Plausible question on Prospecting mode

[broadestpower]

Does anyone have any history with the Whites Prospecting mode. I was running some air tests with the Whites Eagle Spectrum in the Prospecting mode and the detector was picking up a 14 kt mens ring and ID ing at Some where around 8 to ten inches. In Jewelry and beach mode it was not so good about 5 inches and the same in the coin and jewelry mode. Has anyone park hunted in the prospecting mode with any success?

 

[godigit1]

Re: Waiting on a Whites Eagle Spectrum
Posted by: godigit1 [ Send a Message ]
Date: November 13, 2013 09:36PM
Registered: 3 years ago
Posts: 508
Hey Broadestpower,

I had a Eagle Spectrum, It was my first coin machine and it had great pin point and id for its time and is still a good machine. But if your looking for gold with it I believe they have a DD coil for it now or at least for the 6.59KHZ machines. you will have a much better chance at bracelets or chains with the smaller dd coil. I had the blue max 8'' on mine and it had a hard time with chains and bracelet. One great thing about it is the program-ability, there are some pretty good on line programs available a couple I liked for my type of hunting was from Bob Baileys web site http://vzone.virgin.net/bob.bailey/EXD/exd.html. go to detector settings it will familiarize you with how the machine acts. There's other good info on this site as well you might want to check it out. Also http://66.51.97.78/jb/gregm.html. That should keep you busy for a day or two..

HH
Jim
P.S
ALSO LOOK AT DETECTOR SETTINGS SECTION.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/13/2013 09:43PM by godigit1.

 

[godigit1]

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[Monte]

I said "scratch-my-head" because I couldn't tell by your post subject heading which model you were referring to, or the specific purpose you wanted to use a 'Prospecting' mode for.

Does anyone have any history with the Whites Prospecting mode?

Yes, with most of their models that have used the term "Prospecting" to simply describe an All Metal search mode. Early on most of the models were far less efficient for the actual purpose of prospecting for nuggets, but he MXT and MXT Pro or MXT All-Pro work quite well.

I was running some air tests with the Whites Eagle Spectrum in the Prospecting mode and the detector was picking up a 14 kt mens ring and ID ing at Some where around 8 to ten inches.

Well, 14 kt. is only a measurement of the percentage of gold in the ring. The actual size is more important, to include thickness, width, and circumference (diameter) because a detector will detect better based upon the targets mass or ability to conduct an EMF.

The 'Prospecting' mode, being an All Metal operation, will usually provide the best depth and responsiveness because it is a pure response mode and there isn't any filtering for Discrimination. Also, some makes and models will have, or can be adjusted to have, a higher Sensitivity level in one mode over another.

In Jewelry and beach mode it was not so good about 5 inches and the same in the coin and jewelry mode.

These modes require the circuitry to use more filtering to analyze and process the signal. Also, keep in mind that those are both motion-based Discrimination modes, and the older-style 4-filter detectors, like the Eagle Spectrum, require a more moderate-to-fast sweep for best depth and overall performance in the Discriminate mode.

Also, the Discrimination amount might have an impact on the performance on some lower-conductive targets.

Has anyone park hunted in the prospecting mode with any success?

Yes and No. That is, 'Yes' I have hunted parks and similar jewelry-potential sites in search of lower-conductive jewelry using the various models in their 'Prospecting' mode, but 'No', I haven't had very good success doing that at all. Most of the heavy-use locations that might generate jewelry loss have also been magnets at collecting all sorts of unwanted trash, the bulk of which also tends to fall in a similar low-to-moderate conductivity range that mimics most gold jewelry.

Most of my jewelry hunting success has come by site selection, then using a smaller-than-stock coil [size=small](usually 6

 

[broadestpower]

I really appreciate being able to tap into the knowledge you guys possess from your years of dedication to this hobby. This is only my second year detecting in about thirty years or so. I purchased a detector as a kid but last year I purchased a Garrett ace 350 and this year the Whites eagle spectrum. My oldest coin was from the seventeen hundreds. My favorite coin as far as quality goes was an 1864 Indian in very fine condition. Hopefully if I can maintain health and Ill have a quite a few years left to enjoy this hobby of my youth re blossomed. Again sincerely appreciate your comments and your knowledge base. George