4x6 Shooter Just Arrived - Pinpoint Question

[ga5150]

Hi fellow MXT'ers,

My 4x6 arrived today, but I won't get a chance to use it until the weekend. I've never used a non-concentric coil, so my question is- does the pinpointing work just like my little 5.3? It's pretty much dead center when pinpointing. Is the 4x6 also center, or does it seem to be towards the front or rear?

Thanks for any input!

Rodney

 

[Tom Slick]

Center it and then do the same at 90 degrees. This is what works the best for me with DD coils although the 4x6 is small enough to usually pinpoint like you would with a concentric coil.

 

[bigtim1973]

On my 6X10 pinpointing was directly under the center of the coil where the rod connects to the coil. Just like on the concentric style coil, the loudest signal is directly under the center of the coil. Good luck, Tim

 

[Aarong81]

You can further narrow down the pinpoint process by stepping the pinpoint mode down. When the coil is over the target but slightly off of the maximum signal(find strongest signal and move an inch to the side), release the trigger and re-squeeze the trigger and hold for stepped down pinpoint. This resets the pinpoint back to ground phase, even though there is metal signal below the coil, and now the target will seem much smaller. This is useful when your in highly mineralized ground and the entire ground sounds off when pinpointing or you just want exact precision when pinpointing before digging. Also, if you find a huge target that you decide to dig, it really helps to step almost all of the signal down so the tone doesn't make your ears bleed. You can step the signal from a pop can or horse shoe down so it actually sounds the same as a dime if you want to!

I cannot find any info on this process of pinpointing. I've done this with the oldschool 1980's blue box Whites years ago and when I bought my MXT PRO it works the same way. I'm not positive what its called but I always called it stepping. Hopefully another person familiar with Whites models will chime in and refresh my memory what this is called and if there is some documented info on how to do this. Its second nature to me and I'm sure its in a book somewhere.

I finally found a small bit of info from someone else explaining this method HERE.
Scroll down 1 BOX to where it says
TIP #10 02/02/01
PinPointing.

And with some more research I finally decide it is called DE-TUNING. And a better description of de-tuning can be found HERE.

 

[ga5150]

Great information! It sounds like de-tuning just like I sometimes do with the GPP once a hole is dug. Thanks for your efforts in looking all this info up, and thank you to the other posters as well!

 

[Mike Livingston]

How do you like your tiger shark?

 

[Mike Livingston]

It pinpoints just like the 5.3. I have both coils and they are both good.