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All metal detecting with tone ID has been argued long and hard as the best way to use a detector. I have read some pretty good arguments that tone id is not accurate so all metal detecting with constant tones is best and dig all targets. This to me is like the depth and halo debate and when it is over there is no consensus of opinions about it. I use a lot of different setting and adjust on the fly so am not the one to debate this issue as I have used test equipment for most of my life and am very comfortable adjuting the settings and do so often.
I use IM-16 and IM-15 but to hunt with Iron Mask ON in the Iron Mask Screen would not use IM-15. If the mask is set to -16 then we are in all metal with tone id. If the mask is set to IM-15 then there is a constant null of the threshold in iron as most refined iron seems to fall at IM-15. All we have to do is move the mask to IM-14 to restore the threshold and then we have a tremendously powerful mode of detecting. We get a nice low tone for iron and can use conductive or ferrous sounds as we prefer. I often see post about the nulls and when it is disclosed how the patterns are set for iron mask and the Smart Screen you see that -15 is rejected so that will guarantee all the nulls. The bottom line is use -16 for all metal or a mask that is -14 or lower but not -15 if you want to hear the iron instead of null.
The forums have a lot of post by new users and old ones that discuss the problem they have getting use to the tones. The starter program seems good to me adn I have posted a few that will even cut the tones down further so a new user can slowly get use to the tones. I frankly don't know if it is best to start off with the entire range of tones or work to the full range slowly. Minelab seems to think it is best to kill some of them to start with although if conductive sounds are used there are display areas where all 31 are sounded. Each use has to find what works best for them a go from there.
Considering that there are 31 tones in conductive can a user tell as an example tone 26 if it sounds for two different targets. Can we tell if a tone is for a pulltab or ring as another example. I think we can to some extent by how the coil is moved. A typical example is how the tone is the same for a rusty nail and a silver coin. The silver coin sounds the same from several direction of the sweep while the nail sound changes.
A person with very good hearing and experience can do wonders with the detector using IM-14 with the threshold. I would set IM-14 on the Smart Screen, IM-16 on the Iron Mask screen and use the Digital Mode to switch between screens. This works very nice for my style of detecting but might be awful for other users. If hunting at the beach, I do get to do that once in a while, then I like IM-16, IM-15, and IM-14 depending on the type of sand and how much trash is in the sand. If I can only run through the area quickly then will use the all silver program or reject the entire left of the screen for a quick pass over the site.
HH, Cody
I use IM-16 and IM-15 but to hunt with Iron Mask ON in the Iron Mask Screen would not use IM-15. If the mask is set to -16 then we are in all metal with tone id. If the mask is set to IM-15 then there is a constant null of the threshold in iron as most refined iron seems to fall at IM-15. All we have to do is move the mask to IM-14 to restore the threshold and then we have a tremendously powerful mode of detecting. We get a nice low tone for iron and can use conductive or ferrous sounds as we prefer. I often see post about the nulls and when it is disclosed how the patterns are set for iron mask and the Smart Screen you see that -15 is rejected so that will guarantee all the nulls. The bottom line is use -16 for all metal or a mask that is -14 or lower but not -15 if you want to hear the iron instead of null.
The forums have a lot of post by new users and old ones that discuss the problem they have getting use to the tones. The starter program seems good to me adn I have posted a few that will even cut the tones down further so a new user can slowly get use to the tones. I frankly don't know if it is best to start off with the entire range of tones or work to the full range slowly. Minelab seems to think it is best to kill some of them to start with although if conductive sounds are used there are display areas where all 31 are sounded. Each use has to find what works best for them a go from there.
Considering that there are 31 tones in conductive can a user tell as an example tone 26 if it sounds for two different targets. Can we tell if a tone is for a pulltab or ring as another example. I think we can to some extent by how the coil is moved. A typical example is how the tone is the same for a rusty nail and a silver coin. The silver coin sounds the same from several direction of the sweep while the nail sound changes.
A person with very good hearing and experience can do wonders with the detector using IM-14 with the threshold. I would set IM-14 on the Smart Screen, IM-16 on the Iron Mask screen and use the Digital Mode to switch between screens. This works very nice for my style of detecting but might be awful for other users. If hunting at the beach, I do get to do that once in a while, then I like IM-16, IM-15, and IM-14 depending on the type of sand and how much trash is in the sand. If I can only run through the area quickly then will use the all silver program or reject the entire left of the screen for a quick pass over the site.
HH, Cody