Well I spent my whole day on my second hunt at one of our parks, it wasn't bad I got $4.32 in clad and probably a pound of pop tops, some interesting fishing stuff. I am still working on my pin point and I understand that takes time. But I am confused about the coil, when the machine beeps is that in the center or is it the center ring passing over? I have a long ways to go to learn the difference in the beeps. It was an exciting day( my first day off in 11 months) any advice on the coil and or the beeps will appreciated, I still have about 500 acres of parks to work on.
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first full day hunt
- Thread starter oddjobbob
- Start date
Hi Bob, I'm new with this too. I have practiced by putting a coin under a piece of cardboard and pin-pointing it. You can have someone else tape it on the back of the cardboard and then you use a thumb tack to mark where you think it is. I can get within an inch of the target usually. Mine beeps when the coin just passes outside the inner coil. I have pinpoint mode on mine to zoom in closer. Not sure what you got there.
You need to take more time off or you'll go nuts!
You need to take more time off or you'll go nuts!
BH-LandStar
New member
If your raking in the clad, your doing something right...
As far as the tones,
Low tones are: foil, iron, nickle, lead, pull-tabs (sometimes), gold
Medium tones are: Pull-Tabs, Screw Caps, Zinc Pennies, small pieces of Aluminum
High tones are: copper pennies, larger aluminum cans, dimes, quarters, silver, half-dollars, silver dollars
The sound is "supposed" to occur when the center of the center coil passes over the object...I have noted that this is not always true...I have yet to find out why...But if you move your coil in small slow sweeps over the target, you can make your sweeps quicker and smaller, until your right over the object. I "X" from side to side, then forward and back...where the center of this Xing is, is your target.
Pinpointing takes some practice, but it sounds like your well on your way...
HH,
BH-LandStar
As far as the tones,
Low tones are: foil, iron, nickle, lead, pull-tabs (sometimes), gold
Medium tones are: Pull-Tabs, Screw Caps, Zinc Pennies, small pieces of Aluminum
High tones are: copper pennies, larger aluminum cans, dimes, quarters, silver, half-dollars, silver dollars
The sound is "supposed" to occur when the center of the center coil passes over the object...I have noted that this is not always true...I have yet to find out why...But if you move your coil in small slow sweeps over the target, you can make your sweeps quicker and smaller, until your right over the object. I "X" from side to side, then forward and back...where the center of this Xing is, is your target.
Pinpointing takes some practice, but it sounds like your well on your way...
HH,
BH-LandStar
jackintexas
New member
By raising your coil until you nearly lose the signal. That way you are shrinking the signal to a small dot. Then the target should be under the center of the coil.......Jack
GRAY GHOST
New member
hello oddjobbob, a buddy of mine had the same trouble with an open loop detector, so i suggested he take 2 pieces of string and tape them like the "X" - the strings will look like crosshairs in a rifle scope from your position. after a little practice, he is quite good at pinpointing now. good luck, and hh,