Metal Detecting, and The Kicking of The Trash
November 25th 2006 15:33
This is about a metal detecting trick popularized on the east coast of Florida, between hobe sound and chucks steak house, while hunting the spanish wrecks there. It can be utilized in many other places to good effect. This trick is affectionately known as Kicking Trash. It is Affectionately known as Kicking Trash, because it works, and many times increases good finds.
This system of metal detecting evolved at the end of the day after a big blow, usually a Northeaster, which cuts the beach down many feet in some places. Every local with a metal detector would come out to the beach at each of these erosions, and like ants on a marshmallow they would detect all the best areas and be gone in a few hours with any spanish coins eroded out of the cut beach.
The late comers would be partaking of the hind, eh, faucet, yes the hind faucet. Not fun. The real hard core old timer types would take to kicking trash and seaweed out of the way along the tideline (There was a lot of it), especially in areas known to have produced before, so they could detect the area below the trash. Frank X of Tampa got a killer emerald and gold spanish pendant this way, back in the late 80's I think it was. It was valued at over 50 thousand $.
I myself use this method a lot, to remove obvious large metal targets or other obstructions. More than just a few times, in some of the old western camps out here in New Mexico, I have kicked a can out of the way to be rewarded with a button or even a coin. A can will mask a large area of ground. By kicking it over towards a tree I am consolidating the junk into a more easily removed pile, and I am clearing the area of targets that would otherwise mask good signals. Kicking trash works almost everywhere.
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Metal Detecting Trashy Round Sounds
Many times a signal from a circular iron object, like washers or bottle caps or can tops, will sound extremely good. In fact these signals are occasionally indiscernible from good signals, and this is because the target is within a certain distance range from the coil proper. This distance range fluctuates among different detectors, and is one of the, ummmmm, Personality Traits one must learn concerning ones machine.
So. When some dirt is dug out of the way, or the anamolous target is otherwise exposed, the signal will seem to change from good to bad. Every metal detectorist has had this happen. One way to overcome this bothersome and misleading anamolous round sound of rusty iron can lids, or bottle caps, or what have you, is to lower the coil as far to the ground as possible when checking it before digging. Many times this slight decrease in distance between coil and target will cause the signal to sputter and break, letting you know it is a piece of iron. This comes in handy in areas with lots of can lids and bottlecaps made from iron.
The Law Of Metal Detecting
Detritus detritus detritus, ad infinitum.
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