I went to a grassy area by a local swimming pool to hunt.It is all fill dirt but it had quite a bit of clad.I need the practice learning the tones and meter ID numbers.I had problems with pinpointing.I'm use to VCO pinpointing and I was off quite a few times when I pinpointed today.Any pointers(pun intended).I had the switch in pinpoint then flipped it to All Metal to pinpoint targets.I'd X the target but I had a hard time figuring where the 2 lines in the X actually were the loudest and crossed.I dug 10 quarters,13 dimes,3 nickels,28 pennies and an old,old toy gun that was deep under a penny.I think it must have come in the fill dirt.It's from the late 30's,early 40's.Dug some trash just to see where it came in,tone wise and ID numbers on the meter.Half the plugs were semi frozen to frozen ground. Thanks Bill
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Pinpointing help with the Sov GT. please.
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You did'ent say what size coil you are useing but, in any case you should be able to pinpoint very close
by doing the wiggle and watch for the high'est number on yout meter at the same time. Just in case you
don't know what the wiggle is ; you want to just wigglr the coil over the target from side to side where you
get the loud'est signal and the high'est meter reading ( try to keep this about a inch or less and do it from
two directions about 90 degrees apart ) and with just a little practice you will be spot on. Sounds like you
have a good spot to hunt. Go very slow and low and you will pick up the deeper targets you can miss with
a faster sweep. I you don't have a small coil 8 or 5 " you might want to see about getting one, there spot
on for pinpointing coins and have almost depth as the stock larger coil. HH
by doing the wiggle and watch for the high'est number on yout meter at the same time. Just in case you
don't know what the wiggle is ; you want to just wigglr the coil over the target from side to side where you
get the loud'est signal and the high'est meter reading ( try to keep this about a inch or less and do it from
two directions about 90 degrees apart ) and with just a little practice you will be spot on. Sounds like you
have a good spot to hunt. Go very slow and low and you will pick up the deeper targets you can miss with
a faster sweep. I you don't have a small coil 8 or 5 " you might want to see about getting one, there spot
on for pinpointing coins and have almost depth as the stock larger coil. HH
Get yourself a large piece of cardboard and put a coin under it to practice and stick a screwdriver thru it till you can hit the coin. Start with a half dollar and work down to a dime as you get better and raise the loop to simulate depth. The way your are doing and the aforementioned wiggle are two ways and you may try this...Get the signal and bring the coil back towards you till it goes away and coin should be right in front of coil, remember this spot and do this from another angle to sort of get it from both sides.
Takes some practice and personally do it in disc. but many use all metal. Am sure there are several more ways but once you get one technique down stick with it and practice-practice as VCO of many companies sure spoiled us relative pinpointing, Once you get the hang of it going to say to yourself heck that wasn't hard but with anything new there is a learning period relative pinpointing double D coils...
Takes some practice and personally do it in disc. but many use all metal. Am sure there are several more ways but once you get one technique down stick with it and practice-practice as VCO of many companies sure spoiled us relative pinpointing, Once you get the hang of it going to say to yourself heck that wasn't hard but with anything new there is a learning period relative pinpointing double D coils...
Art (NWOH)
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It sounds like you are attempting to pinpoint as if the GT had a "no motion" pinpoint mode.......it does not.
All modes are "motion".
If you have ever pinpointed in disc motion mode with other detectors, then it should be easy. You split the distance between the beeps to pinpoint. Only difference is that there is no hard beep, but a "valley" effect. As the coil moves away from the target, the tone goes up to a peak then drops away. You swing the coil the other way, and the process will repeat. When you get a narrow sweep just the right width directly over the target the tone will run up and down equally on both ends of the sweep. The object is in the bottom of the valley between the two. You must do this with a steady smooth and controlled motion.
It's just like pinpointing in disc mode, except that with all metal mode (particularly in pinpoint) that the target will be more clearly defined.
Only took me a few minutes to figure this out with my first Sov because my previous detector required switching to pinpoint, then detuning to actually pinpoint. It was a pain in the butt, so I learned how to pinpoint in disc mode so I would not have to fool with it.
HH
All modes are "motion".
If you have ever pinpointed in disc motion mode with other detectors, then it should be easy. You split the distance between the beeps to pinpoint. Only difference is that there is no hard beep, but a "valley" effect. As the coil moves away from the target, the tone goes up to a peak then drops away. You swing the coil the other way, and the process will repeat. When you get a narrow sweep just the right width directly over the target the tone will run up and down equally on both ends of the sweep. The object is in the bottom of the valley between the two. You must do this with a steady smooth and controlled motion.
It's just like pinpointing in disc mode, except that with all metal mode (particularly in pinpoint) that the target will be more clearly defined.
Only took me a few minutes to figure this out with my first Sov because my previous detector required switching to pinpoint, then detuning to actually pinpoint. It was a pain in the butt, so I learned how to pinpoint in disc mode so I would not have to fool with it.
HH
