Thanks for your comments Monte. I made it to one of my local soccer fields today. It was doing some light rain, so I borrowed the rain cover from the 540. The 340 seems to be a slight different creature than the 540. It could be psychological also. I am keeping the 8” coil on it. It feels like the perfect match. It is very sensitive to smaller targets. The small aluminum piece from a screw cap had me chasing my tail for a while.
I hunted this same exact area late into last fall. There is no way for any of these finds to be recent drops. The frost turning things coils have caused me to miss them?!
Either way I am happy finding some targets. I usually only get out for 30-60 minutes at a time. Being the sole hunter in my town helps. I will never run out of places to hunt that are 5 minutes from my house. That doesn’t include knocking on some doors once it is safe to do so.