Iron mask question SE, XS

[bill67]

Got a question for someone that has had, or still has an XS and has used an SE ...... What iron mask setting on the XS is exactly the same as -22 on the SE ?
Thanks to anyone who can help ......Bill

 

[Hotcz70]

I thought it was but wanted to do some checking first.

 

[bill67]

Thanks for the detective work Bryce ...... I owe you. I'll see how that changes the sound of iron from a setting of -12

 

[flylaps]

I always wondered about that. How they could run a -22 iron mask on the SE.
I hunt with the XS and when I was learning the machine I ran at -5 or -6 and had FAIRLY good success digging silver and of course dug quite
a few rusty nails at first. But in the real trashy/nail infested areas it was tough to pull a coin. As I learned the machine and especially the sound of rusty nails
I increased my iron mask to -9. Man, it was like hunting new ground. I really started to find the coins. Sure, I dug more rusty nails, but a lot of them
had coins above or below them. Just what works for me.
Oh yeah, that's mostly with the stock coil and sometimes the X-8 and I always hunt in the iron mask screen.

 

[bill67]

Thanks flylaps .... I'm just trying to find an iron mask setting that will keep iron from sounding so good, but still not discriminate out silver near iron or a rusty nail...... I may be dreaming.... but I'm gonna keep experimenting ..... if -9 works that well for you, I'll try it out...... I like to hunt in iron mask screen too ....