ALL METAL IS THE TICKET

[younggun]

Finally switched over to all metal this weekend in a hunted out park and wow I doubled my usual number of finds plus some silver and several wheaties and I would upload some pics but my kid lost my camera

 

[NH Bob]

All Metal/ferrous sounds

 

[dewcon4414]

The only problem ive found using AM is you here those noisy minerals like hot rocks. If i hunt with 30 to 31 IM its a little queiter. Is the Explorer like most machines, where AM uses the DC coil and gets deeper because the AC signals going to the screen is filtered?

 

[Big Fang Coin Biter]

Younggun,
All Metal is great for picking out the goodies next to junk. If that is the reason you are using all metal that is fine, but when I read posts like yours (and Bob why all the time?) I wonder. I had a lemon SE that would false high coin tones off iron badly (in both directions). I struggled with it all last year and finally sent it back for repair. My solution, to use the darn thing, was to run in all metal with ferrous tones. It worked good that way but I had to watch the screen much more than I like. Plus all the signals wear on you after a while.

From my experience using the oringinal Explorer and the EII, in conductive tones with IM set low (less than 1/4"), only the occasional bent nail will give you a good high tone in two different directions (initial sweep then turn 90 deg. sweep again). Usually on the 90 deg. sweep the signal will null right away (on iron).

I have a sneaking suspicion that folks are having the trouble I had and are resorting to all metal in order to compensate.

ML did me right and I think my SE now works as good as my EII. I am still evaluating.

I use all metal in fields where there are high concentrations of iron trash (hoping to hear that goody next to iron). I dig anything that is not a low iron hit. Yard hunting though, I don't think you can beat conductive tones with a tiny bit of IM.

Just FYI, HH - BF

 

[NH Bob]

I am happy using All Metal and ferrous sounds. I don't lke nulling. What ever works for each person is what they should use.

 

[Great Republic]

I just got my new SE and finally got out for a half hour to an old school yard that I hunted last year with not much luck. This time I hunted AM/ferrous tones. The finds started coming fast.
They're not great but then again I only had a half hour.
1960 penny 6"
1982 quarter 12"
kids ring 4"
1964 nickel 6"
little colonial copper button 6"

 

[younggun]

Yes the places I hunt are full of old square nails and alot of iron junk and if I use disc it nulls everything out and I dont hear the coins

 

[minelab locust]

all metal and ferrous tones are by far the best way to locate finds among all the iron trash..and like bob i hate my machine nulling ...its a tool and i dont like it to tell me what should sound off and what shouldnt...that is MY job to decide what is diggable and what i want to ignore....besides that ..all metal gives you a COMPLETE account of whats in the ground and what is buried next to what and so on....once you grasp all metal the noise will seem more like your normal threshold and it wont bother you at all...at least it doesnt bother me any more.....anyway I.M.H.O. its hard to beat all metal for any hunt conditions...just my 2 or even 3 cents worth

 

[digitrich]

Add a small coil to that and they will double again, let the soil get moist and they will yet double once again. Congrats on learning the new language, all metal that is.

 

[RONALD99]

Im still trying to learn the se, Can someone explain how to put se in all metal.does it have to do with iron mask selection.

 

[NH Bob]

Push the Iron mask button until the bar shows up and use the left/right buttons to adjust.
Hit iron mask once more and you have a clear screen - all Metal

 

[RONALD99]

Thank You