I have been a Technical Training Instructor

[woodchiphustler]

For many years. I work in the Engineering/Construction world and train underground utility locator's. They use the latest and greatest machines with digital readouts. I watch as they stay fixed to that meter to give them the information to accurately mark the many cables and pipelines. That is until week three when I show up with my roll of masking tape to cover their meters. This allows them to hear the signal and follow it to it's termination point. Site and hearing are to natural senses that can conflict.

 

[amberjack]

yes agree and I learnt a lot hunting nights with a Tesoro isn't that the same as in the day no sound plays a even bigger roil at night as I cant see much and what vision I have is 80% used for protection.

so have to agree sound is how metal detectors work and I guess more time spent with any one detector will show that.

screens are good for traveling cherry picking when time is a factor.

AJ

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[woodchiphustler]

For many years. I work in the Engineering/Construction world and train underground utility locator's. They use the latest and greatest machines with digital readouts. I watch as they stay fixed to that meter to give them the information to accurately mark the many cables and pipelines. That is until week three when I show up with my roll of masking tape to cover their meters. This allows them to hear the signal and follow it to it's termination point. Sight and hearing are two natural senses that can conflict.

 

[bibelot]

I'm in the digital readout camp but I hear what you are saying. The digital readout is nice to have but I find myself running set at the R in iron and not ever thumbing the knob like I do on non display machines. The outcome is the same, you are either going to dig it or not ,regardless of what the digital readout says . I can be lazy and cherry pick coins all day or dig all of the repeatable tones. I find myself digging more of the iron targets ,simply because very little info is displayed. I'm finding all sorts of junk that I wouldn't normally dig when using the non digital readout machines....

 

[slingshot]

Went over an area I had hunted with an ID machine. The toy Compadre found five nickels I had missed, as well as some zincers .

 

[Furious T]

We are trained from birth to interpret sounds..ie the tones used in conversation. We learn to understand when people are happy or sad, angry or glad, and we learn to listen for nuances so that we can tell if someone is being funny or sarcastic. We can read something which someone has written, but only learn the true meaning when we hear the spoken word.

With metal detectors, or any other machines, our interpretation of the audio signal is a continuation of what we have been learning all our lives. e.g. we can often tell if a automobile engine is running smoothly or roughly...for those of us who live in the bush (countryside) we can tell from the sounds when an automobile is bogged.

Our sense of hearing and interpretation of sounds is heightened every day, just by living our everyday lives.

It is not unusual then, that we can use our listening skills when interpreting what our detector is telling us...and these skills can outweigh/override a visual readout or interpretation by the detector itself. Just my view.

 

[woodchiphustler]

Well said!

 

[Monte]

listening.

Audio interpretation is a key to why I have learned a lot and enjoyed ample success in this great outdoor sport spanning over half-a-century.

I have always told people to listen to their detector's audio responses, but you have provided a more enlightening way to perceive the importance of sounds and how we can understand them.

Thank You very much!

Monte

 

[UtahRich]

We are trained from birth to interpret sounds.. . . . . Our sense of hearing and interpretation of sounds is heightened every day, just by living our everyday lives.

It is not unusual then, that we can use our listening skills when interpreting what our detector is telling us...and these skills can outweigh/override a visual readout or interpretation by the detector itself. Just my view.

Agree. And very well said.


Rich (Utah)

 

[woodchiphustler]

For many years. I work in the Engineering/Construction world and train underground utility locator's. They use the latest and greatest machines with digital readouts. I watch as they stay fixed to that meter to give them the information to accurately mark the many cables and pipelines. That is until week three when I show up with my roll of masking tape to cover their meters. This allows them to hear the signal and follow it to it's termination point. Site and hearing are to natural senses that can conflict.

Take two. For many years I have worked
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