confused about settings on gq v2

[Anonymous]

been messing around with the settings and yesterday dug up 3 chains one necklace a couple of inches down then a anklet with a heart all thin chains now the reason i belive it picked it up was the charm was bigger than the chain so my question is i got a small silver chain about 7 inches down in the dry sand with no charm at all it actually picked it up unbeliveable this is the smallest chain yet i got a phone camera so here is a photo of it usually i get chains because of the charms but not chains that are jest chains interesting so i had been messing with the settings i had it on 10 Us and the other knob in between slow and fast 12.oclock ( i usually have it on fast cause i find it a bit dificult to pin-point when in the slow mode) any way the other setting is the threshold now ive always been told to put the threshold at the point to were you jest hear it faintly now on the gqv2 it is not a constant threshold it wavers intermitantly but is constant so what i did was turn back the threshold till i jest heard a peep of a threshold as i moved the coil back and forth so it was really quiet till i went over a target thats how i stubled on the small chain down about 7 inches it was kinda rusty also so it had been there for quite some time so this tells me nobody else was picking up on this chain cause its in a well hunted area strange so any way i will try hunting more like this and see what else comes up any feedback waould be appriciated in other words all this time ive had two goldquests ive been putting the settings in the wrong place thoughts larry ca

 

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[Anonymous]

first of all, it would be easier to understand your question if you used punctuations.
if i understand you correctly, you are theorizing that the GQ is more sensitive to small gold if you turn the threshold down enough so that a swing will produce just a faint peep and not a mid-level "whummmm". Hmmmm. Interesting. I have not tried it that way. My GQ is still in the shop so I cant answer you right now.
But I think if you tie the small bracelet on a string and rebury it in the wet sand about 8 to 10 inches in the wet sand, you can test your settings. Do tell what the results are.
NOTE: if the bracelet is rusting, it might be made of steel. I have retrieve small steel pins with the GQ. Its small gold that is harder to detect.
Bing

 

[Anonymous]

well got a magnet and its steel or iron just looks like silver thats probably why it picked it up so deep any way still messing with the settings i kinda like the low threshold less noisy still hits on targets jest my preference hh larry ca

 

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WTG on the small chain Larry,
The GoldQuest is capable of finding small chains like the one you recovered, Go slow and try to keep the unit operating at or close to 10uS. Keeping the threshold at the level of a faint audio is best but reducing it more may cause you to miss the smaller signals, Reducing the threshold to the point of not hearing the threshold to help eliminate wave action will also eliminate smaller targets. Other larger targets will still come in but not as deep with a reduced threshold below normal. Sometimes you have to operate at this low threshold level but it's worth the loss of the smaller signals to capture the larger targets, The object is to keep your GQ operating at or near smooth stability.
Here in California it's tough to operate at 10uS at most beaches near the wet sand or in the surf, Leaning a few tricks can help you get the smaller signals in these areas. Still, Once the GoldQuest user learns what each of the controls do they'll do well here in California even in the toughest of beach soil.
You said you run your detector at 10uS and the other knob between slow and fast "12 o'clock", I'm assuming you operate the SAT speed at 12 o'clock? Don't be afraid to increase the SAT speed more even to maximum setting, I run my GQ with a full SAT speed and still get the smaller conductors. California is tough on these high powered Pi's but once you learn what each of the controls do you'll do far better than the Whites pi's or any of the other 15uS pi's.
Several times I've recovered small gold rings with my GoldQuest and my hunting partners couldn't even touch the ring with the 15uS pi's they use, Or if the 15uS pi's could respond to the small gold ring it was only a faint signal and not more than a few inches from the coil at most while my GQ would get this small gold ring at 8 or 10" inches with a strong signal. The max my GQ unit can get a large gold ring is around 13" to 14" inches and the smaller gold rings at 8 to 10" inches. Here in California the 15uS pi's respond to larger gold rings at 8 to 11" inches and the smaller gold rings at a few inches if that, Once the user learns the GQ she'll treat you well <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="">
I'm on vacation this week, Maybe we can hookup for a beach hunt in your area.
HH, Paul (Ca)

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Ihave the goldquest SS here in the UK , The best way I find is to tie a thin gold band to a piece of cord at your particular beach , slowly move the sat to your ideal swing speed which should be across the face of the sand slowly and at the same pace keeping the end of the swing down and not lift it ,usually about 10 oclock does me ,bury your ring and test how the detector responds to it ,personally I try to pick out the very short dud- dud, signals that are very faint dig them yet saying that Saturdays gold ring was just a couple of inches down on the moist sand