Comparing Signals With the Coinstrike

[RLOH]

This morning I headed over into Pa. to hunt one of my favorite parks. I took my Explorer SE and my Coinstrike. I have been hunting this park for years and good finds are getting scarce, but I have found three gold rings this year there. I was using my Explorer for most of the morning and I got into an area that was producing 8 plus inches deep wheat pennies. I dug four of them before I got the idea to check the signals with the Coinstrike. I have dug hundreds of deep wheaties with Explorers and I am almost always right on calling what they are before I dig. It wasn't long before I got a deep wheat signal with the SE and I turned the SE off and fired up the C$. I had it marked with my screwdriver probe and I knew exactly where it was. I had the C$ sens at 7 with 99 iron disc, and -5 threshold. It hit the coin perfectly with a high tone and consistant 24 to 26 number. It was an eight inch deep wheatie. I repeated this scenario one more time with another 8 inch deep wheat. I then got a high right corner hit with the SE that was showing deep on the gauge. The C$ hit a high tone and a number of 26 to 28, but it pinpointed at 45 which should be about five or six inches deep. I thought it might have been a silver dime from the SE readings, but the C$ was more on the money with it's number and depth reading. A clad dime from about six inches. I hunted for another half hour before I got a reading that only gave a signal from two out of four angles on the SE, but was a high tone and top right corner hit when it did hit. These signals are most of the time rusty iron, but sometimes it is a good coin next to an iron target. When I ran the C$ over it, I could not get any signal. I bumped the sens up to 8 and got a onetime squeak, but absolutely no repeating signal. I thought the target was too deep for the C$ to see, but that was not the case. When I dug the hole, I found a rusty nail that was 8 inches or so deep. The iron disc on the C$ knocked it out, but the SE got fooled or I got fooled. All in all, it was a good comparison and I came away with alot of respect for the Coinstrike's capabilities. R.L.

 

[therover]

R.L...good post. I wonder if you started to lower the iron disrim into the 40's or 50's would that nail start to have a signal bleed through.

I have been experimenting with the iron discrim and lower settings, to see if there is any effect on depth, and so far have not come up with a conclusion.

I assume you were using the stock 8 inch coil ? I just got the 10.5, and that thing is a bit heavy. I think when I use that, I will have to hip mount the C$ or I won't be able to hunt for too long.

JC

 

[Zectron2348]

Great post R. L.

Great information which I am very glad to hear.

Years ago I was heavy into detecting and one of my favorites was the Explorer SE. I had to leave detecting a few years back, selling all my machines, but now I am back and just last week picked up a nice Coinstrike. I have only had a chance to put about 30 minutes of actual use on it, but the potential for the Coinstrike seems very good and I like what I see so far. Your comparison of the Explorer SE and the Coinstrike on a give target is great information as I can relate to the Explorer's capabilities. I'm excited to hear the Coinstrike did so well.

Thanks again, that really pumps me up and I can't wait to get out there and really learn the Coinstrike's language and put her to use.

 

[Bill Ladd]

& great comparison hunt. The C$ is my choice for that style coinhunting in yards & such. Would be interesting to get a deep silver hit with the Minelab & then turn it off & see how the C$ reacts as the Explorer has such a good rep. on deep silver.......
HH,
Bill