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Old Patches That Just Keep Giving
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<blockquote data-quote="deepblue" data-source="post: 184827" data-attributes="member: 1702"><p>It's a great spot but as all good detectorist know red clay is the curse of most detectors using mono coils that with ironstone and charcoal will test even the best. I guess the easier target are found quickly, over many years we did manage to find 4.5 ounces on that patch using 27" DD coil, 21" ufo ,18"dd and now with 6" mono I have gone the full cycle back to the old 15000 with it's tiny coil, only I use a 5000. I would have to say now that I have gotten older I just go much slower and that helps to find the smaller pieces. You can rake and grid till the sun sets but sometimes lucks just not on your side.</p><p>I can remember a long time ago I meet a very experienced detectorist who would do an area the size of a normal bedroom in a day he would find twice as much as the others who walked kilometres in a day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deepblue, post: 184827, member: 1702"] It's a great spot but as all good detectorist know red clay is the curse of most detectors using mono coils that with ironstone and charcoal will test even the best. I guess the easier target are found quickly, over many years we did manage to find 4.5 ounces on that patch using 27" DD coil, 21" ufo ,18"dd and now with 6" mono I have gone the full cycle back to the old 15000 with it's tiny coil, only I use a 5000. I would have to say now that I have gotten older I just go much slower and that helps to find the smaller pieces. You can rake and grid till the sun sets but sometimes lucks just not on your side. I can remember a long time ago I meet a very experienced detectorist who would do an area the size of a normal bedroom in a day he would find twice as much as the others who walked kilometres in a day. [/QUOTE]
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