Am I doing something wrong?

[Pookybear]

I am getting High and medium signals at the ends of my swings that are not targets with the large stock AT pro coil. I am also not lifting the coil at the ends of my swings.Am I doing something wrong? Also should I pinpoint shallow targets with the center of my coil or the tip of the front of my coil? I also seem to be having nickles pinpoint several inches off center.Is this normal? any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Sailorman]

You might be swinging a little to fast. Try slowing down a bit and see if that helps with the end of swing falsing. You might also need to drop sensitivity down one bar. One final culprit can be a coil wire moving above the coil. Is it secured snug to the shaft? If the wire can move at all at the end of the swing it will create a signal. If it is still acting up after checking all those, you might want to give Garrett a call.

If a nickel is laying at an angle or edge on I've had them pinpoint a little off. Try comparing both methods on the same target and see how they compare.

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

You might be swinging a little to fast. Try slowing down a bit and see if that helps with the end of swing falsing. You might also need to drop sensitivity down one bar. One final culprit can be a coil wire moving above the coil. Is it secured snug to the shaft? If the wire can move at all at the end of the swing it will create a signal. If it is still acting up after checking all those, you might want to give Garrett a call.

If a nickel is laying at an angle or edge on I've had them pinpoint a little off. Try comparing both methods on the same target and see how they compare.

Great post! Metal on your shoes???

 

[smell]

I don't have the false pings but in certain dry soils of the parks I look in, when I pinpoint the coins they will be to the left of center, no big deal once I figure it out for the type of soil I'm digging in.

 

[Sailorman]

You might be swinging a little to fast. Try slowing down a bit and see if that helps with the end of swing falsing. You might also need to drop sensitivity down one bar. One final culprit can be a coil wire moving above the coil. Is it secured snug to the shaft? If the wire can move at all at the end of the swing it will create a signal. If it is still acting up after checking all those, you might want to give Garrett a call.

If a nickel is laying at an angle or edge on I've had them pinpoint a little off. Try comparing both methods on the same target and see how they compare.

Great post! Metal on your shoes???

Oooh yeah, forgot that one, dinged more then one of us I bet. I've also been busted by carrying my shovel too low now that I think about it!