First short hunt with my old 1270

[MarkCZ]

Hey MarkCZ if you ever decide to get rid of that old 1266x you got let me know I love them detectors I hunted with one for years and got rid of it and have regretted it ever since!! Their not the best coin machine but on Civil War relics they are awesome!!

I'll keep you in mind! but it being a gift from my neighbor I kind-a hate to get rid of it. He also gave me a older Honda Gold Wing and about a year later I gave it away, I didn't feel right selling, even though I put several hundred dollars into it.

Mark

 

[WV62]

Ron,

Do you do the trick with the 1270 to figure out the coin/object depth by raising the coil off the ground? That's my favorite. I never understood why folks needed a screen to tell them the depth.

FisherKing, don't know this trick, can you post a little more detail??

Thanks,
Ron in WV

 

[FisherKing]

You will get a really good feeling for it if you run your detector in the same settings all the time (i.e. you will get better and better at being within an inch of the depth "guess".

Drop a quarter on the ground with Disc 1 and Sensitivity set where you use them the most often. Pass coil over quarter. Raise coil 10 inches off the ground. Somewhere around 10 inches you should here the signal dull a bit. Measure the height over the quarter where you start discerning that difference. Repeat with penny, dime, nickel, quarter, and wedding band. Figure out the average height at which the signal dulls.

Example at 3 Disc/ 10 Sensitivity:

Quarter 9"
Dime 7.5"
Nickel 7.5"
Penny 7"
Ring 6"

Average = ~7.5"

Scan the lawn for some buried metal. When you have a signal, raise the coil off the ground 6" and scan again. If you still get a clear beep, raise the coil a few more inches and scan again. If you are still getting a clear signal, leave your digger in your pocket and scratch around the surface where it is pinpointed as the target is pretty near the surface. Don't use too much force with your finger as you don't want to get jabbed by something.

If you raise the coil only an inch or two off the ground from your normal sweep height and the signal is softening, figure you will be digging at least 6" down.

You will find your time on your knees digging decreases A LOT if you can get good at it.

Matt

 

[88junior]

Hey MarkCZ if you ever decide to get rid of that old 1266x you got let me know I love them detectors I hunted with one for years and got rid of it and have regretted it ever since!! Their not the best coin machine but on Civil War relics they are awesome!!

I'll keep you in mind! but it being a gift from my neighbor I kind-a hate to get rid of it. He also gave me a older Honda Gold Wing and about a year later I gave it away, I didn't feel right selling, even though I put several hundred dollars into it.

Mark

Thanks Mark I wish I had a neighbor like yours!!!

 

[WV62]

I know nobody is interested in 6 pennies, now I am starting to wonder about the depth of the 5x10 compared to the 8". On my first go around with the 1270 and 4 coils I did test the 8" to the 5x10 in an air test and they were within 1/2" and the 8" had the lead. I think I will try and rig up something that I can get some good numbers this next go around and I will only be testing a dime. While I am at it I will also test the 5" and 10.5" and I will post my results.

Last time I tested I used a coin taped to a paint stick and then had a yard stick under the coil and eye balled the swing. This time I will have the detector set in a couple of V blocks and I will be setting up a flat board in front of the coil and the swing stick will be held against the flat board. This should take a lot of the guess work out of the results, I am thinking I can get down to 1/8 or 1/4".

Ron in WV

Here is my testing results I in order. I used a clad dime and this was an air test.

10.5" coil = 9 1/8"
8" coil = 8 3/4"
5x10 coil = 8 5/8"
5" coil = 6 1/2"

Ron in WV

 

[88junior]

Ron what's funny is that 1270 in ground will beat the airtest numbers you have gotten I guess due to halo effect!! I know I dug a civil war bullet with that same unit and it was almost 12" deep! Man I should have never gotten rid of it!!

 

[WV62]

Junior, that's good to hear because I was not impressed with my air test numbers.