Sven
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In my previous post I mentioned that the Edge would not pick up Canadian coins on edge like my Tesoros do in disc mode.
Only drawback to the Edge.
Boy was I right and wrong. Did all my orig air testing waving the coin under the coil flat, they all ID'd with numbers of some sort or another.
had that part down and carried that onto actual hunting at the schoolyards. Listened to the multitones and dug a lot, mostly pennies. Couldn't figure out why the lack of dimes, nickels, quarters, Loonies and Toonies compared to the amount of pennies found. Usually the ratio is about 50% clad and 50% pennies approx. A lot of those coins are found on edge or slight edge
with the Tesoros. So why wasn't the Edge picking them up???
Thought about it today and wanted to do another air test with the Edge and Tesoro.
First off air tested in Disc mode set up with disc at -3. No Canadian clad on slight edge or edge would sound off.
Disappointed until I switched to all metal mode, waved the coins under the coil on edge. It sure picked them up!!!
And at a greater depth than the Tesoros. Then why not in disc mode. Looked at the ID numbers in all metal mode and they were almost identically opposite
of what they were when flat. They would come in -20 to -29 with a clear crisp dig signal and lock on within 2 numbers. Only exception of the quarter which ID'd at -16 to -19.
So I switched over to disc mode and set disc to -30.
Yup, they now sound off with a low tone and ID deep as in all metal mode but now have the multi tones.
So have to adjust to a new learning curve. I should now rehunt some of those places with the new setting.
By the way nails sound off with a double blip to distinguish them from modern Canadian claddage.
So my original thought about the Edge being a great detector for Canadian clad was right.
Happy camper now..
Only two things I don't like about the Edge, the hand grip, will be changing over to foam and the arm rest ( a little big), like the Tesoro arm rests better.
Only drawback to the Edge.
Boy was I right and wrong. Did all my orig air testing waving the coin under the coil flat, they all ID'd with numbers of some sort or another.
had that part down and carried that onto actual hunting at the schoolyards. Listened to the multitones and dug a lot, mostly pennies. Couldn't figure out why the lack of dimes, nickels, quarters, Loonies and Toonies compared to the amount of pennies found. Usually the ratio is about 50% clad and 50% pennies approx. A lot of those coins are found on edge or slight edge
with the Tesoros. So why wasn't the Edge picking them up???
Thought about it today and wanted to do another air test with the Edge and Tesoro.
First off air tested in Disc mode set up with disc at -3. No Canadian clad on slight edge or edge would sound off.
Disappointed until I switched to all metal mode, waved the coins under the coil on edge. It sure picked them up!!!
And at a greater depth than the Tesoros. Then why not in disc mode. Looked at the ID numbers in all metal mode and they were almost identically opposite
of what they were when flat. They would come in -20 to -29 with a clear crisp dig signal and lock on within 2 numbers. Only exception of the quarter which ID'd at -16 to -19.
So I switched over to disc mode and set disc to -30.
Yup, they now sound off with a low tone and ID deep as in all metal mode but now have the multi tones.
So have to adjust to a new learning curve. I should now rehunt some of those places with the new setting.
By the way nails sound off with a double blip to distinguish them from modern Canadian claddage.
So my original thought about the Edge being a great detector for Canadian clad was right.
Happy camper now..
Only two things I don't like about the Edge, the hand grip, will be changing over to foam and the arm rest ( a little big), like the Tesoro arm rests better.