How Did I Previously Miss 8 Wheaties? A Different State Of Mind?

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3 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

What he is saying is that when he first hit the sites he thought he was hitting the hot spots and when he decided to hit the "fringes" he figured out he was hitting the fringe areas all along and what he thought were the fringe areas turned out to be the actual hot spots.  Point being, you may just not have gotten your coil over the areas you THOUGHT you had previously covered because even when we grid a place, it is hard to know whether we really got the meaty part of the coil over every square centimeter.  I think we tend to overestimate how thoroughly we have covered a given site, even postage stamp size plots, with our coils.

Also, variable ground conditions like moisture content can change your ability hear fringe targets when dry one day that turn into banging signals when moist the next  Just a lot of variables out there.

I do believe focus and attitude are big players in metal detecting.  Ever notice how your finds rate goes down during a detecting session until the area seems played out.  I think we attribute that simply to taking targets out of the ground but that doesn't explain why when we return to the site we start finding things again.  I think we truly lose concentration and fatigue sets in as the day goes on and takes us off our A-game.  Also, sometimes, snagging a great find, ups your confidence and things kind of steamroll and you have a great day at a site you previously thought was played out.  So yes, improved concentration could very well be a player in your site coming alive again.

All these things are what makes this hobby both frustrating and invigorating.  You just never know what you are going to find and should generally expect the unexpected.

 

 

 

This site is fairly small…maybe 75’x150’.   I found three of those wheats inside a 4’x4’ section that I’m positive I’ve been over before.  It did rain the night before so I’m sure that helped.  Another thing about this site is that there’s hardly any clad or copper memorials.  Also of those 8 wheats, the deepest was maybe 5”.   Most were 2”-3”.   If I had heard them on previous trips I may have passed over them because they sounded larger than a coin normally does.  That last paragraph of yours really sums it up!

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Toad ,,, You did it ! 

You became part of the machine  ! 👍 Pure concentration.

I've experienced such a state of mind during my shows ...😎

I always thought it was because of all my studies and many years of experience.with the gear.

But now I'm wondering if the long rides in the bus had anything to do with it ?

There's just no escaping some things.........😜