As said i always dig them as a lesson learned, back in the very early noughties [2000s] I had a Whites 6000 XL PRO, the detector had a graph like screen [pic below] when hitting a target, the needle pointer thingy would zero in on the graph,
I was digging 4 hole buttons like loads of them and every signal latched on to the same number on the graph, I was getting fed up as you do, every signal being a button, so walked away from the area, only to get another signal with the same reading, I said something along the lines of sod that
and walked away not digging it, then thought mmm it might be something else, so walked back and dug it,To say i was overwhelmed is a understatement, pulling up this superb 2nd C Roman Umbonate brooch, complete with pin and still had a piece of cloth attached to it, the FLO was more excited with the cloth
I have found some awesome finds over the years, but this still ranks the number one, I have sold a lot of things over the years [needs must] but could not ever sell this and often think i will donate it to a Museum,As the old saying goes, if in doubt Dig it
in hindsight yes, it could of been a plough share but then again i will never know, I think with the modern day detectors we tend to look at the numbers instead of using our ears
