beepsilver
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Today's finds were easy pickin's for the Deus at this very small site. The Deus handled the nails and iron very well--all the silver rang in at 4-6 inches and there was no doubt there was silver under the coil before I dug (with the exception of two or three holes with wheats that came up instead of expected silver)--more about that in a minute. One hole contained two mercs and I thought I'd be digging a silver dime and a wheat based on what I was seeing and hearing...glad it was two dimes instead! The Walker had a slightly bent 4-inch rusty nail next to it, and other than causing me to pinpoint off a bit, it was a solid half signal...I had already dug the Kennedy half (my first), so I was thinking No Way! Two halves in one hunt is a first for me! As a matter of fact, this is my biggest one day silver total in 14 years of hunting. The only iffy signal today was the indian head penny (1881)--it was a little choppy and rang in the mid to high 50s. For today's hunt I used a 4K program with the following settings:
4K
Disc 6
Full tones
React 2 / Silencer 0
Sens 82
GB 78
Notch 6-30
All silvers rang up in their respective known silver zones--dimes bounced between 73-81. Halves bounced between high 80s and mid 90s.
For most of my targets today I switched between this program and the bottlecap program CZ recently posted (http://www.findmall.com/read.php?83,2076844)--I did this before I dug each hole. The difference was quite significant. I used the following modified GM Power settings:
4K
Disc 20
Sens 83
React 2 - Silencer 0
I pretty much had the same results CZ posted but there was one other significant difference between the two programs: with the bottlecap program there was very little bouncing of VDIs on targets for the depth I was finding coins today. Whereas a merc would bounce significantly between 73 and 81 in my program, with the bottlecap program the VDI did very little bouncing...the merc for example would hit at a solid 77 for the most part--on occasion the VDI might stray to 76 or 78...so it was a pleasure to see a very stable VDI supported with a crisp clear silver signal. Both programs gave strong sounds, but the bottlecap program isolated and "popped" the coins (as CZ said) which made for an overall much better signal. Had I switched over to this program on the three holes I was expecting silver but got wheats instead, I'm almost certain I would have had a better handle on what was in the ground.
Because targets were relatively shallow for the Deus at this site, I need to do further testing in a more trashy environment with targets a little deeper. I'll post any updates to this program, but I am very encouraged with the results.
4K
Disc 6
Full tones
React 2 / Silencer 0
Sens 82
GB 78
Notch 6-30
All silvers rang up in their respective known silver zones--dimes bounced between 73-81. Halves bounced between high 80s and mid 90s.
For most of my targets today I switched between this program and the bottlecap program CZ recently posted (http://www.findmall.com/read.php?83,2076844)--I did this before I dug each hole. The difference was quite significant. I used the following modified GM Power settings:
4K
Disc 20
Sens 83
React 2 - Silencer 0
I pretty much had the same results CZ posted but there was one other significant difference between the two programs: with the bottlecap program there was very little bouncing of VDIs on targets for the depth I was finding coins today. Whereas a merc would bounce significantly between 73 and 81 in my program, with the bottlecap program the VDI did very little bouncing...the merc for example would hit at a solid 77 for the most part--on occasion the VDI might stray to 76 or 78...so it was a pleasure to see a very stable VDI supported with a crisp clear silver signal. Both programs gave strong sounds, but the bottlecap program isolated and "popped" the coins (as CZ said) which made for an overall much better signal. Had I switched over to this program on the three holes I was expecting silver but got wheats instead, I'm almost certain I would have had a better handle on what was in the ground.
Because targets were relatively shallow for the Deus at this site, I need to do further testing in a more trashy environment with targets a little deeper. I'll post any updates to this program, but I am very encouraged with the results.
Very nice!