First time out with Coin$trike

[CoinShooter-Craig]

I took my Coin$trike out for the first time tonight. I have some modern and old coins glued to paint sticks and I laid them on the ground to see how they read. I couldn't get the numbers to read the same with each pass , but it gave a good tone. I set the iron disc. to 99 and used the 525 set up. For some reason I dug Old nails that read in the mid to upper 20's with a good tone. I ground balanced it how the manual said , but I am kinda frustrated with the results of my first outing. I know that a trashy yard isn't the ideal place to use a detector for the first time , but it's pretty much all that I hunt. I'm going to give it more time yet , but if I can't get better results I just might end up selling it and just stick with my T-2. I've read where people said that they did well in trash with the Coin$trike , but I definatley had a hard time. Maybe there's something wrong with the detector , or maybe it's just the operator ~ Hopefully I can figure out if it's me or the detector. I guess the next time out I should try it in a less trashy area and see how things go. - CoinShooter-Craig

 

[RLOH]

Craig, don't get frustrated. Check the target from at least two or three angles. Use the tones to get your attention, but use the numbers for whether to dig or not. A coin will stay within one or two numbers even at depth. I have seen a pull tab high tone from all directions, but the numbers will almost always jump around when you check it from different angles. Trust me when I say the Coinstrike will lock on a coin with consistant numbers. If the numbers are jumping all over the place leave it in the ground. R.L.

 

[deerman]

I've found thats the same with my edge jumping numbers its more then likely junk in the ground

 

[CoinShooter-Craig]

Thanks guys. I'll give it more time yet , I just hate digging rusty nails. That's why I got rid of my E-Trac. The only rusty iron that I dig with my T-2 is an occasional rusty washer , which doesn't bother me - I just hate rusty nails. ~ CoinShooter-Craig

 

[Jackpine Savage]

Hi Craig,

It has been a couple years since I used the Coinstrike but I do not recall rusty nails being much of a problem. I hunt mostly older sites which of course have lots of them in the ground.

Where you can run into trouble is not using a well controlled smooth coil sweep. Speeding up or slowing down the coil mid-sweep will cause iron to false more. A full width steady sweep is the ticket. Once you get a hit that you want to investigate make a few more full sweeps over the target to get a better idea of the location before trying to zero in on it with smaller tighter sweeps.

Ground balance can be important also with the Coinstrike. Sometimes I used auto-trac to set the ground balance at older sites rather than trying to find a clean spot. Turn tracking on make a few (4-5) sweeps and turn tracking off. Letting the detector see some iron during the procedure seems to help reduce the iron response. Anway, its worth a try.

Tom