Mike Hillis
Well-known member
First time I've used it. I got to put four hours on it this past weekend. I have one of the falsing coils so I had to keep it two inches above the ground. If it touched the ground it sounded off which got to be aggravating when dealing with all the additional iron falsing I experienced.
The site ground balanced at 94. This is probably a moderate site for me so far as ground minerals go. I left the sensitivity at the preset level of 6 bars. It falsed a lot in iron, perhaps due to the high mineral/iron combination and the high sensitivity level, perhaps due to a combination of that and the coil issue. Regardless, I found it a likable detector. I cycled through the modes about every thirty minutes to alleviate the audio fatigue it caused. Std mode, then Std with Iron Audio On, then Pro mode, then Pro mode with Iron Audio on, then back to Std. Worked well enough for me to spend 4 hours straight with it without getting a headache.
I had no EMI problems. My fishers usually experience some EMI here. Depth performance was pretty good for that dirt. May have performed even better if I'd lowered the sensitivity another bar or two. What I liked best about it was the audio in Pro mode with a really slow sweep. It likes loitering, where you move the coil real slow an inch or three to the left and stop and think about what you heard. then maybe return an inch diagonally down toward your right foot and reconsider. I like that. I like that a lot. That is why I'm keeping it. I'm looking forward to getting it back from Garrett with a non-falsing coil. Being able to put the coil on the ground will make it a superb loiterer.
HH
Mike
The site ground balanced at 94. This is probably a moderate site for me so far as ground minerals go. I left the sensitivity at the preset level of 6 bars. It falsed a lot in iron, perhaps due to the high mineral/iron combination and the high sensitivity level, perhaps due to a combination of that and the coil issue. Regardless, I found it a likable detector. I cycled through the modes about every thirty minutes to alleviate the audio fatigue it caused. Std mode, then Std with Iron Audio On, then Pro mode, then Pro mode with Iron Audio on, then back to Std. Worked well enough for me to spend 4 hours straight with it without getting a headache.
I had no EMI problems. My fishers usually experience some EMI here. Depth performance was pretty good for that dirt. May have performed even better if I'd lowered the sensitivity another bar or two. What I liked best about it was the audio in Pro mode with a really slow sweep. It likes loitering, where you move the coil real slow an inch or three to the left and stop and think about what you heard. then maybe return an inch diagonally down toward your right foot and reconsider. I like that. I like that a lot. That is why I'm keeping it. I'm looking forward to getting it back from Garrett with a non-falsing coil. Being able to put the coil on the ground will make it a superb loiterer.
HH
Mike