NICKELS

[patch]

I WAS GIVEN A DEMONSTRATION OF THE M-6,THE CLASSIC-5,AND THE PRISM-5.IF YOU KNOCK OUT THE PULLTABS ON ALL THREE MACHINES,YOU CAN STILL PICK UP NICKELS ON THE CLASSIC,AND THE PRISM,BUT NOT THE M-6.I KNOW THE M-6 IS A LOT BETTER MACHINE.CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME? THANK YOU.

 

[cosmic]

You can't eliminate the tabs without losing the nickle on the M6.. But most use the disc. to just eliminate small iron and foil.. The VDI for tabs is 22-26 on my M6 .. I don't dig them.. (but i do occasionally just to assure myself..) I use the seven tone, set mine to either 0 disc. and run, or just below nickels in trashy ground so that I hear everything above 0 VDI.. Nickels come in solid 16-20VDI mostly 18 and 20.. Tabs are not a problem..

 

[Monte]

[size=medium]By that mean that the discrimination wasn't set up in a similar manner. Both he Matrix M6 and the Classic 5-ID feature a variable discriminate control that adjusts from a minimum rejection level up through a point that knocks out screw caps and zinc cent, and a little higher. The Prizm 5, on the other hand, doesn't allow for a fine-tune adjustment of the Disc. setting, instead relying on a factory-set 'segment' of rejection.

With the Prizm 5 you can set it to "notch," or selectively-reject, a segment of conductive targets that are ABOVE that 5

 

[jackintexas]

The M6 does not have notch....Jack

 

[patch]

THANKS FOR THE INFO.I'M REALLY LEANING TOWARD THE M-6.

 

[robert roy]

Hello Monte:
Nice to hear from you again.
On my MXT I can keep the toggel switch in the forward position, knock out SOME pull tabs and still get my nickels. Does the M6 have that feature?
RR

 

[Monte]

[size=medium]that's fine with me. I am not a big fan of notch discrimination, especially when the operator doesn't have ample control of it. With the MXT, the factory preset 'notch' rejection encompasses a range of tabs, mainly some of the older-style tabs, so that you still get a hit on 5

 

[robert roy]

HUmmmm. Interesting point!
I was out today and believe me a dug a zillion pull tabs and not one was close
to being a RING!!! may next time. Did find a cheap stainless steel watch though!
RR

 

[Mr. Beard]

[quote cosmic]You can't eliminate the tabs without losing the nickle on the M6.. But most use the disc. to just eliminate small iron and foil.. The VDI for tabs is 22-26 on my M6 .. I don't dig them.. (but i do occasionally just to assure myself..) I use the seven tone, set mine to either 0 disc. and run, or just below nickels in trashy ground so that I hear everything above 0 VDI.. Nickels come in solid 16-20VDI mostly 18 and 20.. Tabs are not a problem..[/quote]

There are some new pulltabs that read solid multiple scanned 18-20 on the M6 VDI. I have found some, on top of the ground and just under the grass that read 18 and 20.

But mostly pulltabs do read numbers 22-26.

 

[Phillip_in_NM]

I've dug very few pull tabs with the M6 recently because pull tabs generally jump around in the VDI range. Most of the nickels/gold rings I have found with the M6 were rock solid on the VDI. In fact, the few pull tabs that I have dug recently were only dug because they were also rock solid on one VDI number.