I got out for a little over an hr this morning. Went to an old area that had produced in the past, but I forgot about how much trash was there and how hot the ground was. Guys familiar with the Yuma area know this as the Laguna's behind Adair Park. Red clay and millions of bullets and bullet fragments. I ignored hundreds of shallow surface targets and concentrated on finding a deep target or something in the side of erosion cut banks. Insanely Hot does not serve you well in these conditions.
I've been breaking in a new pair of leather hiking boots and the metal eyelets are a real problem running Insanely Hot settings. No steel toe, just leather reinforcement. I've worn no metal lightweight hiking boots of every brand most of my detecting life, but they were leaving me wanting. I was wearing out at least 2 pairs a year and the rubber soles were not up to the task of extreme cactus or kicking footholds into steep hillsides. Boot scraping the ground for hot rocks and trying to clean up an iffy target signal was killing those lightweight rubber soles. I've got a half dozen pairs in the garage with a delaminated sole on the left boot from me scraping ground signals.
So, I bought quality leather hiking boots with firm Vibram soles and so far I'm really happy with the comfort, support and apparent durability. However, I really have to change up my coil swing style when running Insanely Hot. I'm only 5'7" and extended the coil shaft as far as it would go for some relief. Do they make a shaft extension, for the detector I mean? I can't imagine what havoc the new 19" coil will bring.
The nugget came out of a cut bank, screaming at about 4 inches.