beep n go

[peter-d]

my first outing with the compadre, i found 3x$2 coins, 3x20c, 2x10c, and surprisingly an american quarter!!! plus lots of paper foil stuff, fuse wire(!!!) i wouldnt have thought it would pick that tiny stuff up. also, i found kids toys, pull tabs, hair clips, bobby pins, etc.

the thing is, i left the knob turned to 'all metal'. which became a problem around metal poles. so i then turned the dial to 'max', and that edited out the poles. by doing the 'max' turn, what 'treasures' am i missing out on?

but not bad for my first go eh?

 

[tabdog]

Hay Peter-d,

When near a pole, don't go side to side. Slow down and go directly toward the pole and away from the pole.
The Compadre can retune itself very well. You don't have to turn up the discriminator. If you do, don't turn it
up much or you will loose depth and sensitivity. The pole will have a certain response. If that response varies,
there is a reason why. It may be a pipe over the coil or a coin or jewelry next to the pole. I can pick up targets
with in 1" of a 4" steel pole with my Compadre. I can pick up coins and jewelry buried and up against a steel
reinforced concrete slab with #5 rebar. The Compadre is the only metal detector I've ever been able to do that
with. With some practice you can do surprising things with that little machine. Mine hits on tiny gold chains
with a, not strong but solid signal. Mine has a 7" coil. Little Speedy does good by me.

HH,

 

[nugget]

Way to go Peter, not bad at all! Wait till you hit the beaches, then you'll see some foriegn coins. I've got 27 now since early December. Russian, Chinese, English, and some I still don't know where there from. HH regards Nugget.