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mine lab quarto mp pinpointing
- Thread starter eagle3
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I own a Quattro also and pinpointing can be tricky with it using the pinpoint button, Since it has a DD coil I started to pinpoint with it like I did with my Sovereign XS. What I do is use the front and back tips of the search coil. When I find a object I want to dig I will move the search coil towards me until the signal disappears. That means the object is now in front of the coil, I mentally note were that spot is. Then I will lift the coil up and move it foward and swing the coil back towards me until I get the signal again. That means the object is now at the tip of the back of the coil and I menatlly note that. I would then turn 90 degrees and repeat the above process. After doing this you should have the exact location of your object. It sounds like a long process but it takes less then 30 seconds to do this.
John
John
HI THERE JOHN THANK YOU MY FARRAND FOR YOUR PROMPT REPLY I DID USE TO HAVE A SOVE ALSO WOULD YOU BELEIVE YES I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMTHING LIKE THAT TO PIN POINT IT I WILL TRY WOT YOU TELL ME NEXT TIME I GO TO THE BEACH AGAIN IF YOU HAVE ENY MOOR TIPS FOR ME COULD YOU KEEP IN TOUCH OK MENY THANKS TO YOU MATE 
eagle3 said:HI THERE JOHN THANK YOU MY FARRAND FOR YOUR PROMPT REPLY I DID USE TO HAVE A SOVE ALSO WOULD YOU BELEIVE YES I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMTHING LIKE THAT TO PIN POINT IT I WILL TRY WOT YOU TELL ME NEXT TIME I GO TO THE BEACH AGAIN IF YOU HAVE ENY MOOR TIPS FOR ME COULD YOU KEEP IN TOUCH OK MENY THANKS TO YOU MATE
Sure no problem. I have a Explorer SE Pro and it has VCO pinpointing which is a lot better then what is on the Quattro, and I have no problems using the pinpoint function on my Explorer. Here is what I do when hunting with the Quattro. I noise cancel often, I noise cancel when I move to different areas of place I am hunting and also when I change settings. Also noise cancel with the coil on the ground. I never run my Quattro in Auto sensitivity, I run it in manual as high I can get it without Quattro falsing. Swing the coil slow, you definitly don't want to swing the coil too fast or you will miss things. This is inherited in all FBS and BBS machines, since you have owned a Sovereign you should have no problems with that. I would suggest purchasing Andy Sabisch's Quattro/Safari handbook, it has a lot of good information in it.
John
CHEARS JOHN GOOD JOB MATE WHERE ARE YOU FROM IS IT AMERICA IM IN ENGLAND WHY I ASK THIS IS BECAUSE THE SCARBOUROUGH BEACH IS IN ENGLAND NORTH YORKSHIRE ENGLAND IM ALSO THINKING OF GETING EITHER A MINELAB XS OR MINELAB EXPLORER 11 HAVE YOU ENY INPUT IN THE BEST TO GET JOHN MY BROTHER IN SCARBOUROUGH HAS GOT A MINELAB XS CHEARS
Yes, I am from the USA, Southwestern Pennsylvania only fresh water beaches around here. I never used an XS or II, only the SE Pro, but what I understand all the different Explorers pretty much have the same features. The Se and the SE Pro can ID a target in pinpoint mode which is the main difference from the XS and II. As for depth they are all about the same. Another thing is that Minelab will not repair the XS and parts for the II are starting to become scarce. That is why I decide to buy an SE Pro and was also able to take advantage of the CTX 3030 hype. If you get an older Explorer you might want to think about purchasing an 11" pro coil or an Detech SEF coil, these coils will perform better then the original coil. You might want to consider this also for your Quattro. The one coil I am thinking about getting for my SE Pro is a Detech 13" Ultimate coil which it is suppose to be able to see through iron better then any of the other FBS coils and also have good target seperation and depth. You can find the different FBS coil field tests here http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,1055627.
John
John
hi there john how ya doing yes Meany thanks for your help on hear yes i was trying to just get iron rejected on the quarto today i was using all metal but i found that if i regected up to 0-3 it would also regect english one and 2 pence copper penneys two i wonderd if you add enny ideas on this john as i am going beach hunting again tomorow and would love to get most of the iron nails rejected thanks nigel my real name
GOOD ON YOU JOHN KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK , HAVE YOU HAD ENY DESENT FINDS IN THE PAST WOT I LIKE ABOUT THE HOBBY IS THE THINKING THAT YOU NEVER NO WOTS IT IS YOU HAVE FOUND TILL YOU BRING IT UP OUT OF THE EARTH TOMOROW WHEN I GO BEACH DETECTING IM GOING TO USE ALL METAL I THINK AND NOTCH OUT MOST OF THE IRON IF I CAN IM JUST HOPING THAT IF I HIT ENYTHING LIKE GOLD RINGS AND SUCH IT WILL STILL SOUND ON THE DETECTER I NO I WILL LOOSE THE ONE AND TWO PENCE SOUNDS BUT HAM GOING TO GIVE IT A GO BY THE WAY DID YA NO THE OLD ENGLISH PENNY DATED 1933 IS WORTH MILLIONS AS THERE WAS ONLEY THREE EVER MADE ALSO THE STORY IS THAT ONE WAS LOST IN AN OLD WALL SOME WHERE WELL ENYWAY WILL CLOSE NOW AND AS THAY SAY GOD BLESS AMERICA
hi there once again john yes after having a good think about it i have decided to swoop my quattro for a minelab xs my brother in scarbourough as got one and the xs always finds more than the quattro when i go see him in scarbourough beach im hoping i can out gun him this time with my xs that would be good he he well i have also herd that there is a chap in england called steave cox that fixes all minelab metal detecters is email adress is mservicer@virginmedia.com i spoke to steave yesterday and he told me he can fix eny minelab no problem ok well carnt wait to have a go with the xs and will let you no how i get on ok take caire by for now