Round Two With The Impact

[dbado1]

After completing my honey-do list to the boss's satisfaction I was able to go back to the Indian Wars era site for a couple of hours this afternoon. Small coil only. Mostly hunted in DI3, Sens 80,0 Disc,Freq 14. Impact was still able to pull a couple of goodies from this hunted out, iron infested site. I did spend more time in DI99 today as well. I like it much better than other machines DI99 function... faster, tones are separated better...not all smeared together like a calliope at a carnival. It still became an assault on my brain after a while though and switching back to DI3 was welcomed.

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Calvary coat button in great shape, a Henry case (it was found within a few feet of the bullets from yesterday), a demolished ax head.

The button was found at very good depth ( 7") with the small coil. It gave a faint but repeatable high tone in two directions with no #s until I gave it a boot scrape. Though very faint, it was not a signal anyone would pass on. Probably would have missed it without headphones. HH.

Dean

PS- how do you guys clean coat buttons so that the gilt doesn't come off? Thanks!

 

[squirrel1]

Another nice hunt with Impact.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[ncwayne]

PS- how do you guys clean coat buttons so that the gilt doesn't come off? Thanks!

Drop or two of lemon juice. Toothbrush lightly. Suppose you could dab with que-tip if really, really crusty.

Picked this up from Kurt at Hoover Boys in one of his videos. Works great!

Great C button! Congrats, Dean.

Wayne

 

[Cal_Cobra]

PS- how do you guys clean coat buttons so that the gilt doesn't come off? Thanks!

Nice, like the button!!

Naval Jelly works great for old buttons and such.

hh,
Cal

 

[dbado1]

Thanks guys!

Dean

 

[Monte]

After completing my honey-do list to the boss's satisfaction I was able to go back to the Indian Wars era site for a couple of hours this afternoon. Small coil only.

Preferring smaller-than-stock coils for most of my hunts for over five decades, I am definitely enjoying the Impact with smaller coils. What area of the country are you in regarding the Indian Wars era?

Mostly hunted in DI3, Sens 80,0 Disc,Freq 14. Impact was still able to pull a couple of goodies from this hunted out, iron infested site./b]

My 'turn-on' saved program on the Impact to start up with one of the smaller-size coils is the Di3/3-Tone mode. My Gain is at '99' and my Disc. is at '03.' Naturally, the 'start-up' Frequency of 14 kHz works well for most of the general hunting I do, but I do opt for 20 kHz in some very dense iron infested sites.

I do opt for the GEN mode in low-to-modest trash conditions, and also sometimes use VLX 1. If the main trash is wire-iron such as nails or cut fencing, then I opt for Di2. When there is an abundance of really annoying rusty tin, then Di3 or VLX-1 seem to be more enjoyable to use and to help audibly classify most problem tin-type trash.

I did spend more time in DI99 today as well. I like it much better than other machines DI99 function... faster, tones are separated better...not all smeared together like a calliope at a carnival. It still became an assault on my brain after a while though and switching back to DI3 was welcomed./b]

I could never tolerate the 99 Tone on the Tek. T2's I used to own and use, but I do sometimes work Di99 on the Impact and enjoy the audio qualities ... as long as the abundance of trash doesn't drive me bonkers.

Because I have my Disc. at '03' and my first Tone Break at '15' for the ferrous/non-ferrous break point, Di99 only provides me with 85 tones. 1 for all the low-tone ferrous range targets, and 84 for everything else from 16 to 99 by the assigned TID numeric tone pitch.

Calvary coat button in great shape, a Henry case (it was found within a few feet of the bullets from yesterday), a demolished ax head./b]

I was hoping for a nice Military Button this past Friday & Saturday when we hunted some old 1863-1869ish Gold Mining era ghost towns as I have found a nice one at one of them before, but so luck. I did manage to thin out the .44 Henry cartridge cases that abound in the area by recovering about a dozen or so. Congrats on the good condition button.

The button was found at very good depth ( 7") with the small coil. It gave a faint but repeatable high tone in two directions with no #s until I gave it a boot scrape. Though very faint, it was not a signal anyone would pass on. Probably would have missed it without headphones. HH./b]

I get very commendable depth-of-detection with the smaller-size Nokta search coils on my CoRe, Relic and Impact. Soft-ground 'toe scuffs' or tuff-ground 'heel-drags' usually move just enough material to help improve those deeper, questionable audio and visual responses.

PS- how do you guys clean coat buttons so that the gilt doesn't come off? Thanks!

I use a Q-Tip and a wee dab of Flitz. On favorable days I find them with very little degradement of the guilted metal, but most need some attention, if there is much remaining.

Monte

 

[dbado1]

Hi Monte,

I'm in sunny ,tropical AZ.
Thanks for the DI99 tip I'll give it a go. Although, DI99 seems to perform good in trashy ground, it will indeed drive you bonkers. Much better suited to moderately or less trashy areas.
I hope your next hunt brings you that military button. I never get tired of digging them. HH.

Dean

 

[Monte]

where I reside, here in Eastern Oregon, in Vale.

And it is even closer to where we have had, and will have again 3 weeks from this Thursday, a Welcome-to-Hunt Outing in Nevada. You're not on the WTHO Contact List and I invite you to come and join one of our Outings. A lot of good folks have made each of the first four we've held, and each time there are some really good finds made.

Some of the places, like what I call 'The Flats' in one of the townsites is a great location to use an assortment of modes, to include Di99 and others. I do enjoy the easy-to-select program assortment of the Impact that you can switch to on-the-fly.

Monte

 

[dbado1]

Thank you very much for the invite, Monte. I would like to get on the contact list and, of course, meet you. Unfortunately, due to business commitments I can't make it this May. Hopefully, next time!

The switch on the fly aspect of the Impact has not been addressed enough, IMO. What a great feature!! Not having to go through multiple menus, etc... switch from one mode to the next with the push of a button to check a target in a different mode then switch right back to your primary hunt mode is awesome. Thanks for bringing that up.

Dean

 

[squirrel1]

Thank you very much for the invite, Monte. I would like to get on the contact list and, of course, meet you. Unfortunately, due to business commitments I can't make it this May. Hopefully, next time!

The switch on the fly aspect of the Impact has not been addressed enough, IMO. What a great feature!! Not having to go through multiple menus, etc... switch from one mode to the next with the push of a button to check a target in a different mode then switch right back to your primary hunt mode is awesome. Thanks for bringing that up.

Dean

I have talked about the switch on the fly quite a bit,,,on another forum.

Once folks get used to the strengths and weaknesses of each mode as well as the different frequencies ,,,they can set up their machines like you said to check targets/draw conclusions.

The toggling of freq too has some benefits to determine a targets conductivity and possibly how much masking is going on with a specific target.

 

[dbado1]

I have talked about the switch on the fly quite a bit,,,on another forum.



I missed it. You are right, it really is one of the strengths of the machine. When set up the way the operator likes...a valuable tool with a push of a button. Very well thought out.

Dean