So if the 3D loves Iron

[Clad2Hunt]

Man have I got the place for it. Sq.nails. Everywhere fron a 1900 house that burned and foundation, chimmey are still there surrounded by tall weeds rgt now. Come Dec though! I believe their are enough to build a garage. I got a bucket full. Got to be something under there.

 

[Hwy 395]

They don't call it the nail grabber for nothing!

Seriously, I'm a bit worried about running into this situation myself. Hopefully all those silver coins I'm going to find will make up for it.

 

[cometguy]

You guys will be fine. You just slow it down and listen for the high tones. You decide how many nails you want to dig by your gambling percentage. If you get a repeat from all four sides it is almost always a coin. Nail will usually hit one way or another. You might run into some situations where nails are crossed or too close to a coin, but the easy ones will be no problem for you. I would start with the stock coil and see how you get along. Keep us posted.

Don
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[UtahRich]

A couple months ago, I hunted the worst yard EVER in the 25+ years that I've been detecting on a serious basis. I have a recently acquired, nearly new, CZ-5 that I wanted to test. I received permission to hunt this yard and was amazed at the number of nails under my coil, everywhere in the yard. With my DISC set on 0, each sweep would sound like a low tone machine gun. It was awful. Normally, this would be considered a CZ nightmare.

Anyway, I learned a little secret earlier this year from Tom Dankowski, (Fisher engineering consultant that helped design the CZ-3D) that when using a CZ, you should hunt with the DISC on 0 and listen to the LOW iron sounds in order not to dig them. A signal predominantly iron from all directions is almost always just that, iron. A coin or other good target should have a rather sharp sound to it, even at depth. Rusty iron falses will sound washed out. The low iron sound will dominate with an iron false sneaking through to temp you to dig.

This yard had NO GRASS, it was only dirt. Every detectorist and their buddy had hunted this yard. Apparently, somebody must have found something pretty good because they came back several times and even used a screener on a section of it. The owner didn't think I would find anything at all. I turned up several early date wheaties, all deep in and among the thousands of rusty square nails. I felt pretty good with the results.

This method made a difference for me. Check out his website, it is very informative regarding Fisher CZ's and don/t forget to ready Tom's Fisher Intelligence reports that can be found either on the Fisher website or Tom's personal website. May open your eyes on a few things. It did mine.


Rich

 

[Lutherluke]

Thats very true. After you use it for a while you pretty much know what to dig and what not to dig. I dug lots of false signals also. Also use your pinpoint to size the target, This always helps if you are not to sure about a certain target. Keep your Sens low, It will still go very deep and will run nice and stable.