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Pin pointing

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lightn-jack

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Bought a "Lone Star" on line and I'm unable to pinpoint, the unit beeps 4 times as I move over the object! Other aspects seems okay, but my holes end up a foot across.
 
Try a slightly faster swing speed...Also, try lowering your SENS just a touch...

HH,

GoGoGopher
 
I lowered the SENS to about 10:00 with the same results, and my speed was almost zero. I've had trouble pin pointing, my target kept moving, so I put a quarter on top of the ground to see what was going on.
That is when I found that it beeped each time a rung of the coil passed over the target. I raised the coil about 3" then the beep would come at random as different parts of the coil passed over.
It never beeped when the quarter was in the center of the coil.
 
Try getting you a large piece of cardobard and some 2 X 4's so you can keep the cardboard close to the same height Make sure the are beneath the cardboard is clean of other metal. put some coins under the cardboard using both heights of the boards. practice detecting the coins. Also here was a post on the site about the X method of pinpointing that included a video that might be useful. It was posted about 4 months ago.
 
Give this a try with a coin on top of the ground. Make sure there are no metal objects arount that coin.
Raise the coil slowly higher and higher over the coin as you swing it. Kind of like reducing the sensitivity.
You will notice that the area where you are getting a signal from that coin getting smaller and smaller
the higher you raise the coil.
The detection area reduces in size under the center of your concentric coil. You have a cone shaped
detection field with it being pointed at the bottom. The deepest part being at that pointed part at the bottom.
By raising the coil to a certain level your actual detection area is reduced. Reduced to the point where
your pinpointing should be improved greatly with just a little practice. A coil with an open center is helpful
too when you are trying to get the exact center of the target. Just watch the ground and see where the
beep is as you raise the coil up as you swing the coil back and forth. I hope this helps some. I know it
can be frustrating knowing you have a target but not knowing exactly where it is. I have been there.
Good hunting....and good pinpointing to you !

Gene
 
You can start reducing the width of your sweep as you raise the coil. Pretty soon the area is smaller and the beep is better centered.
Very little coil movement at the highest point.....centered on the beep..
Looking at the ground through the center of the coil may help too.
 
Hmmm...Have not experienced this situation, but if your getting a tone as each section (4) of the coil passes the target, sounds like a shorted out coil....may need to return the whole unit for a replacement...First Texas has about a 16 day turn around on returns...Would do this as soon as possible with the Holiday season approaching...I get 2 beeps on a target sometimes, but this is usually due to the target being on edge, or being ring shaped (picks up each side of the ring shape)...

http://www.detecting.com/products/repair.html

HH,

GoGoGopher
 
Maybe you are trying to pinpoint a large target? I find it impossible to pinpoint a large target down to an inch. The detector will beep when you go over the approaching edge of the target then beep again as you leave the target. On a large target it can also be common as you are pinpointing, that you will get a signal in one direction but not the other. It also does seem that the target "moves around" as gregk said. You should not have this problem with a coin. It should be easy to pinpoint down to an inch.
 
Hello y'all. My name is Steve in Colorado and this is my first post. I bought a BH Lone Star a year and a half ago, and if my memory is correct, the Lone Star machine did not have pinpointing capability on it. I ended up sending it back because of that and bought the BH Sharp Shooter II for substantially less, and yes, the Sharp Shooter II does have pinpointing on it. Thanks to you and everybody else for your posts. Good luck to you all!

Steve
 
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