Sovereign at minimum sense in ground test

[GunnarMN]

I have dimes buried from 2" to 12"and the ground is mineralized to some digree but not as bad as virginia dirt , anyway i made it to about 7" deep at bar minimum senc atempts to turn it past the 3:00 position did not help rather the signal breaks up i tried the S-12 and the WOT and the S12 and WOT did better on the 7" but began to break up on the 8" dime not shown but i may do a better vidio , and i think this is tru of most detectors in badd ground but good nes is in the all metal it gives clear signals and in pinpont mode i can hit the 12" buried dime no bull i can null on the 8" and9" in disq but i would gather it was a nails , [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQaIJdGkcC0&feature=channel[/video]

 

[Critterhunter]

Even the "experts" in the Explorer or Etrac forum say that in semi-mineralized ground they are lucky to get a good signal on an 8" silver dime. Many of the depth reports and such from people on the web of depths past that are in good black neutral soil. Most of my sites are semi-mineralized and anything past 8" is doing good. Deepest coins I found were 11". This was mineralized ground but it was REALLY wet and I think that helped with the signals.

 

[John(Tx)]

n/t

 

[deepdiger60]

Good video it shows the difference in tones the deeper the target is, yesterday i was hitting dimes and quarters at 5 or 6 inches in very hard packed soil the insight meter showed 180 for each coin almost all coins were dated 1968 to 1988 except 2 silver dimes they looked undisturbed in packed soil one coin a nickle read 145 and was over 7 inches i have a small tape measure 10' i bring along , i was running sens at 10 o,clock using a S-12 coil, i had to use my pin pointer to find the coins none where in the plugs . How old is your coin garden ? from what i read a new buryed coin is not as accurate far as readings as a coin that has been in the ground for years . Jim

 

[Ism]

My test shows the same thing Gunnar. My coins have been in the ground for over a year. I don't even get a null over the 7 inch coin.
I have to say though, the coins may be deeper now than when I set them. The stone markers are sunk about 1/2 inch below the turf already.
I have fairly sandy soft soil in my area. I don't know how the farmers grow anything in it besides soybeans.

 

[Critterhunter]

Gunnar, I think it's interesting that you found (?) that turning sensitivity higher than 3PM started to break up the signal. Question: How high will the machine remain stable at that spot with sensitivity. I found that with the 15x12 I seemed to get my best signals at depth with the sensitivity set to 1:30 to 3PM. Since you were using larger coils it may be the same "problem". I think with sensitivity turned too high it lights up too much of the ground matrix and starts to wash out the target signal and degrade it. So far with the 12x10 I'm not seeing that problem. This may change but it seems that this coil wants to ride the edge of stability with the sensitivity as high as possible to get best IDs at depth.

I remember Crazy Man saying that he got better depth in his mineralized soil with the 8" coil than the 10" coil.

 

[GunnarMN]

I will do a mor better vidio , but i can say the lowland test garden i get a dime to 8" with a good signal that is lomy black dirt and not to mineralized, got to go back later

 

[Critterhunter]

I think the 12x10 actually sees less ground matrix than the 10" coil because it has such a tight thin detection line in the left/right perspective. I think that's part of the reason why it can run at higher sensitivity settings even in my more mineralized sites, and doesn't seem to want to run at lower sensitivity settings than what is stable like the 15x12 did in order to get the best ID at depth.

 

[cadman_us]

I will do a mor better vidio , but i can say the lowland test garden i get a dime to 8" with a good signal that is lomy black dirt and not to mineralized, got to go back later

Gunnar,

I am unable to watch the video here at work, when you did the test, did you do it in auto sensitivity to see how that compares to manual?

Thanks,

Joe

 

[GunnarMN]

joe the second vidio shows it in auto , in the badd ground ,

 

[cadman_us]

joe the second vidio shows it in auto , in the badd ground ,

Thanks, will check it out when I get home tonight.

Joe