I thought I might teach myself to dig for all Id-numbers instead of only above 73..because those are supposed to be euro-coins. But in reality, I often still dig up bottle caps, pull tabs and pieces of Red Bull cans etc.. Plus, only digging up coins while there might be some lost jewellery in parks and playgrounds goes past the goal of metal detecting: finding expensive little things that people lost !
Of course, digging up lower numbers means digging up LOADS and LOADS of junk ! Little bits of foil that kids threw away..Well, mostly that. sigh.
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After spending so many weeks in a warm country surrounded by gorgeous beaches, I dreaded the fact that I had to dress in several layers again before I could go treasure hunting. I had to consider shoes, pants, leg warmers, socks and all that stuff.. Once I got fully dressed, I took my Xp deus out into my garden.. only to realize that it was unbelievably chatty and annoying ! It did not stop beeping ! So I got quite angry, and went back inside to fiddle again with all settings and headphones.
I only own the little XP Deus controller that comes with the WS3 headphones. Since I like to have direct access to the menu without taking the headphones off, I use the unit attached with my own headphones with the help of a separate adapter with input jack. I tape the whole thing onto my XP shaft with simple tape. So that had to be taken off again..
When all seemed to have turned into normal sounds again, I went out in the afternoon and decided to go to the closest spot on my list: a grassy area near a bunch of houses where local kids can play. It’s quite out of sight of streets, and only a few houses are high enough so that people could see me from their window. But I tried not to care.
The results of Day 1 My first find was a 1-euro coin, so that started out well ! I had times when I came home with less than 5 cents.. I told myself to start digging lower Id’s in order to increase the change of finding jewellery.. but then my pinpointer gave up after 5 minutes ! So I did what I always did: dig up coin numbers. A lot of low ID’s showed but I ignored them, as it’s very hard to find their exact location with only a detector and a screw driver. I ended up with 3.30 euro and a led bullet. Not bad. I also dug up a toy car but I put it near the bench for someone to find it someday in better weather circumstances. I also noticed some very sharp pieces of glass lying under the big toything, so I took that away. Overal, I was quite content to have dug up this much without a pinpointer. The next time might be more of a failure..
