Mixed target question

[detectorbase]

Hello

This is my first year with the SE (approximately been swinging it for 2.5 months now). I'm running it in all metal, ferrous tones and using 8" coil. I really feel like I'm linking up to the machine, but have a few more questions.

When a good target is laying next to iron, what is the classic behaviour? What are the signs I need to look for?

I use SmartFind more than Digital by the way.

I ask this, because I've yet to dig a coin with a nail, or rusted object extremely close to it.. and know I'm missing stuff.

I've picked out coins between iron targets (4-5 inches between) but that's the closest.

Thanks!
DB

 

[Mike Bearden]

It depends a lot on what size of iron and the position it's laying in.
I mean to say that the iron can be heard while circling the target just like the coin or non ferrous target will squeak through in a particular place inside that circle.
You may or may not also see the silver "good target" bounce from top right to left during the circling process, it may just go top right in a certain spot and stay there, all of this is easier learned with a 8" coil by the way.
Imagine that you're taking slices out of a cake while circling the suspected mixed targets, somewhere inside that cake is a sweet sound that the DD is capable of hearing and separating during this process.
Once that sweet sound is heard, make the short sweeps and wiggle the sound out of that thin slice.
I've dug hundreds of coins that have rust stains where nails, washers or whatever were laying directly on them and the silver only came through in one small portion of the circle, but it was repeatable.
Hope this makes sense, kind of hard to explain really.

 

[detectorbase]

Question.. when you circle on a target and pull out a signal from the thuds.. is it repeatable? Does it bounce top right to top left in smartfind, or does it do the slight wiggle in the top right area?

Thanks!
DB