Hunting with SE in clay soil

[axxeman]

I went out hunting yesterday with my SE along the bank of a river. The soil was a was made up of clay and a mixture of fresh and salt water. I didn't have much luck. If anyone else has had luck in this type of soil make up and had luck please post the settings you used on your machine. I have used my SE and have made deep finds in sand, but I have had little success in clay type of soil. My buddies smoked me with their Fishers. Help!

 

[axxeman]

OK, with a little experimenting and fine tuning, I finally got it right. I am now ready to smoke those Fishers!

 

[Elton]

Fishers generally do not have discrimination beyond 6 inches.....Clay is highly mineralized. Your machine sees it as something to discriminate out. Try all metal or no iron mask and see what that does for you.

 

[axxeman]

Thanks for the response. I tried that while I was over there. My SE went crazy. I did test out my machine and these were the best settings that worked best for me, including hitting a small gold coin (some say that it is almost impossible to detect, not true). I hope this can be helpful to others that may encounter this type of problem. Minelab SE gotta love it!

Select: Coin, Fe Coin, Jewelry, and Pull Tabs (Old nickels hit as pull tabs, did not detect nickels without this setting).
Response: Smooth
Gain: 7
Tone: TH Tone: 7/ Variability: 9/ Limits: 9
Sounds: Conduct or Ferrous. I prefer to use Conduct. Const was the setting that I had been using and this was the problem. This setting did not detect the targets for some reason. Once I switched to Conduct there I was able to hit every target, including gold.
Noise: 6
Recovery: Deep