R-n-R Magnolia SpringsAla
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Hi Yall ;~)
Took my "new" stingray 2 (S2) out for a spin. Went to a "slghtly" freshwater lake Sun. for 4-5 hours. The lake is a stone's throw from the gulf. I've been told the water resembles Lake Michigan's water.(I hope not it's red tinted) The S2 would not ground balance at all kept going negitive everytime I lowered the coil. Which is normal here at our sandy beaches. I also think this is a brackish water area somehow. It's not linked to the gulf though?
Anyway, I found little or no targets in the chest high water but alot in the middle and shallow water. This Makes me think one of two things- A. Somebodys beating this area to death or B. The S2 is not seeing deep enough(the gb was off too) to reach the deeper targets.
I ran my disc at "0" for this test run. Dug 38 +/- tabs,2 zincs, assorted iron and one necklace that sounded off really well. ( turned the disc up to 4 and it still came in solid) Dug some targets from the 5-6 inch range up to 3 scoops(10-15?) inch range. S2 "peeped" alot but all good targets were solid and repeatable.
The headphones pinched my head a bit. But in all fairness I wear a 7 1/2 hat. I think at some point the pole was swapped on mine it is the standard 2 piece unit with no provision to mount the box on the rear/under arm mount. I know mounted on the pole it's a finger rubber/scuffer. I also found out from the instructions that the TR mode was added to use in saltwater along with the Disc @ 4 to comp for the salt. I'm also wondering if I tweek the threshold up a bit will it make the disc. mode hit deeper targets??? (My Bandito/ bandito 2 will) I think all in all I've very pleased with the S2 and I believe it's a keeper! :~) If I had opened the case and trimmed the sens back a hair it would have been less "peepy". I want to get the 10.5 inch coil but I'm gonna make myself wait till i recover a few gold rings to help fund it. Had fun, got some sun and a little exercise too!
HH & Go jump in a lake!
R-n-R
Took my "new" stingray 2 (S2) out for a spin. Went to a "slghtly" freshwater lake Sun. for 4-5 hours. The lake is a stone's throw from the gulf. I've been told the water resembles Lake Michigan's water.(I hope not it's red tinted) The S2 would not ground balance at all kept going negitive everytime I lowered the coil. Which is normal here at our sandy beaches. I also think this is a brackish water area somehow. It's not linked to the gulf though?
Anyway, I found little or no targets in the chest high water but alot in the middle and shallow water. This Makes me think one of two things- A. Somebodys beating this area to death or B. The S2 is not seeing deep enough(the gb was off too) to reach the deeper targets.
I ran my disc at "0" for this test run. Dug 38 +/- tabs,2 zincs, assorted iron and one necklace that sounded off really well. ( turned the disc up to 4 and it still came in solid) Dug some targets from the 5-6 inch range up to 3 scoops(10-15?) inch range. S2 "peeped" alot but all good targets were solid and repeatable.
The headphones pinched my head a bit. But in all fairness I wear a 7 1/2 hat. I think at some point the pole was swapped on mine it is the standard 2 piece unit with no provision to mount the box on the rear/under arm mount. I know mounted on the pole it's a finger rubber/scuffer. I also found out from the instructions that the TR mode was added to use in saltwater along with the Disc @ 4 to comp for the salt. I'm also wondering if I tweek the threshold up a bit will it make the disc. mode hit deeper targets??? (My Bandito/ bandito 2 will) I think all in all I've very pleased with the S2 and I believe it's a keeper! :~) If I had opened the case and trimmed the sens back a hair it would have been less "peepy". I want to get the 10.5 inch coil but I'm gonna make myself wait till i recover a few gold rings to help fund it. Had fun, got some sun and a little exercise too!
HH & Go jump in a lake!
R-n-R