Oc Gold

[OldBeechnut]

Went to work early Sunday morning....2am/off 7am..100 plus temps Coming, no place better to be then the water.....Road trip, 2+ hour drive...... 5 hours hunting.....Excal 2, infinium 3, infinium got the Gold ..drive back 3 hours....traffic, Bay Bridge...but who cares..it was a good day. Slept like a Baby.......................joe


Gotta say the Infinum is a killer with the 10x14 monocoil, but it does not do well with salt water in the OC area..every swing it falses, going north swing left to right it falses toward the wet sand , goes crazy with the water rushing over the coil, going south it does the same, falses when swung right to left toward the wetsand/water, crazy in the rushing water, so I know there's nothing wrong other then this is what this detector does, tried ajusting threshold several times, discrimate also, then balancing each time....still freaks, but amist all this I'm still able to hear & pick the targets because of there duration, shape, strenght.......................Amazing it does great in the Chesapeake Bay, where there is saltwater, calm swells, infinums very stable, and I can hear the faints better.....Any Infinium owners input? Smaller coil? thanks guys....

 

[Dwayne2010]

Amazing ring. Big congrats on your find!

 

[bearkat4160]

Well all I can say is your using a very sensitive GOLD PROSPECTING machine and that is basically what you have to put up with when using it in the surf. While totally submerged it is very stable. Just keep tuning and you might hit the sweet spot. Nice gold!!!


Alan

 

[OldBeechnut]

The detector is detecting the salt. Most pulse machines used to have something called a pulse delay control. I think Garrett calls this a discrimination control. By increasing the pulse delay you should be able to eliminate false signals from salt water. You may also loose sensitivity to very small gold.

This is from the Infinium owners manual:

Searching Shoreline and Shallow Surf
The Infinium LS is a highly sensitive detector and
has the capability to detect metals with only the slightest
conductivity. As a result, the Infinium LS may
also detect high concentrations of saltwater due to
its conductivity. This effect is most noticeable when
operating at the sea's shoreline and in the shallow
surf where the searchcoil is continually encountering
passing waves.
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Increase the Discrimination setting only as needed
in order to reduce saltwater detection. Typically, a
setting of three or less is sufficient. Do not be concerned
about missing targets due to the increased
Discrimination. Rather, the stable operation achieved
with this slight increase in Discrimination will ensure
the best possible target detection for this saltwater
environment.

 

[Barry NY]

Nice ring my friend.

 

[snaps]

Sweet find!!!
I had the same experience at Virginia Beach last weekend. Switched to the 5x10 DD coil and it calmed down considerably.