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Info please Xterra 70 meter readings
- Thread starter Elton
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I'll tell you one thing Elton, Deep old coins don't come in as a solid number. The digital will jump around and what I look for is (does it jump around with 30 to 40 as an average) It may just flicker on these #s and there won't be much of an audio. But there will be enough to get your attention. Pull a plug and the audio and digital will become much clear. Most times its a good target.
Thanks NHBob and Digger..I didn't see the post at top.Thats exactly what I needed. I am trying another one of these X-70's..My nephew made a trade for me with a local man here in Ohio. This machine seems so much more stable than the prior X-terra 70 I had.It's not as touchy, and seems to be more on the mark for readings on the meter. It rained good here today, so I will try it out this evening at a local park.
Elton
Elton
NH Bob
I tried detecting at a small local 1920's era park..I tried your suggestion
of watching the meter...You were correct..When it changed between 30 36-40 and sometimes 38 I dug the signals. It was 1930's wheat pennies with a scratchy sound and a lock on of 36 after pinpoint..But it still jumped around even after getting it centered but did go back to a scratchy repeatable 36 which made me decide to dig. I would not have dug these signals had you not posted your experience. In fact I was surprised that the targets turned out to be keepers. I would have gone on thinking it was junk under the coil, or a combination of items under the coil except for you advice.So thank you kind Sir. I now have a new tool for finding good old coins.Just a note..There was no other targets in the hole that I could find..just the old green colored wheat cents that sounded off very scratchy and jumped the meter around constantly.
I should have checked to see if the coins were on edge or flat, but the truth is I did not think of it.It was dry hard ground and I was just glad to get the digger down deep enough to find the targets.
I tried detecting at a small local 1920's era park..I tried your suggestion
of watching the meter...You were correct..When it changed between 30 36-40 and sometimes 38 I dug the signals. It was 1930's wheat pennies with a scratchy sound and a lock on of 36 after pinpoint..But it still jumped around even after getting it centered but did go back to a scratchy repeatable 36 which made me decide to dig. I would not have dug these signals had you not posted your experience. In fact I was surprised that the targets turned out to be keepers. I would have gone on thinking it was junk under the coil, or a combination of items under the coil except for you advice.So thank you kind Sir. I now have a new tool for finding good old coins.Just a note..There was no other targets in the hole that I could find..just the old green colored wheat cents that sounded off very scratchy and jumped the meter around constantly.
I should have checked to see if the coins were on edge or flat, but the truth is I did not think of it.It was dry hard ground and I was just glad to get the digger down deep enough to find the targets.