discrimination help for compadre

[peter-d]

ok. im treasure hunting in parks etc. lots of junk. all im interested in is gold really. rings, coins, etc. what is the best discrimination setting to use on the compadre?

settings are as below;

all met

iron

foil

5c (?)

pull tab

1c zn

max

 

[Shenandoah Digger]

Set it at foil and you should be in good shape. A nickel setting could lose you some gold.

 

[peter-d]

thanks SD. how much trash will i attract at that setting?

 

[slingshot]

It will be fine except in heavy trash areas. For heavy trash areas you may want to just hunt in tab mode or try this: Find a point on your discriminator where tabs break up-make sure this is noticeable and not just a click sound. Also, make sure it's not one of the square tabs that register as nickels. Mark this spot-it's the only mark you'll ever need-even if you don't like using it-it's always a reference point. Now, after you hit a target in foil,or just under nickel, move the knob to this mark. If the signal goes silent, it's in the nickel range; if it breaks up, it's in the tab range; and if it still sounds good, it's in the coin range. This is a modified version of "thumbing", but you only have to make one movement, and the point where tabs break is not too far from the nickel setting, so you won't be moving the knob all over the place. But for most hunting stay either in foil or just under nickel.

 

[peter-d]

excellent post slingshot. and thank you kindly sir.....

 

[tabdog]

[size=medium]Hay Peter-D,

I am a Compadre lover and a gold jewelry hunter.

If I am in a tot lot where the digging is easy and the probability of finding
gold is good, I keep the disk on all met.

The all met setting gives the most depth and sensativity. That will help
the Compadre to respond a low conductor like gold.

Small gold is difficult to get good depth on. If the response is weak,
it may dissapear when any disc is used.

A lot of targets can be eliminated as possible gold targets by sound.

A gold response is a lot like aluminum. But aluminum tends to be a little
more scratchy sounding. But it is so close to gold that it is extremely
hard or impossible to seperate the two for the most part.

Big responses that are low conductors can not be small gold jewelry.
Even a large gold object will not be like a pop top. Close but not the
same. And of course an aluminum can sound could not be gold jewelry.

The best way to find gold jewelry is to be where it may be and dig, dig,
dig.

After a while, you loose a lot of the fear of digging in trash with low disc.

If I'm not in a tot lot type enviornment, I may use some disc to eleminate
the iron.

Aluminum must be delt with. The more you dig the more you learn about
it.

Hay lOOk............If it was easy, everyone would be walking around with
pockets full of gold.

But I was lucky enough that no one in my area new how to do it. I found
lots of gold in tot lots until I had hunted them all within a reasonable
distance.

I learned a lot with all those easy digs. Now I am using the skills I aquired
to hunt more challanging areas.

Best wishes,

Tabdog

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[slingshot]

And hard it is! Tot lots, where all you have to do is brush aside the chips,pebbles, or whatever the medium, is the only place besides low trash sites that I hunt at low disc-however it never gets below iron disc for me-Tab has that kind of patience-I wanted to play the guitar-but never had Tab's patience to learn. I'm hoping for larger rings, however, and am willing to let the finer stuff get by-although I do keep my eyes pealed for anything in the search path. I have found several necklaces that way. I hope that it was apparent in my post that I only use disc techniques when necessary. I'm not as skilled and as serious a hunter as these guys-I admire and learn from them.