First Beach Hunt with GT

[oziswinger]

Hi All,

So I took the kids down to our special little beach we go to and gave the new Sovereign a run.

I used the hip mount bag, but didn't use the headphones so the kids would be involved in the hunt.

I should point out that our special beach is secluded and private, and not that many people go there, but I was feeling a bit self conscious first time out and wanted some privacy.

So I switched "disc" and "notch off", put it "all metal" and "track" modes (I have since read that in all metal, it is automatically in track mode), and selected "threshold".

I turned it on, and wound the volume up full, then wound up the threshold until I could just comfortably hear it.

I wound the sensitivity down to 3 o'clock (as I've heard mentioned here, and a friend with this machine told me to).

Does this all sound about right for the beach??

It all seemed to work fine, and when I got a signal I switched to "disc" and checked it again.

Sure enough, on some signals it would then null out, then return with a different threshold tone. The ones I dug that did this were ferrous (I was expecting that, but wanted to check).

On others (in disc mode), it would sound very loudly, and we dug.

While we mostly got beers cans and ring pulls, we did get one ball of aluminum slag and a copper pin broach of some sort (encrusted with oysters).

But I did get some signals that disappeared after we started to dig, and some that sounded only in all metal, with no null or tone in disc.

I've certainly done my homework, but look forward to any advice.

Please feel free to tell me if I'm on the right/wrong track.

I will go to a much more heavily trafficked beach next time.

Cheers all,

 

[goodmore]

My Sovereign is different than my Excal. My Sovereign is deeper in discrimination than all metal. I don't bother hunting in all metal. I just use discrimination all the time to cut out the iron.

 

[Bling]

set in disc but @ 0...sens as high as it will run without falsing .iv got a GT and Elite and a Excal ll and all are deeper in disc.

 

[oziswinger]

OK,

That's a surprise.

The Clive Clynic book was all based about searching in all metal (it seemed).

But I'll give it a go that way.

So how can you tell if you are falsing, other than digging a hole and there's nothing there?

Roughly where o'clock has your sensitivity knob ended up at on your sovereign?

Thanks for your replies.

 

[synthnut]

Since you are just begiinning , You may want to stay away from All Metal for a while ....Not forever !!!.... You need to investivgate All Metall too !!......but for now go to Disc mode as it cancels out Iron and it will null it out Iron , and put that switch into Iron Mask ON or Iron Mask OFF ......If it's not too noisy, leave it ON ir you want things to quiet down a bit , turn it OFF ..... You can put your other switch to Pinpoint so if you want to pinpoiint, all you have to do is switch the other switch mentioned to All Metal and then you are in Pinpoint mode ...... Leeve it in Band 2 .....If noisy from RFI or other interference , try Band 1 ......Just to start out , you could either turn your Sensitivity knob all the way COUNTER clockwise until it clicks whch puts you in Auto Sens ......OR .....Turn your Sensitivity knob fully CLOCK wise which is the lowest discrimination .......hunt for a while, and see if you can afford to run your Sensitivity higher .....Some beaches allow you to go up and run somewhat quietly up to about 12 o' clock or so .....Move that Sensitivity knob in small incriments ....It's VERY effective .....Turn your Disc and Notch knobs fully COUNTER clockwise which is all the way down .....Volume all the way up ( FULLY Clockwise ) and your Threshold till you can just hear it ..... Your now ready to go !!!.....Don't feel badly if you are digging foil , or pull tabs .....Feel GOOD !!.....This is part of your Gold Range !!........ You will dig a LOT of them on most beaches ..... The more people that are on ANY beach , the more people can loose things , and the more people can be slobs and deposit pull tabs and other garbage on the beach .... Don't be discouraged ....You can see various charts on the forum that show the area's of Gold Jewelry found on beaches .... This machine can only find what was lost ....It can't fabricate Gold for ya !!.....Don't be discouraged .... You will dig a LOT of coins and pull tabes , and screw caps, and foil , and all kinds of other things on the beach before you hit any GOLD ....When you find the GOLD though , you will be doing back flips!!!......GOOD LUCK !!......Jim

 

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[synthnut]

I guess that's why just about everything is adjustable ........Not everyone hunts the same conditions, and not everyone has the same needs .... What works for some , may not work for others .... Freedom of choice !!!..... ......Jim

 

[oziswinger]

Thanks for the replies.

All going well, I'll drag the family down to a very popular beach this afternoon, and try the settings recommended here.

Cheers all.

 

[cjc]

If nothing more, all metal mode will tell you when you are on a false signal. With the GT this would be the Pinpoint mode as the other (digital) is a segmented tone. This probably has a lot of information to offer too with practice, but just listening for a narrow, centered tone in pinpoint will tell you what's what.
cjc [clivesgoldpage.com]