Original Bandido

[just-dig]

I've been using an original bandido for the past couple of months. I made an observation yesterday that I can't explain. I've been running it at minimum disc and max for the most part on the sensitivity. Yesterday I had a real short amount of time so I decided to turn the disc up between 7 and 8 and just dig the good solid signals since time was short. I noticed pretty quick that it was giving good repeatable signals on small pieces of rusted tin, dime size up to just a little larger than a golf ball. Running at minimum disc I would occasionally get a good signal on larger pieces of rusted tin, but I never have dug any small pieces, or had any signals from the smaller pieces on minimum disc. I'm just curious to know why at minimum disc does the machine ignore the small rusted tin but with the disc cranked up it hits hard on them like a coin.
I could tell after digging a few that they were tin and not a coin just by the tone but can't understand how this works.
I remember my first detector, a bounty hunter pioneer 505, doing the same thing at a high disc setting but never noticed it the other way because I was never digging at minimum disc, only up the scale.
A simple answer would be great but I'll take anything I can get on this subject....lol

Thanks, Mark

 

[Hombre]

Hi Mark

Try hunting with disc. set on 3 and sens. set to 7........works for me in my trashy old stomping grounds. Also a slow & even sweep speed works best in iron square cut nails and tin can strewn old homesteads yards. The back yards are usually the worst. If you are at a location where you can freely dig just dig up the tin and remove it and you will probably unmask some keepers. Good luck with the Bandido and don't give up on it because it is one of the better machines for the trashy old homestead yards I like to hunt in!

 

[petersv]

I wish that I could tell you why. If you turn your sens down that should make it better. I usually hunt with my sens just past a 2 setting at best. When pinpointing the junk make a point to see how wide of a foot print the target presents. IF as wide or wider than the coil, iron is present. I read about this in Sickler's detectorist, never failed. If your original Bandido is anything like the BII, big box you are lucky to have one. The BII is one amazing machine.