TIPS & TRICKS
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16 things

Anyone who's been a Boy Scout knows the value of being prepared. We all know the virtue of carrying extra batteries in our detector kit bags, but there are other things you should pack to be prepared for any outing.....
  AirTests With the introduction of the magazine Detector User, came a major step forward. For the first time a serious attempt was made to compare detectors on the basis of in soil performance.....
  Beach Hunting  How To Clean Up On The Beach
     Coin Cleaning Circuitry producing different audio tone for each target's conductivity range, eg low tone for iron, high tone for coins.
  Cleaning bronze and Romana 

Before attempting any major cleaning of your Bronze Roman Coins you should first of all equip yourself with the following.

  Cleaning Copper Copper is used for coins and artifacts in either its natural form, or more commonly alloyed with other metals. With tin added it is called bronze, and if the tin content is very high the bronze may be called potin.....
  Conserving Many copper-alloy objects will remain stable when excavated, and will require no particular conservation treatment. The application of waxes or lacquers as mentioned previously may however aid protection as well as improving the appearance of an object.
  GPS In a nutshell, a handheld GPS unit, if you’re not familiar with one, is an electronic device about the size of a mini cassette recorder and uses a variety of satellites overhead to give you the longitude and latitude .....
  Going Slow Are the quantity of your finds dropping off? Are you hunting places you know should be producing coins and relics but coming up dry? Not only should you slow down your pace, but you might want to alter the way you swing your coil.
  Good Beginner? More than once in this hobby, there come times of amazing insight and clarity. Sometimes it’s a matter of smacking yourself on the side of the head and saying, "Uh, duh-me." Other times, it’s something akin to Paul’s little excursion down the Road to Damascus
  Nothing To Hunt The key to it all is adjusting your attitude so you set reasonable expectations in the first place. Or, as Cool Hand Luke might observe, getting your mind right, boss.
  Restoring Coins With bent objects, thin section copper-alloy items calm be reshaped by annealing, but care must be taken not to overheat, as extensive oxidization will occur and reduce the attractiveness of the object. More substantial copper-alloy objects are best left as found.
  Quick Tips Quick Treasure Hunting Tips
  Water Hunting Water hunting with the explorer
  Why dont I find Hammered? Ever wonder why you don't come home with the results you thought you would just because you had secured a top of the line detector? Having the most expensive machine will not guarantee you will find everything there is to be found on any given site (inland or wet beach) if you do not properly understand how important it is to understand the relationship between ground effect and discrimination.
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TIPS & TRICKS

16 things

AirTests

Beach Hunting

 Coin Cleaning

Cleaning bronze and Romana

Cleaning Copper

Conserving

GPS

Going Slow

Good Beginner?

Nothing To Hunt

Restoring Coins

Quick Tips

Water Hunting with the Explorer

Why don't I find Hammered?

 

 

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