Let's see, how to ask this so it makes sense...
Some folks like to run patterns, and some folks like to clear out a good portion of the screen. If you do the patterns you're gonna hear more nulls and fewer tones. On the other hand, if you open up more of the screen you're gonna hear more tones and fewer nulls. You're basically choosing to hear a bunch of tones that you may or may not dig, or you're gonna hear nulls that indicate objects that you've decided ahead of time that you're going to ignore.
So the question - which method is best for trashy areas? Does the machine recover faster from a null or from a tone? If a good item is located next to trash, are you just as likely to hear the good item if it is preceded by a null or a "bad" tone?
I have had experiences (as Bryce has discussed) where I've picked a goodie out of a solid null, but I'd like to know how folks feel about response time with either method.
Thanks in advance.
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Some folks like to run patterns, and some folks like to clear out a good portion of the screen. If you do the patterns you're gonna hear more nulls and fewer tones. On the other hand, if you open up more of the screen you're gonna hear more tones and fewer nulls. You're basically choosing to hear a bunch of tones that you may or may not dig, or you're gonna hear nulls that indicate objects that you've decided ahead of time that you're going to ignore.
So the question - which method is best for trashy areas? Does the machine recover faster from a null or from a tone? If a good item is located next to trash, are you just as likely to hear the good item if it is preceded by a null or a "bad" tone?
I have had experiences (as Bryce has discussed) where I've picked a goodie out of a solid null, but I'd like to know how folks feel about response time with either method.
Thanks in advance.
w