DeLeon TID

[CladDog]

Hello to all you DeLeon users.

I am curious about this DeLeon's TID. I know the more confident it is of the target, the higher the bar you see.

So are you more likely to dig based on what the bar is telling you, or what the tone is telling you? I would have to imagine a solid bar is a big temptation.

Also, for those of you who have found gold rings with the DeLeon, do they tend to register as a single solid bar or as multiple partial bars across different segments?

Thanks!

 

[Hightone]

CladDog,

The Deleon is a great detector. Use sound and the segment bar together. Junk is usually a quick cut off of the tone (acting like it didn't get enough info for a TID, and it usually gives a partial bar somewhere and moves around). If it hits and a hard complete tone is heard, and the bars are partial (even more than one), use the numeric display. Rings still jump around. Coins usually don't. The Deleon is a great coin hunter, one of the best, IMO.

 

[CladDog]

Good information, Hightone. Thanks.

 

[Furious T]

CladDog, I agree with what Hightone said....firstly one gold rings, you might get two bars one some, but (as Hightone said)look at the numerical readout....I usually make several passes from different directions for the iffy signals, and keep your eye on the iron bar...that is a good sign for steel bottle caps...it may not come on for every pass of the coil, but you need to keep your eye open for it...a lot of info comes through the audio...listen to that signal first, then refine your information by checking the display...over 10 years ago, after I had only had mine for a few months and was still learning it I was detecting with my son who was using his Tracker IV...we were in a town a long way from where we lived, and it was different soil than we were used to....both of us using fixed GB detectors....my son got a signal and asked me to check it for him with the D....the signal was "all over the place" and my respons to him was "it seems like crap, but it might be worth digging"...he dug it and it was one of our $2 coins which looked as if it had been in the ground for a long time and was affected by mineralisation.

I have found with the DeLeon that if your target is a deeper one (9" to 10" is deep for me), the numerical readout may not be all that accurate (I think most target ID machines are like this), but there may be a pattern in the numbers that tell you to dig. This can also depend on the mineralisation of your soil. Have fun.

 

[BarberBill]

As on all detectors, sound can be important. Detecting under a park swing one time I got a questionable indication and an odd sound that wasn't quite typical trash, nor typical desirable target while swinging the D. I walked past a few steps, thought about it for a second or two, then went back and retrieved the target. Turned out to be a small, .975 silver scotty dog off a charm bracelet. Every since then I always retrieve targets that just don''t fit the norm. Not always anything good, but often worth the effort. If swinging the D, Always dig the 95 indications. Once in a while it'll be big aluminum, but mostly coins and if you get a bouncing indication that jumps from coin indication to trash to coin indications over and over always dig because 3 time out of 5 that'll be a coin spill.
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[froggy38383]

Deleon is a great detector, I go by the sound more than by the TID.

 

[KennyD]

Nothing beats a good signal along with a 95 on the display!