Test Garden

[brother steve]

So if you where going to build a new test garden or upgrade your old one, how or what would you do to it. I have a small garden I used years ago, however with the ctx there is some newer concepts to explore. Just trying to get some ideas to revamp this old one.

 

[GKMan]

If I was going to build one for the CTX specifically, I would probably base it on some of the videos and descriptions of scenarios that Sube has posted. It would be interesting to see how theories and observations hold up over time in a "real world" situation

 

[JamesBondaka]

I agree with the above statements......also you are going to have to wait several years to get accurate results.

 

[metalpopper]

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I agree with the above statements......also you are going to have to wait several years to get accurate results.[

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With great respect James; may I suggest to readers, that the emphasised comment above, is not as relevant as implied.

Why...?

Factually, any test garden created; is valid from the moment its available for use...or a hundred years later.

IT IS ONLY 'ABSOLUTELY RELEVANT ' RELATIVE TO THAT MOMENT OF MONITORING.


As time passes, then indeed the test garden 'matures'........and the CTX will read it as it sees things....at that moment in time...FOR ALL THE ever changing / PREVAILING conditions.

I hope that any newcomers to the hobby will understand the relevance of my post.......for tomorrow, you may go out and detect.....on ploughed land or meadow.....or drifting sand.

Matt.

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[PMonday]

When I made my test garden I'd dig a plug and deposit item in side of hole then replace plug, mapped out location on paper also. With that said I occasionally mix it up with some iron on top of the ground to try and understand the relationship of targets. My test garden is prolly six years old with some recently added targets. It has been valuable to understand the detector with varying conditions and experimenting new settings I can apply out in the field. I wish I'd made a garden back in the 90's when I first started.

One day someone will find some good artifacts and coins I used in my test garden, hopefully.


HH

 

[Johnnyanglo]

Dig a narrow sloping trench with one end at 12" deep and the other about 4" deep and about 24" long. Set five dimes along the trench, one set on each trench end (shallow and deep) and the other three 6" equidistant apart. Refill the dirt and ensure the dirt is packed down well. Mark the location of the trench for future reference.

Now, go get your detector and try different settings until you can obtain each dime - if possible. Try everything - think outside the box, go beyond the manual and see what works best. Make sure you are using headphones.

If you want another test, try placing a rusty iron nail on the soil surface next to a dime, say 6" apart. Try to get the dime to sound off. If it does move the nail closer. Try it with the nail parallel to the sweep and again perpendicular to the sweep. Try pushing the nail straight down or at various angles into the soil at differing distances from the coin. If you can manage one nail, try two or more, again in different configurations around the dime. Then try bottle caps and other iron junk.

With your testing, try adding discrimination to see its effect. Try all-metal and try pinpoint all-metal, if you have it. Try different coils and sweep speeds. Try when the soil is damp and again when dry.

After a dozen attempts over a dozen days you will have a pretty good idea of the capability of your detector and you'll probably know how to set-up the detector best for your kind of hunting. Though actual targets can present in many other ways that can't reliably be tested for, the mere act of fiddling with your detector for a couple of weeks will give you the knowledge and confidence you need to succeed in the field. The difference is like night and day.

-Johnnyanglo

 

[sube]

After a dozen attempts over a dozen days you will have a pretty good idea of the capability of your detector and you'll probably know how to set-up the detector best for your kind of hunting. Though actual targets can present in many other ways that can't reliably be tested for, the mere act of fiddling with your detector for a couple of weeks will give you the knowledge and confidence you need to succeed in the field. The difference is like night and day.

-Johnnyanglo[/quote]


This is the best way to know your detector love this quote

How do you know what you are going over in the place you hunt if you do not recognize the sounds coins make with iron . I would also add that placing nails below and with coins at the same depth will give you more interesting results that when in the field you will come to recognize because you heard it before and new what was under the coil because of your coin garden .

Listing at some one talk about coins with nails or iron is only half the picture if you would actually do these test you will receive the other half of the puzzle that's the SOUND part get to know what your detector is telling you also the visual aspect of it .

All my videos are trying to show this aspect but watching videos is only going to give so much , you have to do the coin garden and different test to get the other part

Once you know what your going over sound and visual the picture comes together. ..

Good luck with your garden Steve sube

 

[brother steve]

Thanks for all your input guys! I am going to make one and practice.