Falsing - Or am I just Mr Metalica?

[LCDigger]

First post NEWBIE here!

I've had my Safari for 3 weeks. I live in NH. Except for the the last few days, most of my detecting since I bought it has been on east coast FL beaches. As further background, I also have a White's Spectrum that is nearly dead that was great coinshooter and have used some other detectors over the last 18 months. Florida was good to me as I found a running Ladie's Timex and cheap bracelet plus a small handful of newer coins (my user Id should be Miss MoneyPenny based on most finds - LOL). The Safari is a deep hunter, but I am having some issues.

Anyway, I just keep getting too many false signals from my stash. My sand scoops and anything else I have with me that is metallic seems to set the thing off intermittently whenever I sweep more than a foot or so past my left leg. Sometimes I really think it is picking up the stuff I have in my pockets. I get a one time reading and then it is gone when I hone in on the location. I don't have any plates in my head (yet), but all those falsies are driving me nuts.

Since it is new, and I'm pretty new to the hobby, I'm running it stock on the settings for coin/jewelry. Low/High trash setting doesn't seem to make any diff.

Input is 'preciated :>

LC

 

[bunker314]

Hi LC,
I feel for you with the falsing. I don't hunt the beach that much but I have noticed the Safari picking up my shovel or scoop. I hold it horizontal or behind my back just to make sure I don't pick it up. Have not had a problem with it picking up stuff in my lowe's apron. I haven't tried it yet, someone may know better...turning down the sensitivity since you are on the beach and most finds will not be too deep. That may help. I do swing a large arc, keeping the coil flat the whole way. Make sure you don't lift it at the end of the arc.
Good luck with the Safari, I think you are going to like it!
I know others will chime in soon.
HH,
Bunker

 

[hershey1]

Sounds like mine when I leave my probe on. Make sure your coil connection is tight(not with tools) if that does'nt help then shake your coil wire to see if you get any noise. Being new does'nt mean something could not have happened during shipment. Do you have another coil you could try just to eliminate a bad coil? Make sure there is no metal under the coil when noise canceling. Run it a while without the coil cover. If you don't get the problem resolved call Minelab because the coil is just warrantied for 1 year. Good luck.

 

[Dave400]

My machine also picks up all nearby metal.Even when I'm pinpointing with my propointer if I have my safari to close it will start going off.I move my machine way back to stop it.This machine is very sensitive.You can't put it by anything it WILL go off.Even at tot lots I can't get it close to the equipment it starts buzzing.A good signal will repeat.Took a while to get used to the sensitivity.But it's a coin magnet.I used it at the beach( freash water ) quite a bit works great.Found coins at 11 inches in the sand.You will get used to it .Then the fun begins. good luck

 

[LCDigger]

Thanks for all the input! Looks like I'm not the super hero Mr Metallica after all. (I was disappointed I couldn't fly anyway.)

I have a scoop with a long aluminum handle that I use on the beach and I can't get that far enough away to stop falsing. My handscoop is probably all ferrous metal, so less interference and I can tuck it behind my back. Unfortunately, that means more bending over to dig for those frequent pennies and clads. I'm going to build my own scoop from something that isn't metallic. Sometimes I wear boots with metal eyelets and I suspect they set it off as well.

There's a storm here in the Northeast tonight, so I'm probably going to drive the hour to get to the beach tomorrow. Anyone going to the Hampton/Rye NH area tomorrow?

 

[bunker314]

Best of luck, hope to see some pix soon!
HH,
Bunker