Help with X70

[Old Sox]

I hope nothing is wrong but as I am hunting I can pick the coil up to waist level and give it a little shake and it will start beeping. I can also tap the coil on my foot and it will go off. Is the coil bad? I sure hope not as I have only had it a couple of days

 

[BarnacleBill]

1. If you are using the coil cover, take it off and clean out of any soil or sand. The cover is very easy to get on & off, but to accomplish that the cover is not well sealed around the edges. So if you are going to use it, clean often.

2. With detector off, unscrew the connector, remove and re-seat fully, then turn thumb nut back on & tighten.

3. Remove batteries & swap around, and make sure the battery door is fully seated when done. Just don't feel it snap in, but look to make sure it is seated.

4. Make sure the cable is reasonably snug and not flopping around on the shaft. On the lower portion of the shaft it should be dressed in a straight line up to the first joint and then can be wrapped around the shaft.

5. If the above fails, change to a different coil & try it.

6. If you have the elliptical on and used it under water without waterproofing first, you may have gotten some water in it.

HH
BarnacleBill

 

[Old Sox]

Thanks Bill, I tried everything that you suggested and it still beeped everytime that I shook it. I even made sure to do this at the store when I bought it I just dont remember if it had this coil on it or not. This is the stock coil by the way. I changed to the Low frequency coil and it didnt beep so am I out a coil? That just stinks as I have only had it a couple of days. I am bummed. It was used when I bought it tho.

 

[BarnacleBill]

If it was used when you bought it, then a fair guess is that the reason it was traded in is it had a bad or damaged coil. If you have bought it within the last thirty days your state may have laws regarding returns, or if the dealer is reputable he/she may help you out. I would at least go back to the dealer and show them the fault, while explaining that you haven't been using it for a mallet.

I also read your post about the ID of the bullets, that doesn't strike me as right. Those bullets are large lead roundish items. With a proper ground balance and even moderate mineralization, they should be reading in the +6 to +14 range. If they contained some steel like a babbit mix, then the ID might make sense. If they are mixed in with Hot Rocks which is pulling the ID down, then maybe. But I would look at the coil as possibly being at fault for this ID. If when you have a chance to hunt the same area again with a known good coil, then I suggest using Prospecting mode for a little while with the IM(Iron Mask) set to 5. It should just scream over those bullets at six inches.

HH
BarnacleBill

 

[Old Sox]

Thanks aqain Bill, what coil would you suggest I use. I have the high frequency concentric and the low frequency concentric that I think are good.

 

[BarnacleBill]

First I am not detecting in your soil type, nor am I likely to be looking for the same type of targets. So think about the coils as owning two different detectors based on what you told me you have, an HF & LF.

If I were in your position here's what I would do. Buy some cheap plastic poker chips, I found a pack at a hardware store for $2USD. If not some other kind of colored markers, golf tees etc. When you have 3 hours on your hand to hunt in an area with a lot of targets, then mark off a 10ft x 10ft area. Take one coil and assign a color to it and grid the area, carefully cover it in straight lines like overlapping bowling lanes. Then cover it the same way at 90 degrees. When you find a target, mark it with the colored poker chip. Change coils and repeat the process working the area the same way as the first and marking targets with a different color.

If you want to be more detailed, number each poker chip with a permanent marker and record your reading on each target in a small notebook. This will probably add about another hour to your effort, but you will be rewarded by how much more you will learn. When finished griding, go back and recover the targets making note of what they are. From that you should find how each coil responds to the targets you are most interested in, based in your type of soil. You may find that if you are visiting the same area repeatedly, then a two coil strategy may offer the best performance. If you visit locations just once or are covering large areas, then pick the coil that's giving you what you need. This can all be done in a morning or afternoon, and you will be a better detectorist in the end if you care to put in the time.

HH
BarnacleBill

 

[Dan-Pa.]

Years ago when I started with heavy detectors I hipmounted and several times had a similiar problem..Seems like in hipmounting I damaged a solder joint were the coil wires attach to the connector which connects to the control box..Tried another coil and it worked perfect so I felt it was the coil thus had a electronics shop check it out...Seems like one of the solder joints was defective. Technician redone all the connections and it worked like new and took him about 5 minutes...Surely worth a try as he charged me 5 bucks to repair a $85.00 coil....and coils of today run over a $100.00....easily...