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F2 false signals

msobeski

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I just bought a F2 and took it out today, it was picking up almost every coin as I walked. I dug a few holes and nothing, the pointer wasn't
even finding anything in the holes. I ended up digging about 20 holes that it was reading 20-88 on the scale and found not one coin. Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong or what is going on? I appreciate any help.
Thanks, Marc
 
Ghost signals.
You won't find anything in your holes if you continue to dig these.
Anything that bounces that much can be some kind of large piece of iron or other metal in the vicinity, and even if you knock out iron it can still bleed through the disc and show up like these signals.
The F2 can pick up bouncy and high tone signals up to a foot away from where this metal is actually laying in the ground.
If the soil is moist, this compounds the problem.
This could also be interference caused by a high amount of EM.
Power lines, buried or overhead, transmitting towers, wifi and even your cell phone can cause this.

Suggestions.
Make sure you tighten down the connection where the coil wire screws into the head unit.
Finger tight might not be good enough, use pliers.
A hassle I know, but do it.
Also make sure your coil wire is not loose and flapping over your coil.

If this is the only site you have hunted, try somewhere else.
I think high EM is the problem, here.
Turn the sense down a couple of bars.
You should still get good depth but it will quiet down some.
Quit digging these bouncy signals.
Look for a better place to hunt, and dig signals that are more stable...like ones that stay on one number or only bounce a couple.
If you want coins, quarters should be somewhere in the 78-83 range, usually 80--82.
Dimes, 70-73
Copper pennies, 70-71
Nickels, 30-33
Zinc pennies, 50-61.

Dig solid tones, and numbers that don't bounce much.

You have a lot to learn and it sounds like you are digging in the wrong place.
Keep trying, it gets better when you learn a little more.
 
When that happens on my F2 I turn down the sensitivity one or two bars.
Also it can happen to any detector so I don't think anything is wrong with yours.
 
Thanks, I have tried turning the sensitivity to 3 but didn't change. I had everything notched out except Nickel and Qtr, and nothing
but ghost signals. I am at a loss, also tried different areas. This is all with my 8" coil, going to try my 4" next.
Thanks again.
 
Is this phenomena occuring in one area only? If it is, there may be a particular form of iron/trash causing this. Bouncing signals 20-88, as mentioned by Reiver, are not indicative of a coin signal. Roughly speaking, a coin signal should not vary by more than 5 ID numbers, up or down on the ID scale. Also, air test the unit on coins to ensure there are no issues with the unit.
 
Good call with the small coil. I haven't taken my F2 out for a long time, but as I recall It was very good at locking on to numbers with very little bounce, maybe one or two at most. Trash was bouncing all over 5, 10, 20 or more. I usually ran max sens unless there were power lines close. Depth suffered when I backed off the sens. Be sure to check from 90 degrees and make sure you are swinging exactly centered over the target to find ID number. Pin point and detune pin point if need be.
Thoughts by Tom
:cool:
 
I took my 4" coil out for about 10 minutes and found a hose end and a nail in the same hole about 3 inches down, rang up as a dime. Might be doing something wrong w/ my 8". I will keep trying, thanks for all the help.
 
If the hose end is brass/high conductor type metal, then reading as a coin is normal. Plus the nail combined with it would possibly 'up average' the ID numbers, pushing the reading into the dime region. This would be the way the machine is supposed to react.
 
Wanted to give an update. I was able to get out for 3 hrs and spend some time with my new F2. It was doing just fine with
the 8" coil, fond some coin and some interesting other items. I guess I just needed to get used to it.

Thanks for all your help! I enjoy reading everyones hunting stories and look forward to many more myself.
Have a great week everyone!
 
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