DO YOU SCRUB OR HOVER?

[GarrettGirl]

I run the following coils on my Hoover 5000 - Minelab 8" commander - a bloody dream to use - I wear out the tape before the skid plate - NF 17x11", 16" round NF, NF Sadie 8x6", NF 12x7", 11" Commander mono, DD - I have never had any false signals with any of them - I use the 8" a lot - great coil and no falsing at all - All my coils have paid for themselves with finding gold

 

[madtuna]

I have to go with Nightjar on this. The skid plate on my 14" NFA round has done 4 seasons in WA and is in no need of replacing in the near future. Same with my 18" NFA round.

I actually put the question to Rohan Johnson of Nugget Finder who explained skid plates are designed to protect the coil from the bumps and bashes that will of cause happen, but it is designed to run as close to the ground as possible but not on the ground.

Yep, in theory having the coil on the deck might place you an inch closer to the nugget, but running it on the deck can introduce noise that can mask those faint signals that could mean a large nugget at depth.

I don't look for obvious signals, you'll hear them anyway. I look for absolutely anything that causes a difference in the threshold and that is repeatable. If I am introducing a difference or a noise into the threshold, then that will negate that inch or so closer to the target because I may not recognize it.

However, once I have located what I think could be a target, yes I'll try and coax every little bit of information out of it and that includes having the coil on the deck.

If you are a scrubber and use Nugget Finder coils, their new range of black HD clip on skid plates may be worth considering.

In the end, each to there own and what works for you.

Cheers,

Steve

 

[Roscoe]

Some real good experiences and opinions coming in, thanks. Its been good to hear both sides of the story. I went detecting today for about 4hrs and tried out the scrub method for the duration. I was quiet surprised of were you could scrub the coil. One thing i liked was that you always new your coil height. It was good in among-st grass and shrub patches. There was a area i could not run on the ground it was made up of a lot of iron stone pebbles and the detector would not settle. The scrub method seemed more demanding on body and equipment?

I haven't been converted to the scrub method yet, but there seems to be areas which suited it best.

 

[nuggetino]

I'm a scrubber too

 

[BumbleB]

In the mornings its as close to the ground as possible- ride/bump rocks along the way.
In the afternoon when I'm getting lazy/tired, I'm a scrubber & a bumper! :lol:

 

[sh4ggs]

I scrub as I've heard the lower the better, and that it is one of the reasons we use skid plates, but it's not based on any research.
If using the NF 17" elliptical that isn't solid, I tend to keep it just above, otherwise too many sticks get caught.
My fav coil is the NF Sadie 8x6, seems to work best solidly on the ground

 

[MYSPOT]

Yes, scrub.

First I rake and them sweep the coil over that smooth flat ground baby, oh yeh. Even my old XT17000 & the xterra505 the closer the better. I mainly run the 14 NF mono on the 5K, nice and light.

RAKE , SWEEP , DIG,

OH YEH BB

CHOW

 

[user 794]

I'm a scrubber too!

 

[Sarn]

How easy is it to damage a coil? I haven't been using a cover but wondering if I should.....heading over to the grand opening of detect a den today and was thinking of getting one (if they have one for the fisher, or can I use covers designed for other brands?)

 

[gcause]

I'd recommend people watch how Doug Stone uses his coil and how he uses both auto tracking and then fixed when he comes on a target:

[video=480,360]http://youtu.be/SLhbJBJS9PI[/video]

[video=480,360]http://youtu.be/jc88pm9Cl4s[/video]

Hope this helps someone.

 

[condor22]

Thanks Gcause, dated lol, but still true today, thanks

 

[G0lddigg@]

Thanks Gcause thats an oldie but a googie

 

[panhead]

Thanks very much gcause. It pays to watch these older vids. You can always learn something.

Just realized it's my first post on this forum, without any introduction. I'm just another poor soul that's contracted Yellow Fever. So hello to all fellow prospectors, and please forgive my bad manners.
panhead