1500 BELLTONE

[Anonymous]

Hello! I know I've posted about this before but I have a 1500 which I reall enjoy but I never use the belltone because it drives me nuts.I was looking fwd to this feature origionally but I'm always getting these half belltone half lower conductivity hits.Bell/ bong bell bong.I hunt vacant lots with lots of trash but i would have to hunt extremely slow in order to seperate each of these half hits.Now in my living room w/a coin on the floor I get good double bells but in the field I have not even come close to mastering it.So i dont use it, but i would like to.A ny new ideas for me??
Thanks!!
Jon in AZ.

 

[Anonymous]

Only detector that I know has this feature and takes a bit to get used to..Might try notching out all the lower facets till you get the handle on it. A good way to grab some silver coins and learn the tone. I would imagine many may not use it but its there for those that like it..and gives you choices not available on other unit. Charles calls it the sound of money..

 

[Anonymous]

Indeed, some things other that clad or silver will belltone, but I love mine. I turned it on from the git-go 5 yrs. ago and have a hard time using my non-belltone water machine now because it doesn't give me that wonderful "Sound of Money" that I listen for.
Rusty iron and some ringtabs will belltone as well as pieces of copper pipes. Hunting around houses can be tough because there are always bits and pieces of those around. Now you want something that will drive you nuts, try a 2500 with Treasure Talk turned on in a park with a bunch of pulltabs.

 

[Anonymous]

if you get a belltone, broken or solid, take a look at the size reading as you are scanning over the target. if the size stays coin size and the depth is consistent, especially over 4 or 5 inches, then i would dig it. not all coins will be solid from every angle. i have found many coins over 5 inches that i would have passed up with my 550 without size imaging.
as far as hunting in trashy sites, i would just slow down. with my 2500 i can pick out coins from trashy areas, even with the 9.5 coil...you just have to slow down and listen. over time you will master it.
hope this helps.

 

[Anonymous]

When youi get a half belltone go back over it real slow and raise your coil a couple of inches.
I got a signal like that yesterday in a trash ridden park that ID'ed as a quarter. I ran my probe down and hit a big hunk of junk. But that quarter ID was suspect so I looked around at the base of the grass and there was a quarter. I scanned the area again and got conflicting signals and ID's.
To make a long story short I picked up eight coins in that spot spread over an area about the size of my 9.5 coil. The junk and so many coins confused the detector so it always pays to check it out thoroughly.
Some years ago I found a pile of ten quarters laid out about the same way.
Bill

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah in real trashy areas you have to slow way down and lift the coil to isolate the targets. I've had to scan at almost non-motion to isolate some targets.
Bill

 

[Anonymous]

I guess i didnt expect to run tinto this kind of pblm when I received the unit.Dont get me wrong in areas with fewer targets i have used it but only a few times.I try to slow down and raise the coil when i get these double hits.Its probably my own impatience not wanting to spend too much time on one target trying to figure out to dig or not, especially with conflicting tones in my ear.
I will use your comments and keep giving it a chance because I know the belltone is an appreciated feature for those that have mastered it.
Thanks!!
Jon

 

[Anonymous]

Buy or use the smallest coil compatible with your machine. You will get much better separation between junk and good targets.
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