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Digging Iron with Fe Coin Combined

fsdigital12

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I've noticed I've been digging lots of iron (nails) with Ferrous Coin Combined, Even with "good" two way hits 12-40s both ways, sure I'll get a thunk but I hear the high tone and many times its a rusty nail. I've even tried switching to Stock Coin , numbers are jumpy all jump all over the place when I get more solid numbers in ferrous coin combined, but it's been rusty nails.... any tips? Auto +3 and using gonehunting settings
 
Drop the Auto +3 to +2 or +1 and see if the falsing disappears. I have places with ALOT of nails and high mineralization and I cannot run over Auto setting. At +1 or higher the falsing goes nuts.

I'm gonna make some videos on how to tell if it's nails. I've noticed though if you pinpoint the target, move 90deg then watch closely the high tone target will move and not be where it was before. That's a nail, every target I dig with that turns out to be 1 or more nails in the hole.

Even down to 6" with nails in the hole a good target will stand out. Granted I've had some iffy targets, but moving the coil slow back and forth will squeek out the target.

Hope this helps!
 
Try switching over to an open screen in 50 conductive to double check. You should have a nice stable sounding signal with a red dot that more or less fits in your cursor. Make sure you double check those holes too! Also when pinpointing if your target seems to move around or is very hard to pin down it could be garbage. When you feel like you have your target pinpointed try keeping your coil directly over the center of your target, then release your pinpoint trigger and listen to the first tone your ctx makes. If its a high tone first it has a better chance of being a coin, if it's a low tone it is more likely iron. This is what has been working for me. I still get fooled though. Just be sure to double check that hole. I can't tell you how many times I pop coins out from under/around iron.
 
A vid would be awesome!
 
fsdigital12 said:
Thanks for the quick tips guys! I was ready to wrap the thing around a tree. Will post the results!
LOL if you decide to wrap it around a tree just make sure you dont forget to tie a bow in it with the minelab logo facing outward.. so the tree can look pretty.LOL I've felt that way many times but just give it some more swing time and youll start to notice the difference. HH
 
When I get a target like that I just switch to open screen and if the numbers go up to 28-38 or any weird number with a high fe ,it is almost always iron or junk. I dug a bunch of nails until I tried this and really cut down on the junk. Occasionally I dig one for kicks, but the ctx is usually on.
 
Auto + 2 is as high as I go unless it's a pretty darn clean site. I like a more stable machine. In trash it's just to noisy in +3, for me anyway.
 
brother steve said:
When I get a target like that I just switch to open screen and if the numbers go up to 28-38 or any weird number with a high fe ,it is almost always iron or junk. I dug a bunch of nails until I tried this and really cut down on the junk. Occasionally I dig one for kicks, but the ctx is usually on.

Granted that my advice was for Gonehuntings setting, which is coin-ferrous, open screen, combined.
 
When you pinpoint an iron false the second you let go of the pinpoint button you will hear the iron grunt and not a good audio response. This isn't the case for every false but it will eliminate a good majority of them.
 
neicebdog said:
When you feel like you have your target pinpointed try keeping your coil directly over the center of your target, then release your pinpoint trigger and listen to the first tone your ctx makes.

Good tip. I will have to try this out next time.
 
MAK said:
neicebdog said:
When you feel like you have your target pinpointed try keeping your coil directly over the center of your target, then release your pinpoint trigger and listen to the first tone your ctx makes.

Good tip. I will have to try this out next time.

Me too thanks!
 
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