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Hello, rborg.   Welcome to THunting.com.   I moved your post from "Beginners" to "New Users Introduction" since it is your first post.   That will give more members an opportunity to say "Howdy" and to impart their words of wisdom.   

To answer your question, a lot depends upon where you are digging and how big a hole you are digging.   If you're in a lawn or some other nice grassy area, you don't want to dig a big hole.   You need to learn how to use the detector as a pinpointer by running it north-south over the target area and then east-west over the area.    Where the strongest signals intersect is your target......and yes, it does take a while to master.   Using a blunt screw driver or a long wooden or plastic knitting needle as a probe will also help you determine the exact location of the target. 

Now let's assume that you have dug a hole.  First run your coil over the hole to see if the target is still there.  If it is not, then run you coil over the pile of dirt you have set aside to put back in the hole.   If it beeps, you can start going through the pile  in the manner you are talking about---just make sure the hand you are using doesn't have a ring, watch , bracelet, etc attached to it or you'll get a signal with every hand full.  .   

IF you are at the beach or hunting in a place where you can make larger holes, definitely use the method you are talking about (although it doesn't matter whether you run it over or under the coil....the signal will be the same either way).    But regardless of where you dig, please make sure you do as little damage to vegetation as possible and that you fill in the hole as completely and carefully as possible when you are don.   Ideally no one should be able to tell you were there beyond a couple of footprints.

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	Check Harbor Freight for a inexpensive pin pointer. The cen-tech. They work for well I think for the money.

Cache is right about that.....without coupons, you generally pick a Centech up from Harbor Freight for about $16.00 + tax.    With coupons, you can often get it down closer to $10.   And they work every bit as good as some of the more expensive ones like the Whites and are more durable than some of the other more expensive brands.  I won't say they are in the same league as a garrett or a vibraprobe but at $16 you can burn through a few of them before you start feeling the pain that losing or breaking one of the more expensive models cost.

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Welcome from New Mexico.     Yep!   What they said. LOL

Remember that Pin Pointing with a DD coil like the one you have is done from Side to Side.

The Hot spot of your Coil is down the Center line of the Coil from Heal to Toe.

By the way.    $50.00 on that machine was a KILLER Price.





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The super sniper will be well worth it if you can get in that price range. your 250 is not the 'ideal' machine for gold, but it will do the job. Keep reading about prospecting and gold sniping and you may get the "itch" to upgrade. When you do, keep in mind that Ace is worth about two to three times what you paid for it. (If you can bear to let go of it.)

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For a Garrett product, I'd definitely run it straight up the lower shaft, securing with velcro, and then wrap it around the upper shaft tightly enough that it doesn't shift around a lot.   The important thing is you don't want your coil wire generating false signals.   

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