Sensitivity and the WOT

[Anonymous]

I use the WOT about 90% of the time with my Explorer II. I usually leave it in Semi-Auto with sensitivity at 32 because I like the quiet threshold.
I read Rick (ND)'s post and started hunting in IM -4 and Semi-Auto 32 with good results. I thought that setting worked great and it did kick up additional coins at the park I hunt frequently.
A lot of people helped me out on this forum a number of weeks ago when I thought the Explorer was ID'ing rusty nails as coins. The first and biggest lesson I put into practice after that discussion was distinguishing a false signal from a good one. The false are flat and monotone and don't vary in pitch at all. I've worked hard learning that sound.
Here's how that came in handy:
I normally avoid high manual sensitivity with the WOT but this time I switched straight over from Auto 32 to Manual 32. There was a lot of racket but the coins came through as good targets even through a great deal of falsing. Knowing how a false sounds now, I was able to pick out the good targets.
I started swinging the coil and hit a Wheat cent after four swings. I went on to find four other Wheat cents, a nice '44 Mercury and a 1910 Barber dime! This is only the second Barber dime I've found. I found these coins in two hours over places I've covered with the Sovereign and Explorer(both with WOT).
Just to put this in perspective, I haven't found any silver since August and only one Barber in all the time I've been detecting. A Total of seven coins in two hours and two of them silver. This is in a park that really makes you work for every find. I thought this information may help somebody.
-Neil Crowley

 

[Anonymous]

I went back to the park the next day at the same area with the same settings for an hour and found one 1980 Lincoln cent. I think any time you change coils or settings you can find new coins in places you've already hunted heavily. Past results are no guarantee of future performance but it's nice to have another tool in the arsenal.
-Neil

 

[Anonymous]

Don't think there is any one magic coil or setting. But changing tactics does make a difference. Sometimes signals come through better when you change coils or hunting techniques.
Also believe that the human factor is probably the biggest variable. I almost always hunt no discrimination and listen to all the sounds. Some days this gets to be overwhelming, other days am more focused and able to pick up the slight variations in sound that leads to great finds. I probably fade in and out of tune much more often then my explorer does.
chris

 

[Anonymous]

I havent found a barber, but have found quite a lot of silver and gold. Tweaking the explorer using settings and coils has been very productive for me. Tweak and ye shall find.
rgds, bing

 

[Anonymous]

and can drastically alter your settings and finds from one day to another as well.
But that was an excellent post Neil.