mudpuppy said:
Niiiice! Good to see you pulled that out in the trash with the 11"dd...you can drop sens down into the 50s and it might sharpen it up even furthur! Especially heavy trash with multiple signals under the coil. Looks like you are going to be a monster this year with that 70!
Mud
Thanks, mud!
I had it in DP tones because, (ala you), because that is what I ended up using on the previous hunt trying to get better at this, and even in this huge amount of trash with this big coil both dimes were clear high tones and I could hear them and see solid numbers on the VDI even though both were surrounded by garbage.
I am starting to like DP just like you, but I am still experimenting with others.
IBdiggin said:
Nice one Rev. There is no end to the possibilities with this great detector. Guess I am going to dump my clad and start looking for a deal on a DD. I still like my 10" elliptical for the quick sweep Tiki bars because of the Corolla caps but finding there is a need for the separation in those trashy parks-----IB
You want to talk about possibilities...dig this.
I think I might have found my best settings yet to hunt most sites and find absolutely...
everything, no matter how shallow or deep.
My jaw dropped soon after I switched to hunting this way and I hope it will work at other sites but I think it will.
After passing by this area I went to the place where I found an Indian Head penny spill that was about 50 yards from this entrance.
This area has a large amount of EMI due to a power line in the area and many stately large homes just across the street that I suspect had wifi coming from some of them.
I usually hunt in Program 1 with whatever settings I want to hunt with, on program 2 I had it set as a check system in case I ran over something deep.
AT, Sense at 99, Thresh at 9, SL speed.
I don't think this thing can be set hotter than this.
I came across a few targets on program 1, and checked some of the deeper ones that were mostly iron with program 2.
Lots of jumping around because of the EMI on program 1, but when I ran over a target it settled down and gave me stable numbers and a solid tone.
Somewhere along the way while checking something with program 2 I realized that even at these super hot settings there was actually less jumping around than I had with program 1, and the numbers I saw on the screen were more stable and stayed within 2, actually just one most of the time so I left it on that program and continued to hunt with it.
I Changed program 1 to 0 on the disc, DE speed, Thresh at -1 because there was way to much noise any higher and sense at 99 and left it in DP tones...wondering if some deeper targets program 2 can see could also be seen with program 1.
Even at this end of the park with that extra EMI those super hot settings on program 2 were better and more stable than DE and lower sense and thresh on program 1.
I was floored, I tell you!
Moving the big coil slowly around the area I watched the screen closely, some zip-zip audio clues using AT but that had to do with depth and not target type, and I saw a million numbers flash by as I walked.
There is much iron in this old park so a lot of those numbers were in that area, 12 and under down to 6 and 7, mostly, a few down to even 1-5 and a couple that were in the mid teens or a little higher.
I also saw many foil and tab area numbers and stopped to examine these further in case they were chains or other types of jewelry.
The solid numbers that didn't jump I dug, the others I left in the ground.
I also had many pop top signals that were at high numbers but when moving the coil ends over these the numbers changed big time and dropped so I knew these were pop tops and I switched to program 1 on some of these and not only saw this same dropping effect but also heard that iron grunt.
After digging a few of these to make sure they were pop tops I quit digging these the rest of the day.
I also checked many signals of all types using that program 1 and everything program 2 found was seen by program 1 although a bit jumpier.
Every time I rolled over a good target like a coin in either program those numbers settled down and stabilized and I could pluck them out of the soil easy as pie.
There were a few tab and can slaw signals that were non jumpy and stable, also, trash every time, but just like on the F2 this will happen on some trash that actually is trash and not jewelry.
Luckily, a huge amount of trash is not like this, irregular shaped foil and can slaw, tabs that are not laying flat in the ground and so on, and will jump more than a few numbers no matter what you do or how you move the coil so you can tell.
Something else happened when I started hunting on program 2 that fooled me twice but I realized what it was soon enough.
I got some high numbers on the screen in the mid to high 90's...silver half or dollar coins?
In this park there was a chance they could be so I dug them after checking them with program 1 and seeing a little more jumpy numbers but a few of those high numbers flash by also.
Depth on both programs on these signals read at 8" or more so I had to check.
Both of these high number signals ended up being empty holes no matter how deep I dug, I haven't dug empty holes in years with any detector so this was curious.
Soon after I got a few more signals like this, some in the 90's, some in the 70's and 80's, and eventually noticed that when this happened the numbers stayed on the screen for a couple of seconds even after moving the coil away from the area.
Again, no real targets like coins did this ever, sweeping the coil over those I had instantly changing numbers and audio clues.
Ok, this was a revelation and I came to understand that these stuck on the screen numbers were some sort of false signal and quit going after these the rest of the day.
I have never seen this happen using other settings besides AT so I am assuming this is just something that happens when using just that particular setting.
The rest of the day hunting in program 2 with those super hot settings were a breeze after this.
A huge amount of numbers flashed by the rest of the hunt and I dug a few of the iron ones from time to time, just junk, some other trash signals that were solid, also, and many more coins including a few coin spills.
Every good target the rest of the day in program 2 was solid, stable, had numbers that jumped very little except 2 coin spills that had different coins in the hole and were very easy to find.
When I moved into the center of the park away from that EMI it was even better...even the info on program 1 stopped doing a lot of jumping and program 2 in AT and SL with those high sense and thresh settings were more stable than ever.
By watching the screen and seeing all those numbers pass by it was almost like I could get and exact picture in my mind of what was laying below me.
I didn't dig everything so I can't be sure 100%, but my confidence hunting with this thing is growing with every minute I am out swinging this marvelous machine.
I was aiming to dig some super deep signals yesterday but didn't come across any this time but they are here and I can't wait to find out what they are.
This park has history going back to the late 1800's with a golf course, park dwellers and even a civil war battle so hunted out...I think not.
I am more convinced now than ever that I have a machine that can find
anything hiding here and other sites just like it no matter how deep or surrounded by trash, and EMI hopefully will not affect me or my readings any more using these hot settings on program 2...I hope.
I will be spending a lot of time in this huge, old 74 acre "hunted out" park this year.
It sure would be cool to someday have a hunt off with somebody else that swings a 70...Man, that would be some serious fun there!