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DX-1 Probe use - follow up

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Some of you may remember I confessed last week that I just can't seem to remember to turn the DX-1 probe back to coil mode after I retrieve a target. The suggestion was brought up to modify the probe toggle so that when you put the probe back in the saddle, it would automatically switch back to coil mode. I liked that idea and wrote to Ralph at SunRay to see if they could modify the design. He said they would not modify the design as he was afraid that moisture and dirt would interfere with the switch. I asked him if an individual modified their own DX-1 probe, would that void the warranty? He said it would void the warranty. He assured me that after some use, it would become second nature to switch the toggle back to coil mode. Well, after hunting Saturday for a couple hours and forgetting to switch the toggle on three different occassions, I am ready to sell it. I don't want to void the warranty on a month old piece of equipment. But I have reached the conclusion that this is one old dog that just can't be taught a new trick. <img src="/metal/html/cry.gif" border=0 width=40 height=15 alt=":cry"> So it goes. HH
 
Tape a coin on the shaft where the end of the probe is. As you are putting it back it should sound off,or do what I did and put the probe back in the box and order a UniProbe.HH,Jerry
 
both of those are good ideas jerr696. I thought about sticking a note on the upper rod, under where the probe snaps in, to remind me. That would work well for remembering to turn it back to the coil mode. But wouldn't remind me to use it in the first place. <img src="/metal/html/confused.gif" border=0 width=15 height=22 alt=":?"> After 30 years of detecting without using a probe, I just can't get use to having it. I guess I will list it for sale on the forum and keep "plugging" away. Make a nice probe for someone. HH
 
I have you beat by about 12 years as I have been detecting since 62--I am 68--I bought the same probe and did the same thing and still do SOMETIMES--But ill be da---- if I will let old age tell me I cant do something like to do! I cuss my self when I do it and I guess I will not be able to remember all of the time but I will not give in till I aint breathing any more!!If that was the only thing I forget boy would I be HAPPY!!!deathwind1
 
Other than the switch problem, how did it do for you? I went out with my 5.3 coil on sunday and was able to recover two dimes in the side of a hole opposite of one another,which I gave up on last week and filled the hole in.With the 9.5'' coil it seemed like the target was in the middle of the hole and I couldnt find it. If I had a probe, I would have figgered it out sooner... <img src="/metal/html/shrug.gif" border=0 width=37 height=15 alt=":shrug">
 
I can't say anything bad about the DX-1 probe. I just can't remember to use it or, when I do remember to use it, I forget to switch back to the coil mode. Hunted too many years without one I guess. The example you gave is exactly what this probe is designed for. It is very sensitive and detects at about 2 - 3 inches off the tip of the probe. Pinpointing a target and separating the treasure from the trash is what it does best. The beauty of the DX-1 is that the readings appear on the VDI just as with the coil. The best way to look at the DX-1 probe is that it is simply a one inch coil, capable of reaching those small, out of the way places that a coil cannot reach.
 
I wish I had your patience. <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">
 
From your Post it sounds like your not using "any" probe.
I can look right at a coin and miss it.... <img src="/metal/html/tongue.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":b"> I can't imagine metal detecting without a probe. Most small probes would have found those dimes in a second or two.
I imagine most of us pinpoint accurately but a coin may get pushed vertical when digging your plug and become partially hidden on the side of your hole.
I play a game with each target and attempt to dig the appropriate depth from the VDI reading. If I don't immediately see the target I can touch the bottom and sides of the hole or the bottom and sides of the plug to find the target with relatively good success.
There are several probes on the market that you can carry in your hand like the Whites Bullseye, etc. I have one and use it all the time. It's not perfect but I like the size.
Check with Jim McCulloch on a price.
HH
Johnny B
 
But once you do you wont be without it.
When I got my first one for my Sovereign I would forget to switch it back many times untill I got into the habbit of switching it back the first thing before i stood up, now it is just natual to do this. I do forget once in a while now, but being I am so used to my Sovereign and Explorer I can tell as soon as I swing the coil something is not right.
Just get into the habbit of switching back before you stand up.
Rick
 
at least for awhile. I found if I was allowing my mind to get completely lost in my thoughts and was detecting pretty much in automatic pilot mode I could never remember to switch back to the coil. Now I just force myself to pay attention to what I'm doing and I've developed a routine. I pinpoint and open the plug to the approximate depth and take a look - if I can see the target I simply retrieve it. If I don't see the target I reach over, switch to probe and remove it from the holder - and once I've found the target and I'm done with the probe I snap the probe back in it's holder and switch back to coil. I do that exactly the same way every time!
Once you complete a routine numerous times it becomes part of "muscle memory" and it becomes what we call 'automatic'. You just need to develop a digging routine and force yourself to follow it for several outings......you should find it becoming almost second nature to switch back and forth!
 
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