Relic hunt suggestion - disc or no disc?

[DetectorBase]

I'm planning on doing some relic hunting at a old lumber camp near my town. The good thing with this area.. no new trash. I mean.. none!!

So, the question is this. I've been using the new Minelab SE and been using it in all metal and ferrous tones. This is what I ideally hunt for coins in the city with. Now, when I go out in a relic environment, should I apply a little disc to get the small high ferrous items out (ie: nails?) or still leave it wide open.

I stated that this site is low in new trash.. but it's extremely heavy in old trash, mainly broken pieces of cans. I'll bring my 5" to see if I can pick around stuff. The other important point is that almost everything is on the surface. It's a camp from the very early 1900s.. most likely 1900-1905 and the ground is real rocky. That's why nothing gets very deep.

I've pulled out various buckels, buttons and shell casings, and those would traditionally ring in the higher conductive areas.. so not quite sure about how I need to go about this with my new SE. I use to hit this area with my whites running 'base' coin program years ago.

Thanks!
DB

[osros]

Sorry cant help, but I wish you good luck there and I forsee alot of digging for you. Let us know how you do and any tricks! Relic hunting as I understand it is basiclly digging up every iron signal you find. :eek: But Im sure it pays off at good sites away from population and new trash as you stated.

[DetectorBase]

I was fortunate to hunt a couple of place over the last couple of weekends (that's why things have slowed down a bit on the site). Both sites were a bust, but had a chance to work with the Minelab in a non-typical environment.

Going no-disc was still the way to go. I noticed that a lot of larger metal targets were sounding off as coin tones due to their size. Overall, the behaviour and technique is still the same.

Thanks!
DB