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Recent content by swingman

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    wireless module problems - pls. help

    Finally hooked mine up, and it sounded exactly like using headphones hooked up directly to the machine. Great. Until I turned it off/on later! Sound quality went downhill - sounds much like talking to someone on the phone, when they are using a speaker phone. All but very shallow targets...
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    'Combined tones' problem?

    I'm a 'sound first' detectorist, and looking at a screen is secondary. I have a lot of experience with the older Sovereign and Explorer SE, but none with the e-Trac. I'm used to being 'fooled' by occasional iron masquerading as a deep coin, but this is too much. After ~ 12 hours detecting in...
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    CTX coin depths?

    Checked out the CTX at 2 sites that I've hammered with everything I had, including an Explorer SE with the 12X15 'Butterfly' coil (I 'skipped' the eTrac.). Had pulled up many coins at 6-8 inches, so figured there must be a couple still there. // Been using the CTX 'coin' program, in High...
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    Garrett service

    My first experience with it - kudos to all.
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    2500 problem - anyone else?

    After nailing some deep, great finds last week, my 2500 sits quietly in the corner. :sadwalk: It has a recurring problem: the battery indicator goes clear, even though the batts. are fine. At the same time, I no longer get any response to a target. I can still change the settings, and the...
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    Green Machine strikes again

    (Sorry...no pics) ~1890's park today, took my 2500/12-1/2" coil for a spin over a meadow-type area; large park but it has been hammered - some on this forum say that Garretts lock in on silver, and they are right! Only 9 coins in over 2 hours, but they included: '23 Merc, '42-P silver...
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    love that SE...

    Took it out to an old park today. It's been heavily hunted - so I go 'low and slow'. An indication of it's barrenness - 5 coins in 3 hours! BUT - an 1891 Indian, a V-nickel and a WW2 service button came home with me. My last trip it was 6 coins, including a nice Barber quarter, in 3 hours...
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    SE comes through

    I'm going over old sites that I've hammered with my old Sov. and WOT coil. Tried a park today that's produced well. I cleaned it out pretty well...not even a Wheatie - then 3-1/2 hours in, I got a 1900-O Barber quarter at 6 inches. I think it was there because there are power control boxes...
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    DD coil comparison?

    I'm loving my new SE, and am already considering a smaller, 'tighter' DD coil for trashy areas. I've seen posts about Coiltech's 5X10 inch Joey coil, and also the newer 4.5X7 inch Excelerator. Anyone have an opinion about these...any 'feel' for which goes deeper? Or is it a case of 'apples...
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    SE - black sand settings?

    I keep experimenting at an old beach I know holds some good stuff (found a Barber dime on the surface once). [Some day I'm going to bring just a shovel and sift all the sand through a screen!]. Actually, the 'irony' sand here (CT) is usually deep red, almost purple. I've gotten down a few...
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    Iron mask setting?

    I've had my SE for ~ a month, and love it. But I've been reading posts where many/most people set the Iron Mask at 12-16. I do like running in that mode, but I have set the IM at 20, figuring that most of the iron will be left out. (For those unfamiliar...IM at 31 is essentially 'all-metal', I...
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    2500 - silver ring readings?

    I noticed that silver rings are not listed on the 'target scale', and I assumed that they would read as 'high coin', like with my other discriminating detectors. But I scanned a few, and was very surprised that they read from 6 1/2 -8 1/2 (well below penny-dime). Is this what you guys are...
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    question re. 'semi-automatic sensitivity'

    I've used my SE for 15 hours so far, and have chosen to run it at Sens. 32 in semi-auto mode - until I get to know the machine better. It has been remarkably stable in all environments...but I've come to wonder if I'm missing targets. I'd like your opinions - as I'm running it, am I likely...
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    2500 problem - anyone else?

    It's intermittent, and I don't want 'Garrett repair' to say they "can't find anything wrong". Batteries are fine, 12" coil, newer model - turn it on and the batt. 'indicator' shows no 'bars', and the detector gives NO rsponse to targets. Then next time machine works fine. This also happened...
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