Anyone find any use for having the threshold barely audible while running all metal?

[Big Boys Hobbies]

I understand that if your running some descrimination its helpful to tell when your "blanking" but in all metal ive been running no audible threshold and enjoying the quietness. I feel I can hear weak signals better and not completly tune out the outside world.

 

[SNOWY]

Stoopstroop I've run in "silent" after experiencing an iron barage for a couple of hours;
and yep it's bliss to be silent searching for a while.
But I feel more in control when I have that background hum going on...
There are folks who always hunt "silent."
And they do very well.
My Tesoro Corte's and Garrett GTI2500 do their search silently, and both were very successful machines,
but I figure that having a just audible threshold gives me an advantage for hearing the marginal ~ just detectable deepies.
I've never proved this, but am happier with a threshold for sure.

HH

Snowy

 

[Mike Bearden]

with a lot of typical ferrous & non ferrous then I run a silent threshold in all metal. If it's a site where the targets are few and far between, I'll actually crank the threshold up a few clicks above normal and listen for those extra faint whispers,clicks & tick sounds. And they WILL stand out from the threshold sound. It makes a difference!
Pumping up the threshold will enhance a targets sound a good bit and may let you hear something you wouldn't have otherwise.
But you're right, no need in hearing that threshold in wide open all metal mode ... most of the time.
Just my 2 cents worth, give it a try.
Mike