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Inland Metal Detecting continued **

Most crops come to maturity around the same time every year, give or take a week or two. A lot depends on the strength of the sun over the last week or so of ripening. If your detecting is mainly going to be done on arable land, you can carry it out in two different ways: First: if you have lots of land to cover in a short period of time, use a light, fast recovery detector, without a meter. Most detectors that fall into this category are in the mid-price range. These detectors allow you to sweep faster and cover more ground, picking up targets either on top of the ground, or just a couple of inches down. Recovery speed is the length of time a detectors electronics take Elizabeth 1st sixpence with rose behind head cleaned & toned to recover from registering one target before they can register another target. To test your recovery time, place three or four items on te ground about 30cm apart.Place them in a fashion so that you sweep over them all in a single pass. Swing your loop over them, counting slowly, as you sweep from left to right and back again. If the detector registers each target with a quick beep, while you count no higher than five or six for the complete sweep, then the detector is fine for this type of detecting. If you have to revisit the same fields using this detector, I would suggest slowing your sweep down slightly, counting to seven or eight for the complete sweep. It will give your detector the chance to pick up on the deeper targets.

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Second: if you are not so pressed for time, use one of the higher priced detectors which has facilities for All Metal Audio and Meter Discrimination. Metal detecting in All Metal mode with Meter Discrimination is especially good on loose ploughed fields - it gives greater depth, and works well in most conditions where modern junk is not a problem. These are ideal detectors if you do not have to rush around from farm to farm, in a short period of time, before the fields are back in crop again. With only one or two farms to search, you can detect at a more leisurely pace. It is important to search thoroughly when you have a limited time to search. Using a detector with All Metal Mode, Audio Discrim, and a Meter or Graph discriminating system, will save you digging time - with these detectors you will not waste time digging iron. You can also use these detectors to extend your detecting period throughout the winter and into late spring - using them on the grass fields of dairy, beef, or sheep rearing farms, or for beach detecting.