Looks like Gold Bug needs it's own forum, 1265X Question

[Tico]

I just acquired a well used 1265X and although I haven't had a chance to use it in the field yet. I been messing around with it doing some airtest.
I know these old well used detectors can lose some punch over the years, so I was wondering if 7" on a nickle, 8" on clad quarter and 9" on my large 10K gold wedding band sounds about right for airtest with disc on 5 to just accept nickles, max. sen., using white solid stock 8" coil.
Thanks in advance

 

[joe dirt_1]

Tico, those airtest depths sound pretty decent still although it should do a tad better in the ground. It has been several years since I had a 1265 but it is a very good detector. Enjoy the detector !

 

[M-scope]

Sounds about right!?...GREAT machine....I still use mine along with my E-trac...And its 22 years old!..I run "Noisy" at full sensitivity,disc-1 at 5 and #2 around 7.....I use a 10" spider coil and good set of headphones and listen for those very light, soft-smooth-round sounds that wont disc out on your secondary with a higher setting...DEEP goodies!...You'll be very impressed and it will amaze you if you take the time to use it and get to know its language....

 

[MarkCZ]

I'm not sure about the 1265 depth, but from some air test I did on my 1266 yours is a little short on at lest the quarter, my 1266 falls off from a faint good signal to a faint questionable signal at around 12" on a 1965 clad quarter (air test). I didn't try a nickle yet, and I'm to poor to own a LARGE gold ring j/k LOL!

My 1266 is the early version,
White spider coil,
Double stacked circuit boards,

Now in my 8" test garden the coins fall out at a lower Disc 2 setting than they do air testing. But they hold in PERFECT in the 4" garden and pretty good in my 6" garden. So the more dirt between the coil and the coin the more it effects the level of the target breaking through the discrimination setting. I would say that the threshold depth with my soil is about 5".

Now I'm working on being able to judge a good deep target (5" or deeper) and a good shallow target (5" or less) One way I'm working on is by running a lower disc 1 setting (like 3 just above small iron) when I get a target above disc 1's setting I raise the coil off the ground a few inches at a time, if the report holds in there with the coil 4" or 5" off the ground then the target is a "Shallow Target" (less than 5") if it fades off pretty quick then its a deep target and I then expect the target to have trouble breaking through the Disc 2 setting. If its a good target disc 2 won't null it out or even snap-crackle-pop but the report will be a little short and sharp on the edge and I also know that if the target is deep then I need to use a lower sweep speed.

I'm really new to using a Fisher X series but from what I've been reading from other users you have to take the time to learn the detector's language.

Good Luck!
Mark

 

[M-scope]

Well, I guess since its now winter. I'll get around to air-testing my 65 after reading this. I do know that my 10" spider-coil gave me more inches than the stock 8" puck....