Am I the only one?

[WV62]

Up until this summer I have always pinpointed my targets with the all metal pinpoint mode on my Fisher F75 and of course that works. This question could be for any type of detector, not just my F75. Also I am pretty much a coin hunter, so I am talking about coin targets.

But this year I started pinpointing off the nose of the coil in the disc mode. This method seems to be pretty close to right on the target. Also unlike the AM PP mode I don

 

[mudpuppy]

Hey Ron...just thought I'd reply with something I do to Pinpoint regarding "am I the only one" subject...when I hit a solid coin signal, instead of pinpointing with the button, I gently but briskly tap the coil vertical on top of the signal, like a drummer, and sort of try to center the most solid sound under the sweet spot of the coil...sometimes a guy has to rotate the coil 90 degrees while tapping,, anyway, the sound of the target lets you know how deep it is, and where it is...if a fellow sticks a probe down in the dirt on top of the signal, the coin is either dead under it, or within 2" of it...so I doubt i've used the pp button on the machine maybe once tr twice a week...I have the F70 with an 11"dd...its a very fast way of locating a coin...and I dont know if anybody else does this or not, or if its just a thing the Fseries do?
Mud

 

[WV62]

Hello Mud,

Never heard of that way before, but it sounds pretty do-able. The little drummer boy method.

When I PP off the toe, I get a solid hit then I just short stroke and keep a double beep and pull back until I start lose it. The target is usually about an inch back for the toe. Same here on the depth I get a idea from the sound.

Ron in WV

 

[Elton]

Ron:

Your method is an Old DD coil secret. Years ago that was how it was done all the time.

 

[ironsight]

Hey Ron...just thought I'd reply with something I do to Pinpoint regarding "am I the only one" subject...when I hit a solid coin signal, instead of pinpointing with the button, I gently but briskly tap the coil vertical on top of the signal, like a drummer, and sort of try to center the most solid sound under the sweet spot of the coil...sometimes a guy has to rotate the coil 90 degrees while tapping,, anyway, the sound of the target lets you know how deep it is, and where it is...if a fellow sticks a probe down in the dirt on top of the signal, the coin is either dead under it, or within 2" of it...so I doubt i've used the pp button on the machine maybe once tr twice a week...I have the F70 with an 11"dd...its a very fast way of locating a coin...and I dont know if anybody else does this or not, or if its just a thing the Fseries do?
Mud

I'll have to try that out for shallower targets.

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One problem with pinpointing 'off the nose' is varying deeper target depths will affect the PP accuracy due to the DD coil's thin cone-like transmit energy. I tried that method early on but with a lot of my targets 8+ inches, i ended up enlarging and creating messy holes more than necessary. I don't trust that method for deeper targets.
It does works great though for shallower clad in newer parks, etc.

I'm old school, PP using the PP function 90 deg. method or the 90 deg. wiggle PP method for more stubborn targets. Both are always dead nuts accurate.... except for those corroded nails.