Depth of the X-70

[Dan(NM)]

I haven't read much in the way of depth you guys are getting with the X-70, how about a little info on how deep your digging. Thanks.

 

[Kelley (Texas)]

at a depth of five to six inches. Please consider that it has been extremely hot and dry down here in South Texas since I received first the X-Terra 30, and then later the X-Terra 70. The ground has been extremely hard and not normal hunting conditions. I have not yet had the opportunity to hunt in normal, moist soil. I have noticed no difference in depth of detection between the X-30 and X-70, but again this is with limited use of both detectors. Kelley (Texas)

 

[Dick from IA]

Dan: With limited experience so far (3 Weeks),with the X70 I am finding most coins in the 4"-7" range. Conditions at first were very dry, and now normal moist.

What puzzles me is I'm not finding many in the 1"-3" range, yet I can go over the same area with my Garrett Ace 250 stock or sniper coil and get the shallow ones.

Wonder if I've got something set wrong on the X70; need to read the manual again, I guess

 

[Jackpine Savage]

for not seeing the shallow stuff in trashy areas. The only thing you can do is raise the coil or really lower the sensitivity. Try it with tracking on and in beach GB mode also as it may help in some conditions. Experiment and use what works. When the smaller coils come out the problem should be fixed (hopefully).

 

[Jackpine Savage]

varies some, but in good conditions (moist soil) and where you can crank the sensitivity to 28 or higher I am vary satisified. Deep stuff will read 48 and give an occasional iron tone but remove some soil to get a truer read. Have gotten many coins at double digit depths. Like I said I am very satisfie with the depth, just need a smaller coil for the trashy areas which is where the 70 takes a back seat to many other machines.

Tom

 

[Dick from IA]

Thank you, Tom, for the tips. Being new with it, I've not tried the Tracking or Beach Mode. I will experiment and do appreciate the input.

 

[Jackpine Savage]

While the X70 will sometimes track out weak peeps from deep/small targets, I have found having it on to be beneficial. In all but the heaviest of iron contaminated sites the signal response on iffy targets is improved substantially with tracking on.

Running beach mode on land takes some experimenting. I don't always like it! For one thing, the timbre/pitch of the iron tones changes and becomes very annoying to listen to. The advantage is better signal response on deeper targets buried near iron/trash. Targets not heard in normal mode with lower sensitivity settings boom in using the beach mode at the same setting. The result is you can slow your sweep speed down to almost a crawl allowing the detector to analyze each target with minimal depth loss. It is not the same as running in normal mode with higher sensitivity settings and a slow sweep! I dig more iron "foolers" this way at my old sites but also more coins!
However, like I mentioned before, the iron tones drive me nuts in beach mode so notching out the worst offenders becomes a necessity!

Tom