If you're hunting with friends in the same places and you're NEVER the guy with the "best find",either your setup is off or you're just in a huge slump. It's nice to find good coins,it's what we do. I don't go out thinking" hey,I wanna find a shitty coin". Watch Jeff(firefighter43) do some of his videos. He doesn't come away EVERY time with lots of loot,sometimes he does well. He has 3 things in particular going for him,not LUCK based. First,a top notch machine. Second, sites with high potential for old coins. Lastly,a lot of experience. Combine these things and surely something will happen sooner or later. You can get lucky and wave your Bounty Hunter over a manhole cover and find a seated half stuck to the top of it....chances are terrible this is going to happen. The frustration of not finding what you're looking for should be the driving force behind you as a hunter developing those skills,saving the change for an updated unit or better coil.....finding better sites with more potential! There's nothing wrong with being competitive,it's a lot easier to be a good sport when you "win" sometimes. What's it gonna take for you to do more winning?
The other day my buddy and I were getting our asses handed to us on a plate. I suggested we go rut around an area I had found a LC 2 years ago,a public park....we had found nothing else of note there since then. Would you FREEEEKIN BELEEEEEVE he got a screaming 00-29 signal,not too far down. He thought it might be a half of 2 quarters. I said,no,not on my Explorer,as I swept it before he dug. A half would not read that way. He pops out a fairly large dirty coin,bigger than a quarter,not as big as a half. It was an 1855 LC!! I was the biggest cheerleader ever right then,the sight of something that old in hand at that moment was the biggest thrill for both of us,and the fact I had one already(1852) and he didn't until then made it a truly memorable moment. I found nothing that day,but came home and had a huge grin as I told my wife and kids about it,finding one of those in WI is NOT easy these days! WE had accomplished the seemingly impossible,I directed the hunt TO the site,HE had the good fortune to sweep it. It's about the shared fortune of you and your fellow hunters,and being able to see the coin for what it is,not whose it is. Of course,as stated,this is easier when everyone is finding stuff at about an equal rate. Changing a setting at a certain site can be the answer,maybe your machine is funky,who knows. Whatever you do,persevere. It's the only way in this hobby.
HH
Kevin