1270 ?? or understanding

[WV62]

I got notice that my 1270 shipped out Friday (yesterday) so I downloaded and printed out the manual just to refresh myself. I think I am okay with the all metal and normal disc mode I think, but I really don't understand what the iron disc is for, when, where and what do I use it for?

Seems that when I had the 1270 the first go around I only used normal disc.

This detector will be used for silver coin hunting only. I don't get into relic hunting at all.

Thanks

Ron in WV

 

[shooter]

Don' have much use for the silencer feature i'll run the SEN pretty high so I can hear audio fluctuation on deep stuff. As far as Iron Disc. its a GOD sent in small iron trash areas like old foundation. I find lots of old silver and coppers at old foundation don't go for the relics. But each to his own thing. But if you do and old house or church or park or school grounds where old building were and its iron nails you might want to set up the1270 like this : Primary Iron Disc Maxed out, Sen High as you can without being erratic (large iron will still sound off but the pesty nails are gone) Secondary :Nor. Disc to your liking (I use 5 ) anything sounds off, cross check in secondary mode if its there dig. brought out a lot of Silver, old coppers this way.

 

[WV62]

Don' have much use for the silencer feature i'll run the SEN pretty high so I can hear audio fluctuation on deep stuff. As far as Iron Disc. its a GOD sent in small iron trash areas like old foundation. I find lots of old silver and coppers at old foundation don't go for the relics. But each to his own thing. But if you do and old house or church or park or school grounds where old building were and its iron nails you might want to set up the1270 like this : Primary Iron Disc Maxed out, Sen High as you can without being erratic (large iron will still sound off but the pesty nails are gone) Secondary :Nor. Disc to your liking (I use 5 ) anything sounds off, cross check in secondary mode if its there dig. brought out a lot of Silver, old coppers this way.

Shooter I was hoping you would pick up on my 1270 questions, so now that I got a little better understanding of iron disc, when and were do you run the normal disc as primary, or do you run it as primary at all?

Are you still using your 1270?

I checked my tracking number and my old 1270 and expected delivery is Monday tomorrow. Kind of looking forward to having all beep and dig machines, but I know for sure I will miss having a depth reading.

Ron in WV

 

[MarkCZ]

Okay, so as I understand it the Iron Disc only works in All Metal Mode and helps disc out small Iron like nails and the sort?

When your running All Metal all the Disc Mode controls are ignored, but at any time while in All Metal Mode you can toggle to Disc mode.

Do I have that right?

Mark

 

[WV62]

Okay, so as I understand it the Iron Disc only works in All Metal Mode and helps disc out small Iron like nails and the sort?

When your running All Metal all the Disc Mode controls are ignored, but at any time while in All Metal Mode you can toggle to Disc mode.

Do I have that right?

Mark

I think you are right when using iron disc, there is also a all metal mode that if turned on there is no iron disc control just metal. Then you can also do all metal when running normal disc by setting it to 0. It is my understanding those are all motion modes, then you have PP which is none motion.

Badger brother Ron

 

[shooter]

Well your saying it a little confusing, you don't have to be in all metal where you have to ground comp, the 1270 has 3 mode, A/M, Nor. Disc and Iron Disc. if Your hunting in A/M's as a prime mode and the Iron mode is second why would you use that setup, I would use Norm. Disc. cause small Iron would already be eliminated with through N/D. Your second part of your text is correct, Yes you can toggle to either the Norm or Iron mode, if to Iron mode toggle is off and you togg. to check Disc, it will be in the NORM. Disc, and if the switch is on you will be checking in Iron Disc. You can also check in both Iron and Norm by using both toggle switches which I do when Hub nails are present because I use a 4.5 to 5 setting for Norm Disc., saves a lot of digging. I get a signal in A/M's toggle to Norm. still there switch the Iron check no signal big nail. my Iron is maxed so keep walking. dig a lot of these signals and 99% were large nail that my Norm. Disc would have had to be a lot higher. Hope it helps.

 

[shooter]

Correct But PP suck except with the 5" coil, with the larger coil you either have to lift the coil way higher and try to PP it or go to the side and de-tune the the sweep.Put the coil next to the target and hold the PP tog. as you go over the target , alot of time this cuts down on that large audio response. All though deep good targets don't seem to make that loud audio.

 

[shooter]

I'll run it most of the time at fairly clean areas schools, parks, churches, private houses, like I said no more then 5, but if its real dirty I'm like you max it out and pull what you can. But I do a lot of old foundations and those setting I gave work awesome. And yes I still use the 1270 a lot,Today I did an 1890 dairy farm that i've been doing for the past 3 years, it hasn't gave up anything in the last 5 times I worked it , was doing it with the F75 LTD in BOOST, Sen 90. Used my 1270 today with Primary Iron (Maxed out) Secondary Norm.Disc. 4, pick up 6 small harness buckles (brass) in the same area I previously work. And I know why the F75 didn't find them and I believe it's also the reason my gold rings and gold jewelry have drop out of the bottom, they showed up as a solid 38-40,the Disc. mid-range to me is so wide we blow over a lot of great items, and if you look at the find the goodies there digging everything from 20- 99 ID's, I don't need a 1400.00 machine to do that.s places he said have been pounded to death and he still comes up with goodies, The places I've been doing have been P.T.D. but those goodies ain't popping up. Just don't have the FAITH in the F-75 But I have all the confidence in my 1265X and my 1270, HELL got more confidence in my Fisher 555-D.................

 

[WV62]

Shooter I have one more question for now, maybe more later. When it is all over with I will have 4 coils, 5", 8", 10.5" and a 5x10 elliptical. Now I only hunt coins and jewelry no water hunting so far.

Now what coils would you use out of my line up? Right now I am not seeing a lot of need for the 8" and 10.5". I know the first go around with my 1270 the 5x10 was my all time favorit, I got the ground coverage of a 10" and it was good around the trash.

Ron in WV

 

[shooter]

I use the 5" more so then the 8 & 10.5 in moderate to heavy trash, along fences, posts. metal swings and jungle jims, bleachers. The 8 and 10.5 I go to after I clean out the junk. I don't have the 5X10 so I tell anything about it. The 5" is a surprisingly deep working coil, found some deeper then 5" finds. Try the water I love it, no brainer 0 disc., SEN high as you can work it and dig "every" signal, when I cashed in my gold before ever getting the F&% it yielded $3600.00. The 5" and the 8" then the 10.5 when you get it pretty clean. You should be work all your spots in phases of cleaning, filter out everything in sections in multiple directions, I used to gird out the ground when I used my old 555-D, went L to R, then Diag,then Diag the other way dropping the DISC each time till nothing sounded off. Redid some of those places with newer machines and still pulled up more deep ones. But those places were clean, talked to people who asked if I every did such and such place, I'd till them years ago, and they'd say they didn't come up with much.

 

[WV62]

I use the 5" more so then the 8 & 10.5 in moderate to heavy trash, along fences, posts. metal swings and jungle jims, bleachers. The 8 and 10.5 I go to after I clean out the junk. I don't have the 5X10 so I tell anything about it. The 5" is a surprisingly deep working coil, found some deeper then 5" finds. Try the water I love it, no brainer 0 disc., SEN high as you can work it and dig "every" signal, when I cashed in my gold before ever getting the F&% it yielded $3600.00. The 5" and the 8" then the 10.5 when you get it pretty clean. You should be work all your spots in phases of cleaning, filter out everything in sections in multiple directions, I used to gird out the ground when I used my old 555-D, went L to R, then Diag,then Diag the other way dropping the DISC each time till nothing sounded off. Redid some of those places with newer machines and still pulled up more deep ones. But those places were clean, talked to people who asked if I every did such and such place, I'd till them years ago, and they'd say they didn't come up with much.

Man I am glad I don't have to metal detect behind you.LOL

I have racked my little brain trying to think of a place to water hunt around here, but I only know of one lake around here and it is in a state park and they are off limits to detecting.

Ron in WV

 

[WV62]

I use the 5" more so then the 8 & 10.5 in moderate to heavy trash, along fences, posts. metal swings and jungle jims, bleachers. The 8 and 10.5 I go to after I clean out the junk. I don't have the 5X10 so I tell anything about it. The 5" is a surprisingly deep working coil, found some deeper then 5" finds. Try the water I love it, no brainer 0 disc., SEN high as you can work it and dig "every" signal, when I cashed in my gold before ever getting the F&% it yielded $3600.00. The 5" and the 8" then the 10.5 when you get it pretty clean. You should be work all your spots in phases of cleaning, filter out everything in sections in multiple directions, I used to gird out the ground when I used my old 555-D, went L to R, then Diag,then Diag the other way dropping the DISC each time till nothing sounded off. Redid some of those places with newer machines and still pulled up more deep ones. But those places were clean, talked to people who asked if I every did such and such place, I'd till them years ago, and they'd say they didn't come up with much.

Hey shooter,

If you ever run across a good deal on a 5x10 I am thinking you may want to consider getting one. Back on my first go around with the 1270 I tested the 5x10 to the 8" and they are reading about the same depth in my air test. So the way I am looking at that coil it will come close to replacing your 5" and 8" and close to the same ground coverage of the 10.5. I also know that I hardly ever took the 5x10 off my 1270 the first go around and my guess it will be the same this go around.

Ron in WV

 

[shooter]

I'll have to keep that in mind and look out for one. can't believe I got know hits on my headphone problem. tried getting hold of Felix today, maybe he had some info , he was always on the phone and Daniel was off today.

 

[WV62]

I'll have to keep that in mind and look out for one. can't believe I got know hits on my headphone problem. tried getting hold of Felix today, maybe he had some info , he was always on the phone and Daniel was off today.

I know that when I use my Gray Ghost head phones I have to change the switch position from the F75 to the 1270 and right now while it is hot I am using a set of ear buds and they work just fine on mine. It sounded like to me that it was more of a head phone problem, seems that if the plug on the detector is putting out on one it would seem that it would be okay.

Ron in WV