I took delivery of my X 70 on Monday. I was able to get out for about an hour after work, and went to an old school yard that I have worked hard for the past ten years. I decided to try the all metal mode because of the posts here. I did change the tones to 99, and increased the sensitivity to where it chattered, then back down to smooth operation. I wanted to see if the 99 tones would drive me nuts, but it didn't. I am accustomed to the tone changes from my SOV, and my XLT before that.
Anyway, I dug several "beaver tail" pull tabs that responded from 18 to 22. I found a nickel that locked in at a solid 12, at about 5".
Within about 20 or 30 minutes, I noticed that if I slowed my scan in areas where the tones and ID numbers were jumping all over the place, I could actually isolate some of the targets enough to get a lock on one response from time to time. While hunting this way, I got a 6 that jumped back and forth to an 8, then 18/22, but not 20. By slowing down, and moving the coil ever so slightly, I was able to isolate the 6/8 response. The depth showed 3 arrows. I was expecting foil or a piece of aluminum can. I first uncovered the "tail" of a beaver tail style tab. I rescanned the hole, and got a solid 8. Digging a little deeper, I saw the glint of the gold chain in the bottom of the hole. I uncovered another "tail" while expanding the hole to try to follow the chain without breaking it.
I also noticed that sometimes the numbers would initially fluctuate between 18/20/22. When I shortened the scan stroke to a wiggle, the number would often lock in to a single number instead of moving around. I was using the 6" DD HF coil.
Not too bad for my first outing. I think I'm going to like this detector....a lot!
Anyway, I dug several "beaver tail" pull tabs that responded from 18 to 22. I found a nickel that locked in at a solid 12, at about 5".
Within about 20 or 30 minutes, I noticed that if I slowed my scan in areas where the tones and ID numbers were jumping all over the place, I could actually isolate some of the targets enough to get a lock on one response from time to time. While hunting this way, I got a 6 that jumped back and forth to an 8, then 18/22, but not 20. By slowing down, and moving the coil ever so slightly, I was able to isolate the 6/8 response. The depth showed 3 arrows. I was expecting foil or a piece of aluminum can. I first uncovered the "tail" of a beaver tail style tab. I rescanned the hole, and got a solid 8. Digging a little deeper, I saw the glint of the gold chain in the bottom of the hole. I uncovered another "tail" while expanding the hole to try to follow the chain without breaking it.
I also noticed that sometimes the numbers would initially fluctuate between 18/20/22. When I shortened the scan stroke to a wiggle, the number would often lock in to a single number instead of moving around. I was using the 6" DD HF coil.
Not too bad for my first outing. I think I'm going to like this detector....a lot!