Iron or good target?

[Anonymous]

With a high pitch repeatable signal, I have found that the Explorer is much like the Sovereign in that if you pinpoint in disc mode and then pinpoint in Pinpoint(all metal mode) ~~~ If the locations are the same it is a good target but if the locations are different it is ferrous (nail)

 

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[Anonymous]

I don't understand, how do you pinpoint in disc. mode? I use pinpoint but never heard of pinpoint in disc. mode.

 

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[Anonymous]

Ed,
I pinpoint in disc mode quite often as it can be much more accurate than in the non-motion pinpoint mode. When you get the signal that you want to pinpoint, you simply short sweep the signal back and forth and inch or so either way to narrow down the spot. When you do this you can hear both "edges" of the target signal. I then turn the coil 90 degrees (or if it is real trashy I may only turn 45 or less degrees) and short sweep again. Where the two imaginary lines cross on the hot line of the coil is where the target should be. With a little practice you can get very accurate with this method. I use this method mostly on deep targets in multiple target & trashy areas. Hope this helps.
Ralph (Sun Ray)

 

[Anonymous]

Disc Mode on the Sovereign is the Discriminate Mode or normal detecting mode.
With the Explorer, I am refering to your normal detecting mode which can be the Iron Mask Mode, the digital mode or the Smartfind Mode.
When hunting in your normal mode, and you hear that high pitch sound. Pinpoint it right away in your hunting mode.. Then pinpoint in the pinpoint mode. If the two pin point locations differ by a couple of inches then it is ferrous. If the two locations are in the same place then it is a good target.
Email me if you still have questions.
Jim Vokes NY

 

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[Anonymous]

I concur, <b>but</b>, I have a story about that!
My buddy Justin took me to a spot that has been pounded to death by Explorers, but many great coins came from there. Signals were very few and very far between. I got this scrappy, faint, squeaky hit that wasn't quite high enough to be an iron false and definitely not repeatable. The pinpoint was about 3"-4" from where the almost hit was. Classic nail pinpoint. Had there been more signals at this spot I would have passed it up, but since I hadn't dug anything in a while, I thought what the hell. I dig down 9" and stick the probe in and bam, loud low tone. Dug out a 1907 nickel. Turned the probe off and was getting ready to fill the hole and thought, "wait a minute, that was definitely not a nickel hit!" I picked up the detector and swung over the hole and it was a total null. I dug out the sides of the hole and deeper and stuck the probe back in, bam, the sweet sound of silver! 12" deep(probe was 3" below ground level, I have a witness <IMG SRC="/forums/images/biggrin.gif" BORDER=0 ALT="">) and I wasn't to the coin yet! I get one more jab of dirt in and pop out an 1877 cc seated dime. This is also a testament to the X-1 probe! Had I not had it, there is know way I would have that dime!
Now you take this for what it is worth. Was the iron with the coins averaging out the nickel hit and bringing the tone up to silver/penny range? Or was I getting a hit from the dime and because it was so deep it was real scrappy? Or am I just lucky? I will say this, where the dime was located in the hole, was off to the side of the pinpoint where I got the initial scrappy hit.

 

[Anonymous]

Thank You!
That explains it perfectly.

 

[Anonymous]

if your getting a solid hit that sounds deep, you may not hear it in pinpoint if there is nearby iron.. Basic rule if it sounds good, dig it. sometimes if you cant pinpoint it, just dig a deep plug where you hear it in disc and stick in the probe.. if it nulls you can move on..