scanning ground??

[Anonymous]

I just got my XS a couple of weeks ago am am quite new to detecting. Yesterday as I was working a field and as I walked and scanned every now and then I would get a nice high pitched sound and the crosshairs would be in the white in upper right. I was working with everything x'd out except coins and jewelry, and a sens of 15 using smartfind. I would hear the sound but when I would pass back over, the sound would be gone and as i made several repeat passes i would get a beep every so often but not on every pass. Sometime as I scanned along I would get several different pitched sounds and the crosshairs would move all over the place and when I passed back over there would be nothing. I would scan again and get a sound. when I would go to pinpoint I would get several sounds in differet areas a few inches apart. I assumed there were several targets but when I would dig I would just get a rusty nail or wire, or sometimes a bullet casing. I got so I just didnt dig the first high sounds because I couldn't get a good fix on one. as I scanned back it would be gone and if i went to pinpoint I got several sounds, thought I was playing a slot machine in vegas. as I walked along I would get sometimes 8 to 10 beeps in a couple of passes from low tone to high pitched tone. but as I said when I would repass the sound would be gone, I would make seveal passes and sometime a high pitched beep would hit but again would be gone in the next pass. I would dig some but just couldn't get a precise read and sometimes couldn't find anything. I know it is operator error and am just trying to get somepointers on how to read. I did find 4 tokens and a barber dime in about two hours but spent most of my time digging rusty nails and alum caps and bullet casings. got about 10 casings and a dozen nails. As I said in my first question i tried to X out the "nail" but when I would go to detect and back to select the x would be gone from the "nail". Any hints would be greatly appreciated. Ph# would be nice as I think I could describe the problems. I am really excited about the site as it is an old tavern stage stop about 1880 and in a hay field and never been worked and I am sure there are coins all over the place, but I just can't decifer the sounds and pinpoint the right one. My dealer that I bought the XS from has never used one either so he is no help. Thanks, Ken

 

[Anonymous]

those high pitched ones pegging off the upper right could be hot rocks, the rest sounds like iron falses.. try backing off the sens a bit.. down to around 20 and concentrate on the solid repeatable steady tones.. keep the coil flat to the ground through the swing and turn the gain down to 5 or 6 max if you upped it.. high gain increases falsing

 

[Anonymous]

I doubt hot rocks, but for sure some kind of false reads. I am in a plowed hay field mostly good soil,but a lot of junk, and am having trouble just getting a repeatable signal to focus on to pinpoint and dig. but remember I a a rookie and am doing a lot of things wrong, so I sure appreciate you taking the time to help me out. Thanks Ken

 

[Anonymous]

My xs will false off my boot eyelets occasionally,and off my sandscoop if its in a front pocket...Got me some 20$ desert boots with no evelets..Probably iron like jim said... mine will false on twigs or if I bump a clod.But i am used to it,and seldom resweep these little highpitched "dinks".. <IMG SRC="/forums/images/csflag.gif" BORDER=0 ALT="::"> cs

 

[Anonymous]

I'm catching on, thanks, Ken