>>60850051
>Do you dig everything?
mostly wild west relics and victorian mining tools and junk. I mostly detect ghost towns that were abandoned by 1917 or so. I find a lot of indian head pennies and V nickels. Also a lot of bullet shells. Most of what I find is trash, but it's very old trash. Stuff like steel cans and metal roofing and square nails.
>Any tips or tricks?
Sounds like you're doing fine. If I could go back and tell myself anything I'd say:
1. When you dig a target stick the spade in a good 6 inches in front of the target, and dig deeper than you expect it to be. I've ruined a few great coins by sticking the shovel through them.

2. Go slow and overlap your swings. You'll find more stuff covering a few feet really well than covering miles of ground badly.

3. Experiment with different settings by tossing some coins out in the yard and seeing how the detector reacts on different settings. Your minelab is a really great machine, and if you practice on different settings you'll find tons of stuff with it. Minelabs in general are the best detectors out there for most things.