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In my post of the 15th I said I thought I had found a way to ID those pesky steel beer caps that give nice positive readings anywhere from low + to high positive numbers that seem related to the distance/strength of signal.
Here's what I accidently discovered down at the river that day and have since been able to repeat-- try it with an air test for quick confirmation (ground lock is fine for the air test):
When swinging left right or any line that goes thru the coil edge to edge <STRONG>and</STRONG> thru the center, you will usually get a high tone if in relic or you'll get the usual beep in C/J mode & both show a pos VDI that can range from 0 to about mid 70s.
Now to get around this, picture where the target is , move the coil to either side and just bring the edge to the target- doesn't matter if it's the concentric or the narrow dimension edge of the elliptical or the edrge on the long axis and you will get a LOW tone in relic with the trigger forward with or without Disc (of course! <img src="/metal/html/shocked.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":shock"> it's steel) and a negative VDI -about -63 and the word IRON. You can vary it with trigge in neutral in relic or set in CJ and you <span style="background-color:#ffff00;">still</span> get the neg VDI and IRON. I prefer Relic-Trigger forward, no disc for most hunting, but some disc works OK too. Try it, you might just like it. Oh--and it seems to work ok on a pocket knife- like a Case knife, but fails at axe head mass (reads 0+). <img src="/metal/html/glasses.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="
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Hope it makes a difference next trip out. Now...if I could get it to work on aluminum.
HH that steel...or not... <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">
-Gary
Here's what I accidently discovered down at the river that day and have since been able to repeat-- try it with an air test for quick confirmation (ground lock is fine for the air test):
When swinging left right or any line that goes thru the coil edge to edge <STRONG>and</STRONG> thru the center, you will usually get a high tone if in relic or you'll get the usual beep in C/J mode & both show a pos VDI that can range from 0 to about mid 70s.
Now to get around this, picture where the target is , move the coil to either side and just bring the edge to the target- doesn't matter if it's the concentric or the narrow dimension edge of the elliptical or the edrge on the long axis and you will get a LOW tone in relic with the trigger forward with or without Disc (of course! <img src="/metal/html/shocked.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":shock"> it's steel) and a negative VDI -about -63 and the word IRON. You can vary it with trigge in neutral in relic or set in CJ and you <span style="background-color:#ffff00;">still</span> get the neg VDI and IRON. I prefer Relic-Trigger forward, no disc for most hunting, but some disc works OK too. Try it, you might just like it. Oh--and it seems to work ok on a pocket knife- like a Case knife, but fails at axe head mass (reads 0+). <img src="/metal/html/glasses.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="
">Hope it makes a difference next trip out. Now...if I could get it to work on aluminum.
HH that steel...or not... <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">
-Gary