Got out with the new Golden this weekend for a little bit

[Mike Hillis]

Just working the controls and getting a better feel for it. Picked up a nice native american made silver and turquoise ring. Of course my picture taking abilities are not that good sometimes.

I set up with Disc at minimum, Notch Width at Maximum, using the tones to discriminate. After hunting for a while I had a little difficulty between the low iron tone and the medium low zinc tone. Those two tones tend to blend to my ears for some reason. I quickly found a solution though. If I got a low tone that I wasn't sure of, I'd just flip the the notch switch over to wide and if it went quiet I knew it was a zinc tone. If it didn't, I knew I had the low iron tone. Some may not have this issue, but out in the field I found it to be hard to distinguish between the two sometimes. I think flipping the notch switch will be easier than walking around with a penny in my shoes.

With the Notch Width turned fully to the maximum, all the foil range gave the medium high tone. Non of the low tones I recovered (I recovered a lot until I got comfortable with it) were non-ferrous.

I liked the way the Notch Width dial moves the medium high tone notch window around. It is a useful feature. I'll make a map of it sometime next week and share it.

Like the detector and of course the Cleansweep is the cats meow.



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[DetectorOCD]

Nice find, Mike. Glad the golden is performing for you

 

[jabbo]

Mike, try reducing the Threshold to help silence small pieces of foil and other stuff that is smaller than a ladies ring.

 

[Tinfoil]

Just working the controls and getting a better feel for it. Picked up a nice native american made silver and turquoise ring. Of course my picture taking abilities are not that good sometimes.

I set up with Disc at minimum, Notch Width at Maximum, using the tones to discriminate. After hunting for a while I had a little difficulty between the low iron tone and the medium low zinc tone. Those two tones tend to blend to my ears for some reason. I quickly found a solution though. If I got a low tone that I wasn't sure of, I'd just flip the the notch switch over to wide and if it went quiet I knew it was a zinc tone. If it didn't, I knew I had the low iron tone. Some may not have this issue, but out in the field I found it to be hard to distinguish between the two sometimes. I think flipping the notch switch will be easier than walking around with a penny in my shoes.

With the Notch Width turned fully to the maximum, all the foil range gave the medium high tone. Non of the low tones I recovered (I recovered a lot until I got comfortable with it) were non-ferrous.

I liked the way the Notch Width dial moves the medium high tone notch window around. It is a useful feature. I'll make a map of it sometime next week and share it.

Like the detector and of course the Cleansweep is the cats meow.



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Hi Mike, Well I guess I will send in one of my Goldens (the Old one) and get it fixed up with the new tone mod. I haven't posted in a long time but I am still a Gold hunter at heart. Later my friend. May All Your Days Be Filled With GOLD. Jerry aka Tinfoil

 

[Mike Hillis]

I didn't think I would like the new tone arrangements but after using it some I find I like it better than the old. I would recommend you sending one in and getting it updated. I'll post more on it later in the week. I was busy this weekend proving out a new Fisher coil.

HH
Mike

 

[Tinfoil]

going to send in my old one and have it fixed. It needs to be checked over anyway. The new Golden hunts good but I hunt with the Old on more. The one with the round speaker face. The new one has the vents on the face and hardly ever gets hunted. Later my Friend Jerry aka Tinfoil