Discrimination settings for Compadre

[David]

I did not write this but got this from someone else.

"....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...."

 

[tabdog]

I would tell you. But it would be hard to explain.

I just mostly use the disc to ID targets.

Never use more than low foil to hunt with. But usually all met,

or what ever it says on there. I have no idea, as you can see.

Happy Hunting,

Tabdog

 

[pulltab]

nice tabdog

 

[Jonny]

Where did you get the picture?

 

[tabdog]

Someone on this forum was making friendly fun of us Tesoro

users about a year ago. Don't remember the subject, but they

used this photo with the words,

" [size=x-large]Displays! We Got No Displays!! We Don Neid No Stenkin Displays!!!

[/size]How's my accent?"

That's what it is.

Happy Hunting,

Tabdog

 

[Jonny]

Treasure of the Tesoro Compadre!

 

[slingshot]

Sometimes I fear making that post like I did about the "thumbnotch" that I will cause someone to miss a ring or something close. I spent several days in one week in a/m mode with my Silver umax trying to find rings or ANY kind of jewelry and I just didn't have the patience to go any more. The post I made is a fun post and not a rule set in stone. I just look for the rings that register from foil up-and in some locations from nickel up. Now I have a lots of fun in tot lots at min. disc. setting on the Silver. I just want the newbie to enjoy his search and I hope that making a "notch" discriminator out of ANY thumbable detector is more of another "method" to use and explore his detector. I think the Tejon is the perfect detector to explore this with-and I have added a "tab check" toggle switch to my Silver to mimic this capability. I hardly ever use it any more in my quest for rings, but it sure is nice sometimes.

 

[tabdog]

You are right Sling Shot.

Sometimes I forget the amount of diligence and time I have invested

in my hunting tecniques.

I forget that you have to crawl, then get up unsteady before you can

run like the wind.

It is a littel much to suggest that some dig it all.

But then again, that's the best way to learn.

The more recoveries we make, the more we find, and the more we learn.

We need to know trash very well, if we want to improve our trash hunting

skills.

I wasn't always this way.

But change is the rule.

Happy Hunting,

Tabdog