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  1. Old Longhair

    Never had one

    Ground Balance always makes a difference, which is one of the reasons air tests are about useless for anything beyond hearing what the tones sound like. The machine needs something to ground balance to. Aside from that, Tracking shouldn't have a thing to do with it.
  2. Old Longhair

    Never had one

    Seeing that you're in the UK, and probably interested in searching for ancient artifacts so you'll dig everything, I would recommend that at some point you experiment with Prospector Mode w/Iron Mask. It will take some getting used to since it's a no-motion VCO w/o TID, but it will see deeper...
  3. Old Longhair

    Never had one

    Congratulations! You now own the best kept secret in metal detecting. Best advice I can offer is, run GB Tracking ON, and sweep speed should be around 1ft/second. The machine should run very stable, not chatty. Good luck! If you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to ask.
  4. Old Longhair

    Do I need permission from anyone....

    Typically, that is on the "right-of-way", so it's technically/legally fair game most places. The homeowners do tend to get pretty possessive, since they do maintain them, so asking them isn't a bad practice. On the normal 2-lane road the right-of-way extends 33 feet from the road center.
  5. Old Longhair

    Xterra Pro 4 Big Silvers=Iron

    Yep! The Explorer SE, too. You don't even have an option. There's no user accessible GB function on any of them.
  6. Old Longhair

    Xterra Pro 4 Big Silvers=Iron

    Stories about Tracking costing you targets are pure BS. If they were true, you'd have heard more crying instead of raving from E-trac and CTX users. Something that I do often is Noise Cancel. Changing location, frequencies, and/or sensitivity can easily cause a need to re-scan for the best NC...
  7. Old Longhair

    Xterra Pro 4 Big Silvers=Iron

    The threshold is particularly important when you're hunting with any DISC at all. Listening for the null is a valuable tool in more dense trash where masking is an issue. Even though I run All Metal, I like having the threshold hum in the background because I want to hear everything that's going...
  8. Old Longhair

    Xterra Pro 4 Big Silvers=Iron

    Part of the reason that Ground Balance is so important when considering TID is that GB changes depending on the frequency selected. That WILL have an impact on target response and TID accuracy.
  9. Old Longhair

    Xterra Pro 4 Big Silvers=Iron

    Properly ground balanced, the TID is more likely to be consistent with a low frequency and tend to be more jumpy with a high frequency due to target bin width assignments. Ground balance can't be overlooked, which is part of the reason I don't put much stock in air tests.
  10. Old Longhair

    Xterra Pro 4 Big Silvers=Iron

    You've got that backwards. High conductors and low frequencies shake hands better than high frequencies. Decades ago, George Payne determined that the optimum frequency for silver dimes was 2.7kHz. If you're looking for a gold hoard, then high frequency is what you want. It won't penetrate the...
  11. Old Longhair

    Xterra Pro 4 Big Silvers=Iron

    Buried in a sack they will likely be spread out some. I only tested them in a neat stack, so I'll be interested in your findings.
  12. Old Longhair

    Xterra Pro 4 Big Silvers=Iron

    I haven't seen the video, but after reading your post I decided to conduct my own test to see what it was all about. I grabbed a stack of 10 silver dollars to test with. I tested in 5 & 15kHz. Mind you, this was also all air testing, which I don't put a lot of stock in. And IMO, fresh planted...
  13. Old Longhair

    Muscle cars.

    '67 body was my favorite year Goat. I had a '69 that I stuck a 428HO motor in paired with a 400TH trans. Set it up to hit third gear @ 75mph and it would bark the tires. As much as I liked my Pontiac motors to work on, I was always a Chevy BB fan. My most fun ride was a '70 Chevelle SS that I...
  14. Old Longhair

    Xterra pro = short coin hunt

    If I'd dug even a single good target there, I might have dug more than I did. This was my second trip there and I have yet to find anything more than recent drops. Besides that, we're in the middle of a heatwave/drought. With temps in the 90s and no rain for well over a week, and no rain in the...
  15. Old Longhair

    🏁 Quick.. Dumb.. X-Terra Pro Question 🏁

    When they come out with a V8X I'll be on it like stink!
  16. Old Longhair

    🏁 Quick.. Dumb.. X-Terra Pro Question 🏁

    I don't see the point on an already lightweight sub-$300 machine. I'd rather spend the $ on additional coils.
  17. Old Longhair

    🏁 Quick.. Dumb.. X-Terra Pro Question 🏁

    Nope. I got a regular Minelab rod that I found for $30.
  18. Old Longhair

    Xterra pro = short coin hunt

    The ground here is glacial moraine and can change pretty dramatically in 15ft. I run with Tracking ON and All Tones all the time, mostly in 5kHz, and it's pretty easy to hear ferrous tones when they combine with high value responses. Over the weekend I hit one of my permissions and it was a...
  19. Old Longhair

    🏁 Quick.. Dumb.. X-Terra Pro Question 🏁

    The Vanquish lower rod is EXACTLY the same. I already bought one for my NOX15 coil, and it works perfectly.
  20. Old Longhair

    Xterra pro = short coin hunt

    Pinpoint is also effective tool. You can size the target with Pinpoint, and in the case where the edge of a larger object excited and fooled the machine, the size will give it away.
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