For those who helped with the 1266 settings - had a good time with it. Pinpointer setting is the best thing for the kids.
Grandsons and I went out with the 1266x last week and they found a nickel, a penny, a tree climbers tree spike,7 pull tabs,foil, nail, and a 1 pound hunk of iron and a "few" bottle caps. We were in a very small kids park and a small beach - all very well covered based upon the ground markings from digs. Also took the Surf PI for the fun of it. A pain on land but did intro oldest boy to the water with it.
They were not interested in digging deep stuff - the deepest they went was about 5". This old unit was sounding off on a lot of deeper stuff that I would have dug.
Hopefully by summer they will be more willing to dig more. Did not use a pinpointer and will certainly use next time with them - their greatest frustration was finding targets in the dirt they had dug. Wet sticky stuff this time of year in the parks.
Think T.O.M. got the best of the day.
Grandsons and I went out with the 1266x last week and they found a nickel, a penny, a tree climbers tree spike,7 pull tabs,foil, nail, and a 1 pound hunk of iron and a "few" bottle caps. We were in a very small kids park and a small beach - all very well covered based upon the ground markings from digs. Also took the Surf PI for the fun of it. A pain on land but did intro oldest boy to the water with it.
They were not interested in digging deep stuff - the deepest they went was about 5". This old unit was sounding off on a lot of deeper stuff that I would have dug.
Hopefully by summer they will be more willing to dig more. Did not use a pinpointer and will certainly use next time with them - their greatest frustration was finding targets in the dirt they had dug. Wet sticky stuff this time of year in the parks.
Think T.O.M. got the best of the day.