A Question About Sweeping Technique On Fields

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Thanks for the feedback, everyone. 

I'm 65, and just got back into the hobby a few years ago after a 40 year hiatus (my last detector was a BFO White Coinmaster 5000).

I swing a CTX now, so I have to keep the speed down, or the porker will damage my shoulder, even with the Minelab harness.

I had a Nox 600 for a 1/2 season, and it could handle fast swings very well, but the CTX seems to process signals slowly, so low-and-slow is the way to go. I run "long" response, and there's a magic swing speed that works well.

I also tend to hunt smaller areas (schoolyards, community halls) with no time limit, so I feel that coverage is more important than speed.

However, I now see the usefulness of covering ground quickly when searching large fields, looking for hot spots.