Spring Cleaning Time!
Detecting season is upon us. Are YOU ready?
Just a few tips and reminders of things you can do to make sure your first trip out is a successful one. But if you dont' find anything, don't blame me!
1) Make sure you have FRESH batteries. Don't open that pack that's been hiding in the garage since last fall. Open the wallet and splurge on a fresh pack. A few bucks ain't going to break the bank, and you'll be more likely to find a few bucks with a working detector than with a dead one.
2) If you have rechargeables, make sure they are powered down, and then charge them up completely the day/night before your first detecting trip.
3) Clean your detector! A mild solution of soap and water is all you need to clean the coil and the lower stems. Don't carry any extra dirt around with ya. And make sure you can see the display screen. If it's dirty, CLEAN IT!
4) Power on your unit now that you've got it working again and make sure all your programs are operational, and all buttons function they way they should. Run the detector through your test garden if you have one, or just do some air tests with coins and junk you have from last year. That's way we save all that junk, right?
5) Don't forget about your pinpointers. Clean 'em up and put fresh batteries in them as well. Make sure it functions properly!
6) Hone your diggers. Chances are the edges might have gotten a bit dull during the last summer. Believe me, you'll be glad you did this.
7) Check your heaphones. If they don't work, at least go find an inexpensive pair for that first trip til you can get your regular ones fixed.
8) Permits / permission. Make sure you have what you need to hunt, where you hunt! Nothing worse than losing your rig to the law because they busted you for trespassing! Check with your local government to make sure public lands are still detectable and what, if any, permits you might need. In the case of private property, make sure the owner is still good with you detecting there before you just go ahead and do it!
Those 8 steps are very simplistic, but should certainly help you have a good, if not succesful and uneventful first hunt of the year.
Good luck everyone and keep me posted on your finds.
Email pics, questions, or ideas to me at beetle662@yahoo.com
Just a few tips and reminders of things you can do to make sure your first trip out is a successful one. But if you dont' find anything, don't blame me!
1) Make sure you have FRESH batteries. Don't open that pack that's been hiding in the garage since last fall. Open the wallet and splurge on a fresh pack. A few bucks ain't going to break the bank, and you'll be more likely to find a few bucks with a working detector than with a dead one.
2) If you have rechargeables, make sure they are powered down, and then charge them up completely the day/night before your first detecting trip.
3) Clean your detector! A mild solution of soap and water is all you need to clean the coil and the lower stems. Don't carry any extra dirt around with ya. And make sure you can see the display screen. If it's dirty, CLEAN IT!
4) Power on your unit now that you've got it working again and make sure all your programs are operational, and all buttons function they way they should. Run the detector through your test garden if you have one, or just do some air tests with coins and junk you have from last year. That's way we save all that junk, right?
5) Don't forget about your pinpointers. Clean 'em up and put fresh batteries in them as well. Make sure it functions properly!
6) Hone your diggers. Chances are the edges might have gotten a bit dull during the last summer. Believe me, you'll be glad you did this.
7) Check your heaphones. If they don't work, at least go find an inexpensive pair for that first trip til you can get your regular ones fixed.
8) Permits / permission. Make sure you have what you need to hunt, where you hunt! Nothing worse than losing your rig to the law because they busted you for trespassing! Check with your local government to make sure public lands are still detectable and what, if any, permits you might need. In the case of private property, make sure the owner is still good with you detecting there before you just go ahead and do it!
Those 8 steps are very simplistic, but should certainly help you have a good, if not succesful and uneventful first hunt of the year.
Good luck everyone and keep me posted on your finds.
Email pics, questions, or ideas to me at beetle662@yahoo.com
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