 & I’ll reach for the Garrett Carrot. It’s just tried & true. Simple to use & never false’s. The main thing I look for in a PP is the ease of use & I don’t want to have to look down at PP every time I want to turn on/off. I want to be able to feel button without looking.
My 2nd fav is the TekPoint.
It’s actually a little deeper than the Garrett Carrot & is also easy to find button without looking at it.
Thanks for video.
Hey mate Ive lost some gold in roof cavity/ attic, its full of insulation. What can be done as the cavity is full of nails wires electricity… other metals .. please advise
Whoa! It's not lost. It's there somewhere. So, my machine (Minelab Equinox 800) will throw a specific VDI number for gold, likely around 10. Also, it has different frequencies it operates on allowing operation around electricity. I suppose a detectorist could get in the attic and locate it for you. Sounds like a fun hunt! Hope you find it!
i don't call the back and forth movement a "swing" i call it a "sweep"
Outstanding terminology and I agree! It is nice when I return to spots hunted when I 1st started detecting. Now I find the good stuff there! Thank you for watching and commenting. Good luck on your hunts!
In all my years detecting, I've seen so many people that have no clue how to swing a coil. Some hold it way too high or raise it up at the sides of each sweep. I have followed some of them beach detecting and picked up all the coins they missed. a couple years ago I picked up a silver St.Christopher and chain that one had clearly missed. They'd dug a massive hole that they hadn't even backfilled, and it was right outside the hole close to the surface.
Yes, sir CCT! It's easy to get into bad habits on the swing portion. I never mind detecting places that have been "detected before". Thanks for watching and commenting!
I knew how to swing properly before I even had a detector, and I didnt even watch any RUclips videos, just from I guess what ever media I did see that had detecorist in them over the years
I seen the youtuber paystreak hand a detector to people in various videos, and it seems like people either dont swing at all, think it works standing still, or the swing like a pendulum
Great video and info... you can just quick click the carrot button in the hole to rebalance, no need to turn it off and on
Whoa, I didn't know that. Thanks for the tip! Always something to learn in this hobby, Thanks for watching and commenting. Good luck on your hunts!
Keep Swingin 💪💪
Absolutely! Thanks, Orlando!
Great 👍
Thank you, Matthew and good luck on your hunts!
When I started it was very frowned upon scraping the ground but I always did good but years ago no coil covers lol I go slow over places that been hit very hard for several decades and always find deep coins and valuable jewelry but I also got virgin sites old farm fields with civl war stuff and very old silver cap bust seated but I only get a month s because of the farmers
The coil cover plates do help. I just wanted to share some things that help me. Oh yes, I can't wait to get into the fields again. Good luck on your hunts!
@@Treasure-Charger absolutely get every inch you can get especially back, then 6 inches tops, but I guess was always from the pond that you were the fall signal. I never listen.
Thank you that was helpful
Great! I seem to learn something every time out and wanted to share. Good luck with your hunts!
@@Treasure-Charger thank you I've been rock hounding and tumbling for a full year now so I figured why not try to incorporate the two hobbies together still have a lot to learn currently using a Tesoro DeLeon a friend loaned me
Learned liked subscribed
Great! Thank you, very much and good luck on your hunts, Gordon!
Nice tips 🎉
Thank you, I appreciate the comment! Good luck on your hunts!
@@Treasure-Charger just found a .06g nugget! Panning
@@RockHoundDave AWESOME! Congrats!
My only question with the video is what do you do do in the cases where you're not getting the same tone when you go 90° what does that mean
Good question, Chris. Often it means the object is not a coin, or round. However, it could be a cool relic such as a watch fob. I dig them if I have the energy. Or I save them for the next time I hunt that area. Thanks for watching and your question. Also, good luck on your hunts!
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Thank you and good luck on your hunts!
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Yes, sir!
So, these are good tips in terms of technique.
But the absolute number one way to nearly eliminate trash is to BUY A MINELAB WITH DUAL NUMERICAL SCALES. I can tell the difference between modern zinc pennies, memorials and wheat, and Indian heads. Can your single scale detector do that? Didn't think so.
Thanks. Everyone loves their favorite machine. Glad you like yours and good luck on your hunts!
#mondaydigs let's go!
Yes, sir!
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Absolutely, Adam!!
Hi my friend. 😊
Thank you, Maria!
I find lots of aluminum cans
Absolutely, the things are everywhere unfortunately. Hope this trick helps and good luck on your hunts!
What's a vdi??? Please
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Dont want to dig aluminum or aluminum cans? A single scale detector cant tell the difference. A dual scale detector, Minelab SE Pro or Ctx 3030, will show you if its aluminum. Silver coin is 00 29, 01 29. Aluminum is 01 31. When you see 31, skip it.
Ive covered 3 times the area of a guy with a single scale detector because he was bogged.down digging aluminum trash and pennies.
now you missed a saber
#mondaydigs
Yes, sir!
Great information 👍 😮
Thank you, JC. Hope you are doing well, buddy!
Thank you
Thank you and best of luck on your hunts!
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