Question #2

[surfchunker]

so far I have been using a pattern with everything 25 and up on the ferrous scale blacked out and was wondering why not make it 15 and up blacked out? seems like all good targets are below that ... Thanks again

 

[Deep Down]

Far to many things can effect TID to use that much disc in most hunting areas,situations. Ground mineralization,Number of targets "Trash",EMI and others all have an effect on the numbers and IMHO the ferrous more that the conductive. To try to keep this as short as possible,an example. You have a nail and a silver dime laying one over the other or a half inch apart the odds of you having the machine show you a 12-45 on the screen are slim to none as the machine is likely going to see and register both targets giving you what be a higher ferrous reading of say 19-45. Easy to say harder to do at first but listen to the tones and work signals like that from different angles and try to isolate the good tone IE target that way. It will just click with you one day "Did with me anyway" as to what the machine is trying to tell you,then you can learn from those and many other things. I hunt mostly old homes and field sites and that much Disc would place my machine in a null far to often to sort out the good from the bad. HH Dave

 

[surfchunker]

Thanks ... I totally understand what you are saying as I've done the same thing with my XTerra

 

[Deep Down]

You bet. I hunt TTF 80 to 90% of the time just works best on my sites due to the Iron another trash. Use a more open screen and a slower pace and try to isolate the high tones. I have dug coins as high as a 24 ferrous but would hit the 17 area and below often enough to give me the tones to convince me to dig. Also do not expect to see that 17 or lower on the screen you may or may not.That high tone you are hearing in those mixed signals is what you a chasing. The machine is "Seeing it enough" to give you the right tone even if not the right numbers. It is a great machine but the processor may not let you see and hear it both. But if you get that high tone from a couple angles dig it. I have made some nice recoveries on some signals that I could only here at one specific angle.Those are usually nails or some other trash but if they are consistent enough and sound good I still gamble on them more times that not. Dave

 

[last1left]

Deep Down, thanks!

This is really a good point and it answer a question of mine never asked!

Alex

 

[NebTrac]

I personally have hit wheats or IH's with Fe's at 24, and this is on video on Utube. I will say this is site dependant and "most" of the time it is 'falsing', BUT, if I get a 2-way hit that registers above Fe24, its getting dug. Bent nails, fencing staples, and barb wire will fool get dug, as often they will produce a 2-way consistent hit.

You can often tell those items (nail, and wire) as they are a loonngger sound then a coin. Dave has good advice.

NebTrac