I did some experimenting today, as I have been a little confused now and then when using this coil. I decided to pinpoint and item with the coil very carefully. I then placed the coil on the ground and traced the shape of the coil on the ground before digging the target.
By careful use of the pinpointer and digging tool I determined that the pinpoint spot was just above the letter "i" in Eclipse on the the front of the label. I tested this carefully several times and things got a lot better.
BUT WAIT !! Don't stop reading yet. After hunting a while longer I noticed that I was not finding the target again. Quite by accident I discovered what was happening with this coil. There are two places on the coil that will read out a pinpoint. The front and the back both will pinpoint.
If this is not known by the user, this could cause a person to sell the coil or toss it on a shelf. I have read of several people that have done just that. I know I had planned to do so as well. But after discovering this new detail I tried something new. For the rest of the day whenever I got a hit, I backed the coil toward me until I was certain the target was under the forward hot spot of the coil, and my whole view of this tool changed. I could then locate the target by seeing it as a dot of the I on the coil. Whew I came close to tossing that thing. Maybe some one else might pull theirs out of retirement and try again. I have a feeling I am not the first to discover this about this coil. Does anyone know where I might read more on it's use?
By careful use of the pinpointer and digging tool I determined that the pinpoint spot was just above the letter "i" in Eclipse on the the front of the label. I tested this carefully several times and things got a lot better.
BUT WAIT !! Don't stop reading yet. After hunting a while longer I noticed that I was not finding the target again. Quite by accident I discovered what was happening with this coil. There are two places on the coil that will read out a pinpoint. The front and the back both will pinpoint.
If this is not known by the user, this could cause a person to sell the coil or toss it on a shelf. I have read of several people that have done just that. I know I had planned to do so as well. But after discovering this new detail I tried something new. For the rest of the day whenever I got a hit, I backed the coil toward me until I was certain the target was under the forward hot spot of the coil, and my whole view of this tool changed. I could then locate the target by seeing it as a dot of the I on the coil. Whew I came close to tossing that thing. Maybe some one else might pull theirs out of retirement and try again. I have a feeling I am not the first to discover this about this coil. Does anyone know where I might read more on it's use?