Something for the "cherry pickers" to think on

[BarberBill]

Every so often I've run into a reference on loss of depth when using discrimination. I got curious and did an air test on my Silver Sabre

 

[Hombre]

Hi Bill

I'm not a cherry picker, but I have used high disc.before, like in an old victorian yard one time with my Bandido ll

 

[Dan-Pa.]

High disc. prevents you from digging trash or perhaps a nice gold ring when concentrating on silver and such but when you disc. or notch you will lose depth. Varies between units and manufacturers and in some major and some minor loss of depth...

 

[daddyflea]

I have an old Fair Grounds that a new school is being built on. I have a limited amount of time to hunt. Cherry Picking today with Discrimination way up to exclude Zinc Pennies on my Deleon saw Quarters at 8" and dimes at 6". So not a lot of Depth loss. Most times you have to decide how much time you have and what do you really want to find. Sensitivity was set in the normal range.

 

[jmaryt]

what is helpful with "high discrimination" is the fact that silver is an excellent conductor of electricity,
so IF the coin presents enough "mass" to the receiving coil,AND the detector is PROPERLY GROUND BALANCED
will allow "hits" down to a "respectable" depth level!..just sayin!

(h.h.!)
j.t.

 

[D&P-OR]

what is helpful with "high discrimination" is the fact that silver is an excellent conductor of electricity,
so IF the coin presents enough "mass" to the receiving coil,AND the detector is PROPERLY GROUND BALANCED
will allow "hits" down to a "respectable" depth level!..just sayin!

(h.h.!)
j.t.

Very good point jmaryt!-----Proper g.b. is critical & all important---not only in relation to depth but stability as well.---------Del

 

[BarberBill]

Generally, I hunt with the disc set below nickel loss. My point to this thread was to encourage those that use full or near full discrimination to check out the performance of their detectors at different disc settings so at least they know whether or not they lose enough depth to be of concern. When I have a bit more down time, I'll test every detector I have just to see what sort of across the board averages i see. To those that have responded, thanks.
BB