Rule #3 of Metal Detecting: Always fill in the holes you dig, and try to make them look the same as they did before you started digging. This usually requires a sharp digging tool, where you make a half-circle straight down, then fold the sod over in one piece to locate the item you are looking for. Most of the time, this works fairly well. But not always. Thus, it leads us to Rule #4: Buy a PINPOINTER. A pin-pointer is shaped like a small, thin flashlight, and is about 8 inches long. This item is very handy, as I will explain later. The only drawback is that it costs about $130.00. So after obtaining a second mortgage, we broke down and bought one.
The pin-pointer is placed in the hole after digging out the sod plug, and it helps to locate your target easier. This helps to avoid over-digging. The signal gets louder and more intense the closer you get to the object you are looking for. So the metal detector finds the general area, and the pin-pointer zeroes in on it exactly.
Today's find included: one dime, one quarter, one nickel, eleven pennies, a screw, two fake pearls, and the common pull-tab. We are now officially up to $1.77.... Working toward that Big Mac combo.
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