my trip to see Dr Rick paid off

[Todd(so.Wi.)]

several weeks ago I was contacted by Rick in southern Il about help with my depth issues. I went down there and hunted with him for two days. He is a real nice guy, smart, and a darn good hunter. The poor guy was cursed with some horrible luck as far as finding deep coins that particular week end. Every time he found a good target for me it would turn out to be somthing like a tiny rivit 2 inches deep.My goal was to go there to learn how to find deep coins which aparently is what happened even though we didnt actualy find any. Well The first week I got back I dug a wheaty at 8-1/2 inches deep. The signal was only a wisper, but it was high pitched and somewhat repeatable from 3 angles. at least half of these type signals turn out to be iron for me, but Ill take them odds. last night I found a brass token just smaller than a nickel at 9-11 inches deep and another wheaty at 8+ inches deep. same deal, the signal was only a wisper. I think that my problem is that these signals are so weak and inconsistant that I had been mistaking them all along for normal falsing created by the machine. I have only gotten them with sens at 31-32 and with IM-16. Most sites I hunt the ground is too noisy and I cant catch any deep signals and most of the cleaner sites are too new for coins to have worked their way down. Both of these sites where I have found the deep coins are about 70 years old and have had 4 inches of topsoil dumped on top of the ground 30 or so years ago.

So in conclusion, I now feel that in my hands, my explorer XS is capable of finding an ocasional deep coin. I am not offering any apologies for any past coments I had made, there were all justified. I understand the attempts the dealer made in training me to find deep targets and for whatever reason, I didnt get it then. I still feel that minelab needs to come up with a better training program. It should not have taken me this long to find a deep target and minelab/the dealer should have been more involved. Actualy, minelab should have to pay Rick and all of the rest from this forum for the time they took to help me.

Now for my next issue: Who can sell me a good used or new sunray probe cheap?

 

[Jim upstate NY]

after a while it gets easier to tell the falses from the good deep stuff, you will get there... beng you already got a couple good targets it shows your getting there fast... in time you will be able to bypass those iron hits without even questioning whether you should dig

 

[Todd(so.Wi.)]

thanks for the encouragement Jim, I'll keep on swinging

 

[jimp]

way to go Todd. Keep right on digging my friend . we learn as we go. HH Jim

 

[Jim C (Mich)]

..I went through the same sort of thing when I frist used the explorer. It really helped to have Robin (from the forum) come over and prove to me that the explorer could find stuff. It more about how well the explorer sees targets that other detectors can't. Also, every year I learn more and more about what the detector is telling me. Just keep at. More time spent with the detector will equal great results. Trust the thing, its great. JIm

 

[DVMY]

Todd having the same problem you were having just wondering what coil your using thanks

 

[Todd(so.Wi.)]

I'm using stock coil and headphones. I will probably eventualy try both larger and smaller coils, but for now, I beleive I'm only going to steepen the learning curve by modifying things. I dont realy think I'm missing much with the stock coil anyways. From what I hear, a larger issue is the stock headphones. Ill probably invest in a better set long before I start swapping coils.

Thanks for asking