interesting happening at the beach today.

[toaster]

Wanted to set the SENSITIVITY out of AUTO to between 16 - 18 to see if I could gain a fraction more depth, it chirped like a cage full of canaries, reduced the SENSITIVITY to 13 before all went quiet.
Each time I reset the SENSITIVITY I did a NOISE CANCEL at the same time holding the coil ( 15 inch WOT Coiltek ) steady on the sand.
The interesting thing is that after watching the DVD from Minelab about the X-TERRA and seeing the coil pumped up & down an inch or so above the ground during the NOISE CANCEL demo I tried it on the Quattro but rather than moving the coil up & down I just held it steady about 1/2 inch off the sand & rocks and to my surprise I was able to set the SENSITIVITY at 17 and it ran smooth and quiet with good depth.

Don't know if I am just fooling myself or if it really is a neat trick.

I think the reason for the excessive FALSING on the beach is the amount of rotting seaweed under the sand and this is amplified when using the larger coil

David

 

[John in Florida]

When I had my Minelabs, both the Sov and the Explorer would false like crazy on wet seaweed.


John

 

[GraveDiggerMax-VaBch-Va]

i never really set the sensitivity much lower than 17..........

i am getting ready to snag a 12" sunray real soon for exp II and give it a try

 

[charliediller]

n/t

 

[Joe of South Jersey]

I do my noise cancel in the air. Don't ask why.............I don't know. It is I personally think that it helps. I run Sen. Very high. As long as it helps who knows.......