Sound of a deep coin signal?

[vlad]

n/t

 

[tmanfromtexas]

Ok Thanks Vlad. I tried that setup a little yesterday but its very difficult to use that mode in some of the parks and areas I hunt. For instance, today, I hunted a park that is 101 years old and hasnt been hunted but one other time that I am aware of. I have a large pocket that I put my trash in. I emptied it twice because of the amount of crap I pulled out of the ground. If you are only getting a target every swing or every other swing then yeah, stat mode is the only way to hunt. If you are getting 5-10 targets a sweep then its useless imo. I understand now how you are getting depth out of your machine and I appreciate the response. I, and bottlebum, are both interested in how much depth does a person get in fairly mild gound in discrim mode with disc set around 10 and sens at 80-90. Thanks for the response. TMAN...

 

[bottlebum]

n/t

I'll give it a try tomorrow. I havn't completely given up yet. I was just crying a little.

Thanks Vlad

 

[vlad]

n/t

 

[vlad]

theirselves in the foot on this mode because they recommend it only for large deep objects.
But it is the deepest mode for anything, and only mode that i.d.'s bottle caps.

 

[bottlebum]

I have mainly been using the factory settings, sometimes bumping the sensitivity up a little. My fast grab # varies between 65 and up to the 80's but mostly about 75. Been finding alot of clads but nothing beyond a couple inches deep and i've been searching places that date back to the 1830's. I would think I would at least find a wheatie. Maybe I havn't walked over one yet, like you said.


bottlebum

 

[bottlebum]

The manual makes it sound like there should be a threshold in disc.

 

[tmanfromtexas]

BB i just read the manual on discrm settings. IT is suppose to run quiet. I must have had the sens up to high, it says if you here noise without metal under the coil, turn the sens down. TMAN...

 

[vlad]

There you will see threshold listed, and this is for the motion mode.
Stat mode threshold is pre set.

 

[bottlebum]

BB i just read the manual on discrm settings. IT is suppose to run quiet. I must have had the sens up to high, it says if you here noise without metal under the coil, turn the sens down. TMAN...

I just read the same thing. There is another section that is kind of confusing.

 

[bottlebum]

There you will see threshold listed, and this is for the motion mode.
Stat mode threshold is pre set.

I was confused by the wording in sentenced 4 and 5 on page 5 of the manual.

 

[jimmyk]

Drop your disc. to about 2 or 3. You will get better depth.

keep on diggin'

jimmyk in Missouri

 

[bottlebum]

It was my bad. They are referring to signals, not threshold.

 

[bottlebum]

Good idea. I didn't try that.

 

[vlad]

Do a manual GB of 50, set disc on 4, nothing notched, DE process, sens on 80, and go to
Delta Pitch on tones. Practice in the house on dimes and above on pitch, that way if you
hear even a sliver of those high tones give it some serious sweeping from different directions.
The meter and audio work separately, and the audio will process faster. You may need to dig
just to remove some trash if that place is that old. Do you have access to the 6" concentric
loop? Its building a reputation as an iron hunter. Read XLT Users grid test on the 6". One of the
pluses on the Stat mode is you can hold it still, or move as slow as you want as it needs no
motion. But you do need to hit re tune occasionally as there is no auto tune.

 

[bottlebum]

Other than the mineralization in the ground, the sites are really not what I would call, Iron laden. There is however, alot of tabs and bottlecaps (could you imagine a world without them?) I'll try the settings and I have the small coil but havn't tried it yet. I'll be posting results tomorrow.

Thanks Vlad

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

It has lot has to do with the ground, how hard it is, how mineralized it is, I have dug silver coins that are not deep and I got a real mixed sound of iron and could not tell if I had a target under the coil. So I looked at the numbers and saw a 80 pop up and dug a 1838 half dime. I have been at schools in nice turf and have hit a penny or dime at 8 inches and they gave a nice two way beep.

 

[vlad]

Do you have a particular area where 2 or 3 old coins have come up within 2 or so feet
from each other? Use golf tees to mark off a section 4 ft square and dig every non ferrous signal
regardless of i.d. or however shallow. You are in for a surprise. If you had the 6" loop I would
recommend it first.
The good targets masked by the bad will be unbelievable. Trash above a coin, even iron the
size of a BB can cause you to lose a dime below. [Run 0 disc if possible; this helps to hear good
targets in iron, and lower the sens if you choose to hunt in Disc. Contrary to the users guide,
short swift sweeps can help a lot.]

 

[bottlebum]

I've run into some of those signals that bounce from the dime/quarter to iron w nothing in between. I have been passing most of them, thinking that they are iron. Soil around here varies from hard packed clay to soft, top soil.

 

[vlad]

Also running 0 disc and a very high sens together can cause noise.
And some sites may have electrical interference that can only be quietened
by reduced sens.