Baby steps!!!, and learning curve

[klever]

Finally had a few minutes to turn on my Safari and work on pinpointing. Spent about a half hour just trying to locate some coins that I put in the grass. Starting getting a little frustrated and cold so took a break. Headed back out and instead of looking at the bar graph in pinpoint mode I just listened this time and watched my coil. I am not sure if I am pinpointing the way the manual says but I was able to find my coins this time much faster by locating them at the top of the coil where the u shape is. I know with my Tesoro it was side to side and up and back and the target was in the center of coil
Is this the best way to pinpoint, or should I be looking in the center of coil also? This is the stock 11 that came with the safari. Any tips would be great. I detect basically by getting permission to detect people yard and will not be doing that until I am pretty much spot on.

 

[KinTN]

Congrats on your new Safari!!!

Think of your DD in pinpoint mode as a thin vertical strip down the center of your coil. Move your coil in a back and forth motion from about 2 oclock to about 8 oclock. Note where you get the loudest beep. Now swing the coil 90degrees to that motion. Basically you are making an X with the strongest beep where the lines cross. Your target is there (or an inch or 2 from there in a direction towards you).

Also, before you dig, sweep the immediate area with your pinpointer in case your target is shallow enough for it to pick up.


((and even before ii do that, I do the DD wiggle as described in Andy Sabich's Quattro/Safari book- youre gonna want that one if you don't already have it)

and yeah, as you've discovered, never bother with looking at the graph.

 

[KinTN]

klever, I tried to send you a PM, but you may not have enough posts here or something. PM me please when you get those privileges.

 

[klever]

Thanks KinTN will do when I can. Thanks for the info on the coils. I was watching a few utube videos trying to take in all I can. It did show pinpointing with the top and the bottom of the coil. But I would still prefer to do it with the center as I have in the past. Although I noticed most of them dug plugs or holes. I personally use just a probe, but with the depth of the Safari that might change a bit.
Now if I could just get this snow to melt!!!!

 

[Will1877]

Ah I hear ya buddy. Will say this pin pointing target on top of ground is twice as difficult than say six inch coin. When I first got the Safari I came from a Whites and was doing just what you were and thought what the hell is this thing beeping three times for. Shallow shallow objects get detected on the side, middle, and other side when you pass over. After about two inches that will not happen and will signal only down center strip. Makes for much easier pin point.

 

[klever]

Good to know, thanks Will, sounds like I need to raise it on the shallow targets

 

[Cos]

Klever-Surface or very shallow targets will not pinpoint accurately on the Safari. To pinpoint a normal depth target, move the coil off to one side of the target. Press and release the pinpoint touchpad and slowly move the coil towards the target and watch the display. As the edge of the coil approaches the target the sides of the pinpoint graphic start to turn black and increase in height. When the center of the coil goes over the target the entire graphic display will be black. Now turn 90 degrees and repeat the process until the pinpoint graphic is all black. The pitch, or volume, will also increase as you approach the target. If you mentally compare both trips over the target, it should now be directly under the center of your coil (which is about where the coil attaches to the shaft. a little practice in the field with buried targets will having you pinpoint like "gangbusters" with your safari.