Does size matter?

[MAK]

With regards to the target trace image either when pin pointing or on the hunt screen. Do larger targets produce a large target image? I ask because this past week while hunting a local park I was getting 12-35/36 readings (Auto sense +2, Ronfin trashy park P2) with larger, more dark colored images. When dug they were crushed cans - every time. Whereas a coin will more often than not show as a smaller image. I have had a few dimes that produced a nice red dot that completely filled the cursor, but this is a rarity.

Has anyone else noticed this or am I reading the display wrong somehow?

Thanks

 

[MAK]

n/t

 

[MartinNovotny]

Hi, behavior of your CTX is OK. If I go for coins only and ID/tone is the right one I do dig everything that does not exceed the cursor. If the coin is +/- up to 4" down the ground, it CAN fill it, but not exceed it. If the coin is on the edge you'll get just a red line within the cursor, not the whole cursor filled. Just my opinion...

 

[MAK]

So you think that if the target overflows the cursor it is a larger one (larger than a coin in this case)?

 

[squirrel1]

The cursor is only a guide. Imagine what you may get if you discovered the folded up silver picture frame a gent discovered a while ago??? You could easily mistake that for a can I suppose. There are some big items in the ground worthy of digging. It's really a gamble we take based on things like what have we already found, how old, just what kinds of trash we see and dig. You are far better off I think to size your target with the sizing mode of pinpoint versus looking solely at the cursor. I have dug coins, although rare, with good tone and numbers with absolutely no color in the cursor. And yes coins on edge may only give a hint. And a shallow silver dollar may overfill the cursor. Everytime we have tone and numbers and decide not to dig, we are taking chance of leaving something worthy behind. It's your choice. And remember when hunting areas that have been hunted pretty hard before, they too may have gotten a somewhat awkward signal and decided not to dig and it was a great find looming all the while.

 

[dougj7]

So you think that if the target overflows the cursor it is a larger one (larger than a coin in this case)?

Mak,

A good way to check to see if a target is large or small is to lift the coil above the target until it doesn't sound anymore. If you are 12" or more above the ground and you still get a loud solid tone, it's probably a very large target.

 

[MAK]

I have dug coins, although rare, with good tone and numbers with absolutely no color in the cursor. And yes coins on edge may only give a hint.

Interesting that you say this because I have passed on several that have a hint of tone and do have VID but no color even when pinpointing. I can see the cursor, but there is nothing in it at all.

A little confused I guess on the pinpoint sizing - I thought it was merely the sound that it altered.

 

[MAK]

A good way to check to see if a target is large or small is to lift the coil above the target until it doesn't sound anymore. If you are 12" or more above the ground and you still get a loud solid tone, it's probably a very large target.

dougj7 - thank you, yes I have forgotten that simple technique on a few occassions and have to remind myself to check it that way.