Went to a completely trashed-out park, that has been hit by every person who owns a detector for 50 milles around. (OK, so that might be stretching it, a bit.) I've hunted it quite regularly, and have found a few good targets, but those have dropped off, recently. I felt this would be a good place to test the Kruzer Kapabilties. Of course, since the detector is new to me, and I'm far from even being competent with it, I look forward to getting much better results. Anyway, started out with basic settings of 3 tone, 14 kHz, "normalized" ID scale, and default gain. GB came in at around 77, which is pretty benign around here. This park was established in the 1950s and apparently they hauled in tons of sand to lay over the desert floor, so they could get grass and trees to grow. GB for most places around here will be in the mid- to high-80s. Anyway, the first good target I found was a Jeff nickel. I found pinpointing and depth reading to be quite accurate. Like most parks, this one is full of beer bottle caps and pull tabs of every description. Last night, I made a copy of the Target IDs page out of the manual, cut out the US coin part and laminated it, so I could carry it with me, to enable me to know what the various coin IDs were. The IDs I received were not all that "clear" and unambiguous; but, if I got an ID that "averaged" where the chart said a coin should be, I dug it. And, it worked out quite well. My keeper totals for about 1 1/2 hours were:
-2 clad quarters
-6 Jeff nickels
-6 Zinkers
-1 copper memorial cent
and
-2 Wheaties.
The Wheaties were both around 6". The first one I dug IDed in the dime range and was a good, strong signal. The second one was just a whisper, with no ID. I was quite surprise when it popped out of the ground
.
And, of course, I dug a lot of junk, that IDed as junk. Just to make sure.
I'm going to study the manual again, tonight, and go back tomorrow.
I love the wireless headphones. No cords to get hung up on. I find the buttons a bit stiff to push and in the really junky environment, the detector hardly ever went silent. A smaller coil would probably be in order.
-2 clad quarters
-6 Jeff nickels
-6 Zinkers
-1 copper memorial cent
and
-2 Wheaties.
The Wheaties were both around 6". The first one I dug IDed in the dime range and was a good, strong signal. The second one was just a whisper, with no ID. I was quite surprise when it popped out of the ground
.
And, of course, I dug a lot of junk, that IDed as junk. Just to make sure.
I'm going to study the manual again, tonight, and go back tomorrow.
I love the wireless headphones. No cords to get hung up on. I find the buttons a bit stiff to push and in the really junky environment, the detector hardly ever went silent. A smaller coil would probably be in order.
