nbforrest1863 said:
I'm new to this machine and somewhat frustrated.....it chatters non-stop. I am getting used to it though and finding things.
I have heard both on this topic and wanted to get y'alls opinions on the matter.
With my White's in the past I new what lead numbers were, brass, buttons, coins, etc. Is there any methodology or rhyme or reason to the target readings? I have been told mostly no. Much help would be appreciated.
Also, I have the skid plate for both coils, but just to be sure, it is ok to submerge in water right, as other coils?
Any CW relic hunters in Tn (not hot ground), would love to hear from how you set your machine up from the time you turn it on...in baby steps quite honestly....as I have Pm some of you on here already.
Thanks guys
Dave
Hi Dave .
Depending on what your Looking for and what your prepared to dig is most important on your Recovery acceptance on the F75.
Also, another very important factor is your settings at the time of Detecting. As your aware you have DE , JE , PF, and bc modes. Your Sensitivity will also be needed to be nigh on correct for the type of ground your searching ,and your Type of Pitch tone can affect what you may deem as telling you what to recover, but thats a more "tweak" action .
The Other thing is make sure you Always remember to GB the F75 . Usually the Fast grab method is adequate for most places.
The continuous "noises" your hearing are what your detector is picking up off Minerals in the ground and Interference. Joined together its the "art" to deciding which is the target noise you need to only dig.
The way to decide pretty quick what that is ,is to Listen to the what is mostly described as a "Positive each way " sound coupled with a Digital number thats telling you that its acceptable to dig that signal.
My Way of detecting is that i do NOT dig Iron relics. My only interest is Coins and what i would call Non ferrous artifacts.Hence I`m not breaking my back digging up Bits of rusty Iron . If i wanted to do that i would have no need for a Discriminating Detector or one such as the F75 that actually tells me on the digital read out what the Targets Metallic make up is . In other words it tells me if the Target is Ferrous or Non ferrous. And that`s the Beauty of the F75 . It will tell you by what band the Figures fall into before you dig the Target ,what the target falls into.
If you take the scale your Detector Manual tells you ,you`ll find that 1-12 is Iron, 16-25 will be foil,Around 30 will be nickel, Pull tabs will come in between the 33-55 bracket , aluminum screw tops will fall in the 60-70 region, and most money is 70 up to lower 90`s . but Upper 90`s can read Big pieces of Iron. Also please Do NOT reject investigating targets that do fall in the Foil or pulltab bracket as they Could be a GOOD target . Many a Gold ring has been found in the pull tab and aluminium brackets of acceptability so my tip is dig anything from 18 up and 93 down.
Its down to you to listen to the signal and decide what to dig. Most coins give a short sharp positive signal where` as bigger stuff will be a wider target response signal .
Personally , i don`t dig Targets under 18 , and over 93. Anywhere in between is usually worth investigating. ignore One way Targets.
If your adventurous try the All metal mode (motion) and keep your eye on what your screen is telling you as far as the Digi readouts.
If your in a Trashy field, don`t have masses of Sensitivity and slow your seach swing a bit less. Just play safe with about 60 on the sens.and use the DE or the PF mode.
If your in a field where your expecting the presence of possible Jewelry losses Use the JE mode with Sens about 70. If theres a lot of interference lower your Sens and change over to PF or if still too chattery go down to DE mode where you can then UP your sensitivity.
Hope this goes some way towards helping you some.
Jeb.
