Troy X2 ??

[Frank in NH]

Anyone still using the X2 is there a way to tell a nickel from a pulltab as Coin Check will knock out everything below copper cent?

 

[Tinfoil]

I used to set my Dis. where it would break up at around 5 inches.Of coarse everything below your setting will be dis. out. Or you could listen for the sweet audio a good target gives and thumb the Dis up where you had it when you had it dis. out before. HH jerry aka Tinfoil

 

[BarryL]

well there is a way but it has to be modified I have a X2 modified with a switch that I can flip. Bleaver awesome . I love it and will never sell mine it will be passed down to my Oldest grandson . It will also let me know if it is a copper cent or silver Item

 

[Walknstik]

n/t

 

[fematrailer]

I took mine out today and it seems that the coin check blocks out nickels. How is this possible. Can anyone help with this. It also seemed to knock out copper but found some pennies.

 

[Walknstik]

The "Coin Check" is set from the factory to eliminate zinc pennies (newer pennies) and targets below that conductivity range. Nickel's fall below zinc pennies so you will not hear them when using coin check! To find nickels you will have to lower your discriminate setting to around 5 and not use "Coin Check".

 

[BarryL]

The "Coin Check" is set from the factory to eliminate zinc pennies (newer pennies) and targets below that conductivity range. Nickel's fall below zinc pennies so you will not hear them when using coin check! To find nickels you will have to lower your discriminate setting to around 5 and not use "Coin Check".[/quote

X2 also remember that if you use coin check in a place where there might be Indian head Cents you will null them out so keep that in mind ,just a heads up.

 

[fematrailer]

I'm thinking that this detector is special. I hope so. Why just a single tone? Will I ever be able to discern the tones of different metals like the Cibola or was this set up strictly as a coin shooters dream?

 

[Walknstik]

BarryL brought out a good reminder that "Coin Check" if you are not careful will also discriminate out Indian Head pennies! I like to keep my discrimination set to bare minimum and only use "Coin Check" as a quick reference as to what the target may be. I also like to hear the target width of the signal while in all-metal mode by using the "Pinpoint" button... along with raising and lowering the coil above the target to estimate the size and depth.

With some usage you will learn the X2 as you did the Cibola as far as tones. Troy pretty much designed the X2 as an "all- purpose" type of detector that could and was used in the relic fields along with coin and jewelry hunting. Depending on what you are hunting for... "Coin Check" can be handy but you have to be careful using it!

 

[fematrailer]

Thank for the information. I am looking forward to learning and understanding my detector. So many people say that but I will learn every nuance of the information this detector is telling me. I know it's an incredible machine that goes deep and is great a on coins and other targets. I just have to be familiar enough with it that I don't hit the coin check every time.
Thank You.

 

[Walknstik]

I shouldn't have used the term "All-Purpose" type of detector describing the Troy Shadow X2 because it doesn't have a manual ground balance adjustment...nor would it be suited for prospecting. Seems like Troy's X3 and X5 (made by Fisher) used a toggle switch for coin check that also had a nickel check.? My main problem with relying too much on "Coin Check" is the fact that MANY good desirable targets will not be heard!

 

[Mega]

I had a coin check on my Troy X5,a total waste of time for me really as here in the UK we dont have US coinage,i personally prefer the minimum amount of discrimination just too knock out a small nail and then if i get a decent signal it has to come out that way i dont miss anything,foil is a classic example here,if you knock out foil you will also knock out our hammered silver coins which can come in the same range as foil.

Possibly dig a little more junk than i should do,but on open clear farm land here its not very often we find foil so not really a problem as such,but i dont miss any decent small silver coins either,the coin checker is 'ok' across the pond i guess in park environments but for me if it gives a good signal then out it comes.

 

[Walknstik]

I also like to detect using minimum discrimination and digging all nice repeatable signals...that is the reason modern trash infested parks drive me crazy During the winter here I sometimes hunt an old WW1 training camp dump that is nothing more than a sea of ferrous debris hiding some keepers. I find it much easier to pluck out non-ferrous targets from the sea of ferrous versus hunting modern parks.

 

[fltacoma]

I do the same thing here in the states, i just set it to minimum and thumb up the disc.

 

[BarryL]

Thank for the information. I am looking forward to learning and understanding my detector. So many people say that but I will learn every nuance of the information this detector is telling me. I know it's an incredible machine that goes deep and is great a on coins and other targets. I just have to be familiar enough with it that I don't hit the coin check every time.
Thank You.

The single tone is just that but here is something to learn the breaks of that tone get some old rusted bottle caps and foil like gum wrappers and rusted nails ETC . get some place where there is absolutely no noise and get a good set of headphones and listen to the breaking points of the tones . the bottle caps will have an enlongated tone and a snap at the end of the tone a coin will be a crisp tone also I have found if I sweep my coil at the back edge over said target and I lose or the target breaks its usually a bottle cap or pull tab and if it keeps a strong solid tone it is a coin or possiable metal target you are searching for

 

[fematrailer]

Thanks. I forgot my headphones on the first outing and I could hear the beak up in the tones but only one tone. You've been very helpful.

 

[fematrailer]

Thank you