100 hours in all metal mode

[Neil in West Jersey]

[quote awhitster]Coin mode and notch out clad pennies. You'll still get the all copper and wheaties.[/quote]

NOT TRUE: By "clad" pennies I am assuming you mean zinc pennies. I found a 1911 cent that sounded like a zinc penny due to some corrosion. Also many Indian Heads will for some reason read lower than a copper penny, sometimes in the zinc area.

Here are the settings I use:

ALL METAL MODE= When searching heavily wooded and remotely poplualted areas. I usually use this mode when trying to identify prior activity in the area and iron is a great clue.

RELIC MODE= This is my default setting in areas that are not too trashy. It will disciminate out small iron, but it will hit all other targets, from foil (and gold) up.

JEWELRY MODE=If the area has large amounts of (modern)trash I will use Jewelry mode, but only for short amount times, alternating between relic mode. I do not want to risk missing lower conductivity targets such as gold and pewter.

COIN MODE: I rarely use coin mode. I have found numerous 18th and 19th century "flat" buttons in heavily hunted areas. I am sure these were left behind by hunters using heavy discrmination. An 1860 Indian Head "Nickle" (as the one cent piece was known before the nickel five cent piece came out) will read somwhere in the "junk" range, due to the fact that they were composed of 88% copper and 12% nickel. The only time I will use this mode is if I have little time to hunt a very trashy area.

This is the way I like to keep my settings. We all have different goals, so figure out what is best for you and stick to it.

 

[DavHut]

n/t

 

[TEXAS TREASURE PIRATE]

you wont find any Indian heads! if you notch out clad pennys

 

[hobbes_lives]

Just a little FYI, you will not likely find any platinum rings with those settings, not that there are too many to find anyway. My platinum/gold wedding band show up as a solid pulltab id on the Ace 250. Those settings would definitely be good to quickly cherry pick a site, though. Just my 2

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

[quote jackintexas]Question: If you did not have the bell tone, would you still hunt in all metal? If you only dig the signals that have a bell tone you are using audio discrimination.[/quote]

My CXIII has on/off controls for Bell Tone and Bi Level. I usually keep both on, but every once in a while I will turn them off just to re-tune my own instincts. I also have a White's (Can i say that name in this forum?)PRL1 industrial MD. It has no ID or depth readout, and only discriminate control. Every year or so I take it out for a "spin" to try and re-learn the subtle differences in sounds from different targets. Everyone should learn on a simple machine.

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[ohio fred]

Its is a great machine and works great in Ohio.Use all metal when you gain experience and want to find coins that are next to junk.The notch system is great take advantage of it to learn the machine.

 

[ohio fred]

n/t

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

[quote TEXAS TREASURE PIRATE]you wont find any Indian heads! if you notch out clad pennys[/quote]
I just found an 1896 IH today and it is a solid hit one notch below dime. That is where all my copper cents hit.
I would love to compare about 10 Ace's and see if they all read targets the same. Do they all get the same depth?

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

[quote John 'n' W.Va][quote TEXAS TREASURE PIRATE]you wont find any Indian heads! if you notch out clad pennys[/quote]
I just found an 1896 IH today and it is a solid hit one notch below dime. That is where all my copper cents hit.
I would love to compare about 10 Ace's and see if they all read targets the same. Do they all get the same depth?[/quote]

My guess is "no". I bet some are better in certain conditions, some are better in other conditions.