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X-70 TID stabilizing

I tried it and found it was only slightly more stable. Prevented wide skipping but my numbers still jumped around. Could have been the soil I was on though. In Relic/Coin mode, the skipping of number in a certain range showed me when I was targeting junk if I was Prospecting (and if I switched to Relic Mode briefly to D the target). I think you'll find the Stabilizing feature works well in neutral soils and should help you identify your target with more reliability before you dig.
 
Not a drawback really, but a little different behavior. The tone and visual ID may not agree in certain circumstances. The purpose is to stabilize the visual ID in highly mineralized soil. The more tones that you have the machine set up for, the more chances for the audio tone to respond across tone boundaries. i.e. If you are running 2 tones, it is not as likely to happen if running 4 tones.


You'll see a lot of people wanting detectors with let's say a 100 scale. Yes there is greater resolution, but also greater variability. Some of this carries over from analog swing meters with wide scales, but those meters had a certain amount of damping being mechanical devices. And even though the detector electronics were processing a rapidly changing signal the mechanical meter just could not keep up. Which gave the illusion that the detector with the analog meter "locked on" better.

Enter the LED/LCD based detector and suddenly the display can keep up better with the internal processing, and a 100 scale meter can become very busy. So a provision was made to do a different kind of filtering for noisy ground which can help stabilize the ID.

HH
BarnacleBill
 
Thanks for the replies. I only have about 9 hours on the X-70 and actually only 9 hours swing time in the hobby. I think my biggest problem was that I had the sensitivity set too high for the trashy conditions and my lack of experience. The GB was 12 and I was mostly running a sensitivity of 16 to 20 with 3 tones. I tried the stabilizing feature because I was a little overwhelmed by the audio and visual information I was getting. I went through the manual again and found that for a novice in trashing conditions I was probably using too much sensitivity. I found the stabilizing function helped somewhat but more importantly I need more experience with proper settings. I have read the FAQFAQ several times and have even printed them off and put them in a binder with the manual.

Thanks,
Dave
 
One word of advice, pick a non-trashy area to start learning in. Even if you have to visit several locations to find one, don't set yourself up for failure through frustration. Thick trash challenges experienced hunters, so crawl, walk, run.

HH
BarnacleBill
 
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