cyberfish2
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I'm laying in bed at 4am, wide awake, thinking I should be out detecting, but it's still too dark. Anybody ever do a night hunt? Sober?
Anyway, I got wondering about stacked signals. Trash on top, coin underneath, etc.
I do some testing in the garage, so as not to arouse Thunderwoman, who thinks my obsessive/compulsive detecting habits are, well, a waste of time.
I have a bunch of samples, glued to poker chips. I used these in a detector plot, but dug 'em up to use in these "air" tests.
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I set up two waste baskets, 10 inches, and 12 inches, upside down, so I could stack some samples a couple inches apart. It is a good way to test numerous combinations.
I set the detector to read in Pro mode, Zero discrimination.
One thing that stood out about steel bottle caps is that the low-high-low chirp stands out better if the cap is forward, or backwards, of the center of the DD coil. In the center, it gives a high tone, dig this, signal. Might be useful info for those who don't already know.
I did the nail on top, ring on the bottom combo. The reading was 24, but the tone was mid-range, so I'm learning to pay more attention to the sound than the numbers. Once I removed the nail, the number went to 80, with a high tone.
Anyway, I got wondering about stacked signals. Trash on top, coin underneath, etc.
I do some testing in the garage, so as not to arouse Thunderwoman, who thinks my obsessive/compulsive detecting habits are, well, a waste of time.
I have a bunch of samples, glued to poker chips. I used these in a detector plot, but dug 'em up to use in these "air" tests.
[attachment 242935 IMG_4538.JPG]
I set up two waste baskets, 10 inches, and 12 inches, upside down, so I could stack some samples a couple inches apart. It is a good way to test numerous combinations.
I set the detector to read in Pro mode, Zero discrimination.
One thing that stood out about steel bottle caps is that the low-high-low chirp stands out better if the cap is forward, or backwards, of the center of the DD coil. In the center, it gives a high tone, dig this, signal. Might be useful info for those who don't already know.
I did the nail on top, ring on the bottom combo. The reading was 24, but the tone was mid-range, so I'm learning to pay more attention to the sound than the numbers. Once I removed the nail, the number went to 80, with a high tone.