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at what depth does your Id fall apart?
- Thread starter petew
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Depends on the soil, and whether or not there is more than one type of soil where you are detecting and sometimes how long the target has been in the soil and how much the signal is affected by mineralisation...sometimes after 2" or 3", sometimes as deep as 7" - 9". As I said, a few factors involved, so one person's experiences may not be the same as another's. HH
still looking 52
Well-known member
In my experience if you have a good target and there isn't any trash near your target then ID holds up down to 6 to 8 inches, that's what I call the dream secerio. Most of the time that's not the case, that's when you need to understand what language your detector is talking in, also important is watching how much your ID # jump around, the steadier the # the better your chances. Also, the sharper the edges of your tones the better your chances.
About 7" on a dime for me in my soil. There are numerous contributing factors, however, and some have already been mentioned. Coins slanted and on edge seems to be a big factor. I will say this DST model F 75 I have is much better then my previous F 75's. The last LTD I had I found it to really be a crap shoot as to what the target might be. Not the case with my current F 75. HH jim tn
Charlie P. (NY)
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Depends on a lot of factors. I use the ID and audio as parts of the puzzle and don't really trust what a detector is "telling me".
It's a machine set to perform within certain parameters.
I lift the coil, sweep from different directions, watch the ID, listen for tone (nice vowel sounds are usually preferable to consonants or clicks and pops.
But, as far as IDs, with my F-75 I have had it display "71" and, sure enough, at 10" there was a clad dime which is consistent with what a dime's TID usually is. It is also consistent with nickels displaying 28 to 31 down to 8", and that's better than most in my experience.
It's a machine set to perform within certain parameters.
I lift the coil, sweep from different directions, watch the ID, listen for tone (nice vowel sounds are usually preferable to consonants or clicks and pops.
But, as far as IDs, with my F-75 I have had it display "71" and, sure enough, at 10" there was a clad dime which is consistent with what a dime's TID usually is. It is also consistent with nickels displaying 28 to 31 down to 8", and that's better than most in my experience.