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IDX Pro with Mr Bill Mods for gold rings other jewelry?

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ToniSteve

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Hello,
I have read a few posts that have to do with detector frequency and the ability to detect gold rings, etc. It seems many believe the higher frequency detectors are better at detecting gold rings and jewelry. Can the IDX Pro with the Mr Bill mods be set up to maximize its gold detecting abilities and if so what setup parameters work best for this? Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,
Steve
 
Steve, the electronics have more to do with how a detector reacts to small gold than just the frequency as does the discrimination range. The IDX Pro is pretty sensitive to small gold for a lower frequency detector but you can make it even more sensitive using the black sand option. Do this test with your modified IDX Pro. Set it up like you normally do for park hunting and take a small gold ring, small foil or a nickel and do an air test. Now switch to the black sand option to expand the disc.range while using minimum discrimination. You should be able to gain at least 3-4 inches with the ring or nickel. Basically by expanding the disc. range your making the detector more sensitive to the lower conductors. Using these settings I can hit very small gold rings including small gold chains better than my old 14 kHz. Gold Scanner Pro and better than the BBS Minelabs.
 
Hi Crazyman,
Thanks a lot for the info. I have been using the IDX Pro on a couple of Freshwater beaches, picked up some silver jewelry, tons of PTs. I took it in the water where there are a multitude of hits. Is there anyway to tame it in the water? It hits in the coin range on one swing and back to iron on the other? I dug some of the quarter and nickel one way swings and half were coins the other half nails? Is there any way to tame the TID?

Toni and I are heading out again tomorrow at 4:30 AM, beat the heat and the crowds!

Thanks again!

Best Regards,
Steve
 
Actually the "very good" IDX Pro that turns to "excellent" after 'Mr. Bill' adds his mods. :)

As was stated, while there is some merit to "book theory" regarding frequencies and such, a LOT depends upon the overall circuitry. I ALWAYS hunt with the lowest Discriminate level setting I can tolerate for a site and the IDX Pro's broad-range adjustment allows me to do just that. In most typical sites where I might encounter an annoying count of small nails and other small iron junk, I can just barely knock it out ad the IDX Pro responds quite well to targets, including low-end conductors.

Usually I prefer a 5.3 BullsEye coil (6
 
No need to tame the TID. It's doing it's job telling you whats under the coil. You just have to decipher it. The IDX Pro has the most accurate and honest TID of any detector I've used. On the rare occasion that an odd shaped or round piece of iron comes thru as a possible good target on the TID the tone will give you the clue then that it's most likely junk. The IDX Pro has a super fast recovery speed and if a coin is near a nail it will most likely bounce between the nail and the coin depending on their orientation in the ground. If you go into pinpoint you should be able to tell if there are two targets close to each other. You can also detune the signal in pinpoint for a better idea if they are really close. When I'm hunting my old ghost town sites these are the type of bounces I'm looking for and a lot of times it has been a good target close to iron that was missed on prior hunts with slower recovery prone detectors.
 
If your hunting a rocky or gravel beach it could throw the TID off some. In that case I would lower the sensitivity a bit and/or maybe try to GB to the rocks or gravel if it's real bad. You should always focus more on the tones anyway even with an accurate TID.
 
Hello Monte and Crazyman,
I went back out today, back in the water. I hit nickels like crazy. I dug everything to check the bouncing TID syndrome, and yes Crazyman you are right, the bounces were close targets 90% of the time. Someone dropped a bunch of unused 30 caliber lead in the water near shore. Cleaned them all out. I dug a few of the whisper tones and they were nickels! I will have a decent long handled scoop to try by the weekend. Toni did great in the water with her M-6 too, although she still wanders around to much instead of doing a grid. Kids! We had a great morning together, lots of laughs and fun! I think we are getting close to some jewelry, why all the nickels? Ahoy me buggers, there is treasure near!Thanks for your great help on this. Running in black sand did seem to perk things up a lot. Also getting used to the tones! Dug over 20 bobby pins and guessed right 75% of the time. The large nails/spikes still have me fooled though. They hit at the bottom of the TID and then jump to the top! I know the double tone is one of the best clues!

[size=x-large]Thanks again gentlemen![/b][/size]

Kind Regards,
Steve
 
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