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Why is iron discriminated out as the default setting in every mode?
- Thread starter pine3874
- Start date
Dan(NM)
Well-known member
. Why notpine3874 said:
On all the modes that I use, I go in and open up all the discrimination so I can hear how much iron is in the ground. I would assume to make it easier for someone who's never used a Minelab to just turn it on and start hunting without a lot of noise in the background.I suspect it's because most people don't want to dig iron.
And they think if they don't hear it, they won't dig it.
However, probably like most experienced detectorists, I find the best way to avoid iron it to hear iron.
It's just so much easier to ID the edge falsing from iron, especially in damp ground.
To each his own, I guess...
mike
And they think if they don't hear it, they won't dig it.
However, probably like most experienced detectorists, I find the best way to avoid iron it to hear iron.
It's just so much easier to ID the edge falsing from iron, especially in damp ground.
To each his own, I guess...
mike
dewcon4414
Well-known member
Presets/defaults are designed to make the machine run smoothy and be easier to learn. Why do they have diamond rings as high conductors, or threshold at 0 for beach mode, or even single freqs if all is run in multi? You can set up AM patterns..... but these presets are a starting point.
IDXMonster
Well-known member
I would concur that it must be for ease of use for the beginner. Those of us who detect a lot know it’s best to hear it to have a clearer picture of what your conditions are but for many,that level of hunting is a ways away,so they preset the disc like that so as to not discourage first time users/noobs. Everyone remember when they were a noob? Think about how far you’ve come...WANTING to hear iron! Ridiculous huh?
C
calabash digger
Guest
I NEED to hear the iron to locate habitation on sites. I have always been a big fan of a open machine and listening to the iron BUT.... I was hunting a iron riddled site with the Nox other day both ways... I found that when I knew where the iron was I could cut it off and pick out non ferrous better in the iron.. WHY ? The Nox was alerting of targets so heavily masked that when I had the iron cut on I thought it was the edge of the iron falsing... My buddy squrriel1 runs it with iron off too because he says targets can be missed with it on. I'm pretty savy on the iron game and this machine did really well in it. So my suggestion or warning is try it both ways after the iron is located...
C
calabash digger
Guest
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dbado1 said:
Dean
I had this exact discussion with Digger the other day, so I'm glad to here someone else is coming to the same conclusion. I have the volume turned way down when I do hunt in all metal and that has made a huge improvement. what your thought on threshold?
Laplander
earthmansurfer
Active member
trojdor said:I suspect it's because most people don't want to dig iron.
And they think if they don't hear it, they won't dig it.
However, probably like most experienced detectorists, I find the best way to avoid iron it to hear iron.
It's just so much easier to ID the edge falsing from iron, especially in damp ground.
To each his own, I guess...
mike
Great point. I was hunting last weekend (with iron disc'd out) and after digging a couple of square nails - I wondered if I should open the iron up...
But, signal overload gets to me (And I only dug those 2 nails - learning the sounds better.)
I might play with running threshold though, which does a bit of the same thing if you listen to the nulling. I just wonder if I will get tired of hearing the threshold...