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.
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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.
I have often hunted after work when working afternoons, and gotten some nice silver.
Night hunting is pretty easy if its on a beach or in the winter on a sledding hill, (John-Edmonton got us all going on that a few years back) you dont really even need a light, you can feel whats in the scoop. And very early am or night is probably the best time to hunt a beach anyway..I tried night hunting on the dirt once, it was weird how sharp your pinpointing skills can get if you are stabbing targets with a screwdriver, but it took a lot of concentration and was slower going than in the light..that being said, this is a hobby I think a fellow could do pretty good at even if they were blind, since its more auditory than visual anyway. I'm gonna hit a popular beach tomorrow am around 4:30 and be gone by sun-up. Nice job on the mixed signals, multidenom stacks and spills can give a trashy response, heck a stack of 3 nickles or even 2 Q's give non-standard TIDS...let alone a tight spill of pennys and Q's and whatnot...good to practice on for sure.