BarnacleBill
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Where do I start? OK, the X70 arrived yesterday, and I immediately opened it.......when I got home from work. But by that time the only place the sun was shining was over Minelab Corporate.......way down under. Since we're talking geography, last week the weather reached 50F and the lakes began to open at the river and brook openings. But then the deep freeze hit, and they have started to close up again. So I knew I should wear my USCG hat today, since I was going to be playing ice breaker. Temp was 29F, overcast, and a stout wind, I left the Hawaiian Tropic at home.
The freshwater beach I was doing to visit is basically void of coins, since I have just pummeled it for years. And I chose it on purpose for today's hunt, because only the most difficult of targets are left. Either very deep coins and rings, or gold chains & earrings. I opted to go after chains & earrings just to make it a challenge.
So I mounted the HF coil on the X70 and took it outside for some air testing. I took my reference gold chain and found that it ID'd at (-)4, and set up Pattern 3 accordingly. Put on my knee highs and off to the ice pack we go!
Overall two hours in the 32F water was about all my toes could take. And about a third of that was spent breaking ice and moving it under the ice sheet so I could swing the coil. I ended up finding the sounds I was looking for, but the not the targets I was looking for.
I operated in Coin mode, Sens=29(I can get away with that in the mild sand), tracking off, Stability(+)=off. I tried 99 tones, hated it, used 3 tones mostly, and two tones a little bit. Threshold, you're kidding right, the only thing that drains batteries faster than a back light, is an audible threshold. Fortunately the X70 allows you to banish it back to the stone age of detectors, where it belongs.
Targets:
Starting at the top, a sparkler wire which I called and wanted to confirm. At 11 O'clock the very small remnant of a .22 cal cart. And on top of the penny a minute aluminum chard. I also believe I passed over in the neighborhood of six bottle caps, because of the way the targets acted.
So why this post? There's no fabulous finds, but the targets that were found should give some ideas to the small gold jewelry hunters, and prospectors, of what the X70 + HF are capable of.
HH
BarnacleBill
The freshwater beach I was doing to visit is basically void of coins, since I have just pummeled it for years. And I chose it on purpose for today's hunt, because only the most difficult of targets are left. Either very deep coins and rings, or gold chains & earrings. I opted to go after chains & earrings just to make it a challenge.
So I mounted the HF coil on the X70 and took it outside for some air testing. I took my reference gold chain and found that it ID'd at (-)4, and set up Pattern 3 accordingly. Put on my knee highs and off to the ice pack we go!
Overall two hours in the 32F water was about all my toes could take. And about a third of that was spent breaking ice and moving it under the ice sheet so I could swing the coil. I ended up finding the sounds I was looking for, but the not the targets I was looking for.
I operated in Coin mode, Sens=29(I can get away with that in the mild sand), tracking off, Stability(+)=off. I tried 99 tones, hated it, used 3 tones mostly, and two tones a little bit. Threshold, you're kidding right, the only thing that drains batteries faster than a back light, is an audible threshold. Fortunately the X70 allows you to banish it back to the stone age of detectors, where it belongs.
Targets:
Starting at the top, a sparkler wire which I called and wanted to confirm. At 11 O'clock the very small remnant of a .22 cal cart. And on top of the penny a minute aluminum chard. I also believe I passed over in the neighborhood of six bottle caps, because of the way the targets acted.
So why this post? There's no fabulous finds, but the targets that were found should give some ideas to the small gold jewelry hunters, and prospectors, of what the X70 + HF are capable of.
HH
BarnacleBill
