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Question on Digital ID......

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Dear Explorer Gurus,
I have been trying to learn to hunt with the explorer by tone and less on digital ID. What I am trying to do is improve my hunting skills by trying to transcend my metering reading habits.
In the last three months, I have yet to dig an item that did not ID as expected or at least showed a glimmer of the proper ID from a coil wiggle.
My question is, how often do you guys dig stuff that ID totally off the charts (off the known target ID)?
Rgds, bing
 
The decision as to how much I am going to dig is made by where I set the iron mask or how the pattern is designed. Here is what I mean by Iron Mask, if I set the Iron Mask to a negative 14 then I am going to dig all repeatable consistent because I have already decided to reject the ones at negative 15 and 15. The same is true of patterns in that the patterns are designed to reject specific targets. So again it is repeatable consistent tones that are dug. Therefore a very large number of targets I dig are not good items but rather trash metals that sound good. The majority of targets I don
 
I don't know if I am a 'Guru' ... <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)"> but I have been using the Explorer for 4 years and hunt every weekend with weather permitting. Going by sound is the way to go. The only time I look at the display is when I get a medium pitched tone ... I will check the depth because a deep coin will get 'fall' into a lower ID in sound and digital/crosshairs. This doesn't happen at all of the sites I hunt for some reason.... my guess it's mineralization. To answer your question... I have dug coins that ID'ed way to the left of where they were supposed to... that's when I am using the screen with crosshairs. I am sure some will add to this post with their experience. HH!
-Bill
 
Unlike many always hunt with the digital advanced screen which never lies. That little jumping crosshair is indeed influenced by nearby objects that partially mask it and it can be off...but the digital is right on 99% of the time...
 
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