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Deeper target question

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This will be my second season with the XS, and I love it. However, I seem to be having a problem with the deeper and iffy signals. Say I am out detecting and get what would be called an iffy signal or bouncer if you will. The tone sounds good, the crosshairs will bounce along the top of the screen from
 
Bill
Have had the same thing with Iron halo targets
They will give you a reading till you break up the halo then it disappears. The other is the very deep crushed aluminum can where it will indicate 8-10 inches but will be 18" down. The x-1 probe does help because of it's greater range so that when you get 10 inches down it will pick up the target 3" deeper and with the halo targets it will null when you get down into the halo.
Rick (TN)
 
Bill I am with you...lol..I have that happen alot in a couple parks I hunt but I am starting to learn when it to ignore those type of targets.I also don't have a Sunray probe but I am waiting to get the Detector Pro Uni-Probe because it works with every detector and is deeper but it doesn't read on your Explorer screen. Look up Detector Pros web sight and check out the Uni-Probe I am going to be selling these soon myself.
 
Its also possible your hitting on some hot rocks.. they usually give a very high tone and read way up in the top right corner.. even higher than silver reads..another quick check is to switch to digital.. they read 31 mostly... After a while your ear gets tuned into the correct audio response from a good target.. even ones that dont read correctly in smart screen.. keep at it.. keep your variabilty set to max, it gives a better audio range
 
looks interesting though. Do you know what retail price will be on them? I would possibly like to check those out if they really will get 5-6" on a coin. I would have to see that to believe it considering a lot of detectors with big coils struggle at 6" on a coin. I could live without seeing where it hits on a screen but I have to have the same or better audio information. Plus I would have to be able to use them as headphones because I am not carrying two pair with me. <IMG SRC="/forums/images/biggrin.gif" BORDER=0 ALT=":D"> Do they drain the batteries if they are used as headphones?
 
The X1 goes 3-4 and thats about right for my technique. If the depth is 7, I'll dig 5 and then probe i.e. just short of the target. No way I would ever give up the Explorer tone ID I get with the X1, thats where its most valuable.
 
Its 90 degrees out, the sun is blazing hot and I'm about to pass out from digging after these fantom signals, eventually giving up and moving on to the next wondering what the heck I left behind.
Then I purchased an X1 probe and that all stopped. Today I have no fear of digging even the worst iffy signals because I won't spend more than 1-2 minutes on any target. Cut a quick plug, go in with the X1 and go by the tone ID. I know right away where the target is and what the target is by the tone ID. For really deep coins I may have to cut a second plug but I'm happy to do that because I know if its a coin its an old one.
Dude, take it from someone who sweated through the first 3 summer months after I purchased the Explorer before buying an X1, go buy the probe.
You can't ignore all those iron hits, I found a whole bunch of silver and most of the the silver quarters and halfs up next to iron. The X1 probe rules!
 
I guess its like my Dad used to say, "you never learn anything unless you ask".
I want to thank everyone who replied.
I have learned I am not alone..LOL <IMG SRC="/forums/images/smile.gif" BORDER=0 ALT=":)">
I also learned I need to get a X1, I have been debating between that and a smaller coil, going to get the X1 and then the 8 inch coil later.
Also will try the tips you all gave me.
Thanks again,
Bill (MI)
 
Does the probe ever get in your way? It looks kind of ungainly...
 
Yes and actually I remember quite a number of your encouraging replys to my finds once I got the hang of this thing, I don't forget. Thanks again!
 
Even if this probe was a pita to carry I would not hunt without it.
 
The Uni-Probe is a Pulse Induction Probe and the Battery life is long because you only turn it on when needed it will convert to a full size detector also with the accessories.The Head Phones are the Grey Ghost NDT but without the limiter and only one volume control.they retail for about $320 or more I will have to check again.I am trying to get three orders put together to become a dealer for them so let me know if interested.Your really getting head phones and a Probe that will convert to a full size pulse induction unit with the addtion of a coil and shaft.A Gold hunting buddy of mine thinks this is the trick for his business in Gold Nugget hunting.I just like it that I can use it on any detector.
 
Well that is true but if I dig 5 inches I am digging 2 more...even if it quit making a silver tone hit.I want to know what it is that fooled me into diggin 5"
 
I dig a couple inches short of the target only to avoid scratching, slicing, gouging, denting, or otherwise mutilating what are sometimes 200+ year old coins around here. Before I got the X1 probe I routinely ruined them, now I don't.
But lets talk about the false signals, the dreaded rusty nail lying flat tossing a signal off sideways towards where you thought a coin was. You dig down, nothing, a littl deeper, nothing, check the side of the plug and find the nail sticking out.
Or even better, the combo rusty nail/coin in the same plug. This is where the tone ID is king, left side of the hole...rusty nail...right side whopping silver hit.
Or the common silver hiding underneath a rusty bottlecap, out comes the cap, back in with the probe and whammo silver.
Or the ultra-deep large cent which reads more shallow than it really is on the meter. It says 8, you go down 8 nothing...carefully take out another few inches, now you can hear it.
Here's a story for you, I took Carl (a local dealer) out to a spot I was hunting, he got this great silver hit, strong, and he dug and dug and dug, man he was down a good foot and nothing but it was still sounding off solid. He didn't have a probe for his Explorer at the time but I did. I came over and located the coin scanning through this big field stone (huge flat rock). The stone was too large to remove so he dug out underneath it, reached in and yanked out a ...drum roll...1800's silver DOLLAR!
 
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