Metal Detecting: Tips and Tricks for Hunting Trashy U.S. Parks

Metal Detecting Tips and Tricks - In this video the History Digger shares how he uses the six inch coil with his Minelab Equinox 800 along with using the accept/reject feature to discriminate out unwanted trashy target IDs. He provides a walk-through demonstration and then tests the setup on some local parks in Madison Wisconsin. He also uncovers one of the season's most unique finds....come along and let's see what we can discover together.

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Thanks for watching. Again - this is an approach for U.S. based, trashy parks. It's primarily intended to target coins when one has limited time to hunt and YES, you may miss some non-coin targets with lower ID/VDI numbers. Also remember the unicyclist and park concert...let us know some of the strangest things you've encountered while detecting. Happy digging!

[@TheCoffeeBushKid]

Good clip. Thank you very much for the shout out. Great that you used the settings and adapted them to your own area to hunt what you wanted. Well done. Enjoyed watching. Stay safe. Regards Andrew :)

[@mindihammond3459]

Thanks for this video! I am so excited about my finds at the camp ground I am at. Quarters, nickels, dimes and pennies. Over $2 in finds so far.

[@dirttrollingtroy3498]

Appreciate you showing us how to set that up. I just recently purchased a 6 inch coil. The information really helped thank you. Have a great week.

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.

[@excavandoeltono]

Thanks for sharing the settings for trashy parks. Nice video!

[@cruikshank]

Grew up in Northeast PA, never heard them called buckeyes we knew them as horse chestnuts 🌰 same vein of name. Our had spikes. We had battles with them as kids. We all survived, no one lost an eye. Rode our Chopper Bicycles without helmets too. Simpler times with bigger scrapes. Great video. I don’t have the same detector but I get the reason for the settings. I’ll take my chances missing items to not dig so much junk.

[@alexametaldetector1402]

This setting may be good for coins or silver hunting, but if you pass your coil on some of the tiny gold or low carat gold target, you will definitely miss it. Thanks for sharing that with us.

[@mikegilbertmetalartist9334]

Awesome job hunting, thanks for the information on the nox, I’m going to try this.

[@dragonflydigs658]

Thank you for the demo on the equinox! I will definitely try it! Love the veterans key fob👍🏻 Thanks for the dig! Be safe and HH 🎧⛏

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Thanks! You too DD!

[@kepvalley]

Great information! Wish our clad was copper based so it would work here. Only pennies and silver give the good tones here coin wise. We can dig the nickel and clad steel change but requires different techniques as it bounces around and into iron territory. At the lake, I got a strong -8 in Park 1 so I knew it was likely a clad steel loonie, which it turned out to be. The first CDN penny you dug was a zinc one, ringing up 19-20 and I believe the second one looked like copper. They ring 25-27 and higher sometimes. We went zinc with those in 1997 then got rid of it altogether after 2013, thank goodness! I feel bad for you guys having almost 40yrs of zincolns to dig. TC&HH!

[@coinaddicteddave]

Great finds thanks for explaining the program I enjoyed hunting with you today

[@TheBeeman410]

I just picked up a Nox 600 and you have helped me quite a bit with setting it up! Thanks 🍻

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Glad to hear! Be sure to look at Relic Dirty Hands Tutorial videos on the Nox. They are outstanding.

[@AAPHomestead]

Very cool thanks for sharing ✌

[@jhwk9575]

Thanks for sharing the detecting program. Ed Huffman has a good video on extending the depth of the Nox and finding silver. Have a good evening.

[@detectandotesoros]

Great finds ✌👍

[@RelicHuntingSouthTexas]

Great video! I am fairly new to the Nox and am going notch out some of the lower stuff and keep in the nickel range as well though. I like finding nickels and my first gold ring was a 13 so you never know! I have lots of trashy areas to hunt in. Take care & happy hunting!

[@ohdannyboyjustadiggin]

three great finds and a handful of clad. Not a bad day at all...

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

Great finds enjoyed the video

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Thx for watching

[@grantmcconnell4069]

Outstanding thankyou for that from South Wales UK

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

My pleasure Grant. Happy hunting!

[@MrGronito]

excelent.... super like saludos desde Chile

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

thanks for watching!

[@martinstreasurehunting]

Great Info Brother

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Thanks for watching

[@jdkillian1965]

Just got my 6 inch coil for my nox 800 today. Gonna try your program with it. Its not far off of my own

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Let me know how it goes. [e-mail]

[@ChrisSmith-vc7xs]

Hey my man, if no one ever get the info to you: the pendant is the Hindu god Ganesh (Elephant head god, destroyer of obstacles).

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Yes thx Chris. I did find that out but very much appreciate the info. Thx!

[@ChrisSmith-vc7xs]

@@TheHistoryDigger1 - cool, cool. Happy continued hunting; swing away, swing away.

[@TreasureRangersSavingHistory]

great information on the park modes. love the nox a smashing machine. just sub you hope we see you soon. jamie and Rachel x

[@deteccionmercosur]

Very good explanation I love the Equinox Congratulations We activate 🔔 bell 🇦🇷✌️🙏👍 ♥ ️ ♥ ️

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Awesome, thank you!

[@luisvillarreal5262]

I guarantee you would have found some deep old coins or silver on the settings you had. That 6" coil on my Nox 600 has found me some deep coin size targets and several rings, such as a small child's vintage silver ring at 8" deep. That 6" coil doesn't mess around. Your settings are great for parks that you think may be old, but know that there will be a lot of trash as well. Hitting high tones and discriminating low tones is a good way to find old silver quickly, to give you a general idea of how old the park/place is. Happy Hunts. _/

[@Shedding]

The 1-2 range is foil paper, but also the range for gold

[@jdkillian1965]

Are you in Madison? Im in Edgerton. I have numerous 1880’s farm permissions South of Stoughton if you want to sweep them with me.

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Awesome. I’m in Oconomowoc. My sister in law lives in Edgerton. Yes, would love to get together and happy to share some permissions. I’m on the road at the moment but feel free to ping me. Maybe early September, post Labor Day if that works.

[@bashirbayati4810]

You said you're not gonna pick up trash but you did eventually

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Not sure I follow you but the intent is to reduce the trash. The discrimination will not entirely eliminate trash as some items have the same target ID as more sought after items. Thx for watching and commenting.

[@WishMeLuckMetalDetecting]

I would say this. Instead of notching out the 12-13, I would only dig the deep ones. I am toying with the idea of getting that coil.

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Definitely an option and a good idea!

[@DIGGINGRICHMOND]

@@TheHistoryDigger1 I have this coil and so far I love the places I can get into.

[@spuddapotato2494]

I also live in Madison and I always wondered what those weird looking seeds were called. Guess I’ll start calling them Buckeyes.

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Some great parks near Madison!!

[@rickkama3889]

Key chain?

[@santafedave1051]

Your viewers really need to hear the tones they mean more than numbers in my humble opinion but good vid.

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

I agree but it depends on the location. The tones are distracting to other detectorists and park goers. 🤷

[@frankwalker9276]

I never notch those out because I want gold rings I want the coins too but I dig everything !!!!

[@kapok7228]

Why would you want a lower tone for the highest targets? Curious about that because I’ve seen that in another video.

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Often those very high signals are big iron.

[@kapok7228]

@@TheHistoryDigger1 But isn't Zone 5 where silvers would be?

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

@@kapok7228 Yes in most cases but not for the very highest target IDs. You are just discriminating out those not the entire zone. The highest target IDs are often big iron.

[@BlueHuntsCoins]

Great video! I use a similar setting with a few differences. I still include 12-13 but also have the 11 there to rule out pull tabs. Yeah, that 6" coil is a killer! Also, is that a Ganesh pendant?

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Thanks BHC - Makes total sense. YES! That is a Ganesh pendant. Am still learning about it but what an interesting find!! Took me a while to ID it! Thanks for commenting and watching!

[@BlueHuntsCoins]

@@TheHistoryDigger1 really cool and unique find! That's why I love hunting parks. We get to find the randomest of things. lol GL!

[@WishMeLuckMetalDetecting]

Great idea Blue. 11 would ID the target as possibly a pull tab! I am going to try that!

[@DocJones7961]

@@TheHistoryDigger1 I agree with the Ganesha pendant. I ended up finding this. www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-cast-bronze-buddhist-temple-1788326641

[@johnsupa6106]

Hello History Digger. Thanks for the great video. I was wondering if the laws in the USA are the same as the laws in the UK. Here you just about have to have permission to detect anywhere. What's it like in the USA with regards to property the public uses etc. In the UK its a struggle to get permission to detect on public used land as its owned by the local council authority. I love metal detecting but had I known the hassles in this regard I don' t think I would have started.

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Hi John, Great question. No they are a bit different here and vary greatly by county. Most state parks do not allow detecting but most county and city parks do. One has to research their web sites or call the local city office or rec department. Water ways are also tricky. Most riverbeds can be detected but inland lake water detecting laws vary by state and of course we also need permission to detect on private property. We don't have local finds officers nor the same rules regarding insurance, oversight and disposition of property. I hope to make it over to one of your larger, UK seeded hunts in 2021!! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@johnsupa6106]

@@TheHistoryDigger1 That will be cool.Email me before you get here.

[@stevelatuszek1373]

Key ring and fob

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Thx Steve

[@metaldetectorkaltimberau]

Like 👍 greetings from Indonesia🙏🙏🤝

[@DiggingCanuck]

15:22 😳😳😳

[@normagrimstad8869]

Key ring?

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Yes, thanks for the watch!

[@stephaniemoore2543]

Do you ever go over the same areas again and use different discriminating settings?

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Hi Stephanie. Yes I do and it’s amazing what you can find on a different day, same location with some adjusted settings. I especially like to detect shortly after a rain using a more sensitive setting and a lower recovery speed.

[@stephaniemoore2543]

@@TheHistoryDigger1 oh ok, thank you!

[@B1bombermadness]

Looks like something for a key chain

[@DIGGINGRICHMOND]

Oh those Canadian pennies EH!! Well the good thing is we don't make them any more. Cheers Frank

[@CrucesNomad1]

Go Army.

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Hoorah!

[@georgesocci5237]

you have to keep the low numbers for rings gold

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

You are absolutely correct. With these setting one can miss some jewelry or gold. In this video though I mentioned was “coin shooting”. Otherwise I don’t discriminate those IDs. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

[@Po1itica11yNcorrect]

Last item looks like a keyring.

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Thank you!

[@markholbrook3949]

The only thing I would never do is discriminate out 12 and 13. I just wont dig it up if I choose not to.. Youve pretty much took away any possibility of digging gold dropped in the park with the removal of 12 and 13.... Maybe you can find a very large gold ring? Maybe

[@markholbrook3949]

keychain

[@greekadventures560]

awesome finds great to see your videos,im your new subscriber check my chanel if you want im new on this hobby but im lucky one

[@gto1874]

Lots of foil from all the cheese, eh?

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Thanks for the watch...."ahhh, the power of cheese!" ;0

[@larrygriffith2051]

Liz is a sweet lady😁

[@Johnny-xh6lr]

Mate if you dont want to digg then u need to change hobby. You discriminated like the best targets id like gold :) Just digg everything and youll see.

[@TheHistoryDigger1]

Lol- I don’t think you watched the whole video. This is for those instances when one is coin shooting and has limited time. Appreciate you commenting but “ just dig everything” is not always an option.