When the going gets tough, ask the teacher.

[texasranger]

Rob, it seems like

 

[Larry (IL)]

I thought Rob was right on in his excellent responses and I would have to agree with him that using a "shooter" 4X6 coil as you suggested is totally unrealistic in hunting a battle field. Loss of depth and coverage is not the way to go.

 

[Rob (IL)]

I'll let Jeff Foster or Carl Moreland do that. I am no engineer and helped by testing and offering suggestions, that's all.

 

[Downdeep]

Tex, I had 2 days to find relics in over 600 acres and happened to luck into a spot that contained some. The targets I got that were no deeper than 3" came up with no problem. ALL other relics I dug were 12-14". Nothing in between. I may have gotten those 3 targets with the shooter, if I had been able to get to them in time. I was battling a huge area, bad ground and 159 other guys with metal detectors. I know for a fact, as Rob and Larry attest, that the shooter would never have touched the deep targets I dug. If my depth showed 3" or less and I didn't get a discrimination tone, I didn't dig. Anything deeper than that came out of the ground. The best education I could get in this ground was doing, not being told. I had originally made the sad mistake that other guys seem to be making. I assumed the ground couldn't be as bad as I had been told. I got a rude awakening that I believe anyone else would as well when there coil hit the orange ground in VA. I was wise enough to ask a few questions to those that had been there ahead of me getting a bit of advice instead of armchair detecting and thinking I had the answers.

I do realize that, for shallower targets, the smaller coil is much better than a large in bad ground. It deals with the reflectivity of the ground, the output from the coil, etc. This is elementary. I learned that a few years ago when I had my XLT and watched the videos that Whites produced with suggestions to turn of tx boost in bad ground.

I appreciate any advice that I am given and will never turn away anyone offering up that advice. But, I do ask to be respected for my experience as well.

I am curious to know one thing. A few months back you gave this advice

choose a single frequency for the class of target sought after.

yet you asked why I ran a single frequency instead of using three?

 

[Rob (IL)]

Derek, remember any experience you gain in this type of ground will be welcomed. I don't think I've ever hunted in conditions that bad. Everyone have a good day and lets get back to learning the [size=large]V[/size].

 

[Downdeep]