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Quatro and pinpointing

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I took my Quatro out for the first time today. Went to a high school band practice field that I have never hunted. There was not a great deal of trash there so I hunted in Coin/jewelry mode. This detector was so easy to use and the discrimination really good. Only thing is that I had a terrible time pinpointing with it. I am used to the conical shape of my other detectors. I tried using the edges of the the coil and working around the target in order to center it. I ended up digging larger holes than I like and quit hunting to come back here and figure this out. Seemed that the target was moving some when i did this. I tried the pinpoint mode but did not better with it. No I did not read the book but will do so now. If any of you have any tips please let me know! I think this detector is going to be a great deal of fun. The IDing was perfect for the nine targets I dug.
Thank you
StephenA
 
Hey Stephen, how goes it? The manual will probably cover pinpointing by making two approaches to the target...ninety degrees from one another. I prefer working the target to the back of the coil slowly until it just starts to disappear, then that's where it is...worked better and faster for me once I got a feel for it. Good luck...Ray Hogan in Waco, TX.
 
So just slowly push the coil forward until it come out from under the coil at the rear? You would have laughed at me today. I was digging one foot circles finding dimes! Thanks Ray...
Nice to hear from you!
 
I had the same problem when I strated out. This is how I pinpoint. After I get a traget I pick up the coil and move it about a foot forward and then slowly sweep it back to the traget area. When you get the good hit again the target should be rigth at the back end of the coil. You can tape a cion on a peice of cardboard . Then trun the cradboard so the cion is on the bottom (so you can't see it) then pratice pin pointing. it sound funny but, it works.
HH Frank(FL)
 
You can turn the coil vertical and use the edge to pinpoint.
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Stephen,
The correct way to pinpoint with a double-d coil is to sweep the target back and forth until you get the most concentrated signal along the center coil bar (in disc or pinpoint). Now stop the coil and turn the coil 90 degrees (like turning a door knob)and center it again. (NOTE: If the detector has non-motion pinpoint you will need to remove the coil from the signal and re-sweep into the signal after turning 90 degrees so as not to de-tune the signal.) The target will be at the center of the center bar of the coil. The exception will be flat targets on edge or angled (coins, etc.)That is called the X'ing method. That is the accurate way of pinpointing deep targets. On shallow targets you can bring the target to the front or back of the center bar of the coil, as described in the other responses, but that method will be off on deep targets where the double d signal begins to narrow, similar to the curved blade of a shovel. Signals at the edge of detection depth will disappear long before you reach the front or back edge of the coil center bar from where the target was first detected. I hope this helps.
Ralph (Sun Ray)
 
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