Thank you for all the smart tips!

Got some good ones in there. I mostly hunt fields, woods and some local streams in the summer. Definitely need to try canoe launch spots. I know a few near me. Thanks for some good reminders! GL and HH

Another great tip from you! Thank you.

i use my clad change and buy silver rounds with whatever i make per year. Curb strips next to sidewalks are productive

Try old fields that's being renovated

I did a video yesterday and all I found was garbage

I have had a lot of success for my first 3 years of detecting. A GW button, Reales, Seated half, Jersey copper, shoe and baldric buckles, a belt plate etc... Sometimes I get the side eye at the club, but we all live in a great area for detecting and I am not hesitant to door knock like some of the men are. Also I have the time to detect almost every weekend and more in the summer (teacher here!). Of course like everyone I have had spates of nothing, sometimes 8 hour hunts with nothing to show. But one of two great permissions can really change things. Detecting is like real estate location, location, location! I really don't know how youtubers do it. Even with all my great finds, I can only think of 5 or 6 outings that would have been video worthy over the past few years.

Older neighborhood that had clotheslines. Found some nice silver coins. Most folks don't mind if you repair and share.

This was a very helpful video. You explain these fundamentals well and make them accessible and understandable for beginners. Thank you.

I'm a new detectorist and appreciate the helpful information in this video. I'm still in the early stages of learning my detector (an X-Terra Pro) and am a sponge for as much solid information as possible. Thank you.

well some guys do very well. i found 1300 silvers last year in 2024 with my manticore and I got called out numerous times for being fake when it was not at all

Well needed video brother!

I am probably gullible and watch all of them fake and real I wish I knew the difference. I prefer honest real work.

Lot of fake finds on metal detecting KZbin channels. I won't name any in particular, but I've dumped a few channels when it became so obvious.

Awesome thanks

I've been metal detecting for over 25 years and I never found anything spectacular.

I fake nothing, yet I have no metal detecting videos except one for this very reason. I don't want to be accused of finding rusty nails and claim they were planted.

Happy New Year Freedom Digger. Yes plenty out there. Sad to say some have huge channels and give the hobby a real bad name. Xfinds is the worst

99% of the time I don't find much but clad and trash, and I post it to show what real detecting is, those 1% of the times are always special to me, but are far and in-between. I have never faked a find, I'm not dishonest and I beleive Karma will bite you 10 fold, I have enough bad luck in my life already suely don't need anymore. Good video

After 20 years of metal detecting I could make endless videos by just planting the stuff back in the ground. I wonder how many channels just do that?

Ok, man, gotta give a big “thank you” to you. I finally got a detector for Christmas. Today (01JAN2025) is my second time using the machine. I went straight to a soccer field at the local elementary and BOOM! I wasn’t in that field for more than five minutes and found a simple 14k gold ring. I knew right then, I’m absolutely hooked! Thanks, man, and be safe out there.

How's it going I'm from Kissimmee Florida let's go hunting

Good advice. You really do have to research what exactly you're getting as "extras." Back when I ordered my Etrac from Big Boys Hobbies, they sent me all high quality items in the bundle including a Lesche digger, a Garrett Pro-Pointer, the good Koss headphones, and a very nice Minelab detector carry bag. I use a leather carpenter's pouch for my finds that will basically never wear out.

Just ordered my D2 from Heath. Be here on the 16th...

Unless the Vanquish 340 put in the 10inch coil cover on buying just the metal detector that is the only one that I know that did not have a coil cover for the price you pay. But I do agree some of the lower end detectors with a package deal have garbage for those things. plastic shovel you can buy one at wal mart for like a $1. I bent a metal hand digger first hole. But when you do buy a higher end package deal I feel you get better add-on's. Other then that good Advice..

I ordered a deus 2 for black Friday, and my dealer threw in a bunch of packaged stuff for free, didn't even tell me, it just showed up with my detector, included was Finds bag with belt Gloves Nylon/wire brush on a retractable lanyard Cloth digger sheath Keyring Car air freshener And most importantly, glad he didn't forget this, a lucky pulltab 😂 cause the brand of all the stuff he gave me is called "pulltab gear" The finds pouch actually looks okay, it's definitely deeper than my grey ghost ultimate catch all pouch, but I don't like the layout quite as much, not sure what I'm going to do with it, maybe keep it as a lender if anyone wants to detect with me sometime The digger cloth sheath is ever so slightly better than the sheath that comes with a lot of diggers, but I have a leather sheath from grave digger so I guess the cloth sheath will be a lender too The pro pack for the triple score is actually kinda good, great price and you get the better smaller elliptical coil and a pair of headphones, that's all, no shitty digger or shovel or anything Even diggers that should be good can be shitty, I forget if I paid $50 or $70 Canadian dollars for a Garret digger after I broke my first Amazon special, and I broke the Garret within 6 months too, I heard the Nokta digger ain't much better Right now I have a Excalibur Shovels digger and I'm really digging it, but I'm under no impression it might just brake one day too, so I keep another Amazon special in my backpack, hopefully if I break my Excalibur it can last me till I order another good one, been looking at the predator hand digger for my next one I do like when pro packs come with a baseball cap though, I have both a simplex and a legend baseball cap, and also a Minelab baseball cap, though not all of them came with a pro pack, my deal has thrown them in as freebies before And speaking of cheap equipment, the nokta backpack is HORRIBLE quality, I've had both straps ripped off the body, within a short time period too I didn't even have it long, I sewed both them back on with dental floss and it holds better than factory now, I had the adjuster clip break on the bottom of one of the straps, I tied the two straps in a knot and now that strap isn't adjustable, I had a hole wear into the bottom of it, but that might be because I used to put my shovel in in sharp side down, I sewed that up with dental floss too, and now finally my zipper broke, going to add some Velcro to keep it closed next But now that I have a deus 2 I can buy the XP 280 backpack which looks really high quality, hopefully I don't have these issues with it, but it's expensive $200 Canadain dollars, but if it doesn't break it will be worth it

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Awesome insight! I’ve just subscribed! I’ve just started a small channel myself and a sub would be really appreciated! I look forward to seeing more videos soon 💪

Also try the “compare function and hit the bottom set of dots that comes up. Then select another aerial on the right side and then use the slider at the top of the screen.

Also try the “compare function and hit the bottom set of dots that comes up. Then select another aerial on the right side and then use the slider at the top of the screen.

ty for the advice

My dad has property up by Big Rapids and there’s an old burned down Farmhouse on one corner that I’ve been detecting the last 2 summers! One part of the field my detector continuously reads at 88-94 and I never find anything! I think it may be in the soil or rocks! It’s in one of my last videos I did! I have found a lot of kool old stuff there so far!

After concerts especially in the lawn sitting areas.

Thank you for making this, you are good at explaining in a way I can understand and remember.

I have the XTerra Pro. The only reason I'm thinking about upgrading is because of the bouncy VDI on the Pro and I'm looking to dig less trash. At the same time, I hear more expensive models have some of the same issues. ie: the Equinox 900. I also go to the ocean once or twice a year and would like multi-frequency.

I wanna see how people use coin probes

I've started using one about 8 years ago, it's the best shovel in the world for metal detecting the man's right. Such a beautiful plug most time you don't even see it.

Shovels are good. A plug that falls apart is bad.

That’s a very clean plug

Nice I have the predator piranha. I expect it will outlive me.

You are degrading those coins. That erodes the surface terribly.

I gotta an old soccer field by my house that was there in the 70’s. Don’t know how old it is. Soccer field has been removed so now it just a big empty field, I wanna go detect that but it’s in a bad bad neighborhood. Kinda need a flak jacket & helmet type of place. 😞

Love it, thanks for the tips

I find lots of jewelry on my active soccer fields …… last month I found a Large 18 K gold cross ….. a 14 K gold diamond Ring inside the soccer goal…..what’s nice is you come back in 6 months and it’s replenished with new jewelry 🎉…….Thanks for sharing

Check by the shade of that tree.

When I was a kid there was a park with six baseball fields with bleachers. We would find coins and paper money, keys, unopened beer cans and more. No metal detector needed since we could not afford one. 100% honest fun.

Use your worthless clad to buy silver if that's your thing. Fun and profit...

You can probably get the double score for the price of the regular score if you price compare some

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I love mine