kfz question

[LTimedigger]

For those of you who have worked with the E-trac/CTX do you have a preference for the "combined" frequency which works much like these FBS machines, or do you prefer the single or multiple single frequency feature more? Just curious.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Multi-freq every time unless I'm trying to deal with bad EMI

 

[Donut]

Multi frequency 90% percent of the time. But if I’m having problems with EMI I sometimes change to single freq (10khz) and that helps on EMI.
With multi I find more stuf and goes deeper.
The NOX is more sensitive than other units on the market and that is why in my opinion why it is finding more stuff that others pass over. You just have to deal with it.

Doug

 

[jmaclen]

Multi unless I have no other choice due to extreme EMI or ground mineralization.

Jeff

 

[BigTony]

LTime, I used the Explorer II and loved it.

I use Multi about 95 % of the time. I switch over for EMI or a double check of signal.

Tony

 

[88junior]

You guys may think I'm crazy but in my soil which is mineralized red clay 5 khz goes deeper than the Multi frequency option. I still use multi but I wonder if I'm missing stuff while using it.

 

[BigTony]

88junior, that’s interesting to me because one field I hunt has red clay, and it’s deep. Has to be at least ten inches.

Next time I’ll try the 5 for a bit but I still think no matter what you choose this machines gets the goods.

Tony

 

[IDXMonster]

For coin hunting, which is what I personally do, Multi is the “best”. Why? Because multiple frequencies analyze the signal more thoroughly and provide more precise TID. If I switch to a single freq(usually 10khz to get out of my local EMI type) I start digging every bottle cap known to man....it can’t tell the difference. In Multi, it knows. This is why the similarly configured FBS machines of the past are such good coin hunters also.
For general use hunting...Multi.

 

[D&P-OR]

Right on!-----

For coin hunting, which is what I personally do, Multi is the “best”. Why? Because multiple frequencies analyze the signal more thoroughly and provide more precise TID. If I switch to a single freq(usually 10khz to get out of my local EMI type) I start digging every bottle cap known to man....it can’t tell the difference. In Multi, it knows. This is why the similarly configured FBS machines of the past are such good coin hunters also.
For general use hunting...Multi.

 

[Jason in Enid]

You guys may think I'm crazy but in my soil which is mineralized red clay 5 khz goes deeper than the Multi frequency option. I still use multi but I wonder if I'm missing stuff while using it.

That simply cant be true. Its been proven over and over that the multi goes deeper ESPECIALLY when hunting in mineralized soils. One of the reasons for the delay in releasing the EQX was because they found out that the multi beat the 20 and 40 khz singles in gold hunting. Gold mode was originally going to be the single high freqs but they had to change it when the field testers found it. The testers also found that the multi modes were deeper than the singles when coin hunting mineralized ground.

The very design of the multi mode is that the detector is looking at the ground response and comparing it across multiple channels in order to remove it from the analyzed target signal. This is why for most grounds, the designers say to leave the GB at 0, and that if you are hunting in any single freq that you must use the GB adjustment for best depth.

 

[88junior]

You guys may think I'm crazy but in my soil which is mineralized red clay 5 khz goes deeper than the Multi frequency option. I still use multi but I wonder if I'm missing stuff while using it.

That simply cant be true. Its been proven over and over that the multi goes deeper ESPECIALLY when hunting in mineralized soils. One of the reasons for the delay in releasing the EQX was because they found out that the multi beat the 20 and 40 khz singles in gold hunting. Gold mode was originally going to be the single high freqs but they had to change it when the field testers found it. The testers also found that the multi modes were deeper than the singles when coin hunting mineralized ground.

The very design of the multi mode is that the detector is looking at the ground response and comparing it across multiple channels in order to remove it from the analyzed target signal. This is why for most grounds, the designers say to leave the GB at 0, and that if you are hunting in any single freq that you must use the GB adjustment for best depth.

You come across as calling me a liar. I tell you what come to my house and I will let you try and get a 10" dime buried in my test bed using Multi frequency and I guarantee you won't hit it but when you switch to 5 khz it will hit it every time. I'm no newbie to detecting and I know how to get the best performance out of any machine I have ever used.

 

[Jason in Enid]

take a chill pill there junior. nobodys calling you a "liar". If I lived anywhere close to you, I'd be happy to compare machines, settings and responses. What I am saying is that your claim is against every other experience.

 

[Donut]

I agree. Everyone has different opinions and remember there are different seton these machines and not everyone is running theirs the same.
We are here to have fund her and enjoy our sport and that helps getting away from the real world. Believe me I have made some mistakes here and blunders .
So just enjoy.
Your Friend
Doug

 

[88junior]

That simply cant be true. Statement from you seems like you are saying that I'm a liar... I'll do a YouTube video and share the link on here so you can see what I'm talking about and prove that the 5khz is deeper in my dirt than Multi frequency.

 

[D&P-OR]

I believe you Morgan!-----You have been a good forum friend for many years & I have always know you to be an upstanding/honest individual.---Perhaps the key phrase here is "in my dirt".-----------Del

 

[LTimedigger]

n/t

 

[LTimedigger]

Thanks yall this pretty much confirms what I suspected. Won't go the depth issue although I have an opinion