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help with bounty hunter 2200

littlem9998

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hi my name is John
i was wondering if any body can tell me with a honest answer what i have to do to quite get false readings on my 2200 i am new to this i read things about it where it is a good detector but has it;s quirk good or bad please try to give me an answer thanks john
 
It's easy to get overwhelmed with a new machine that has fairly quick response time and there's lots of explanations for falsing. My first detector back in 1981 would false if the grass had water beads from morning dew or after a rain. I had to wait for it to dry before I could detect.

My next purchase was for a much better detector and on one of our early outings with it, it too was going off everywhere, but it was dry out that day. I decided to dig every signal and in a very small area I found over a dozen small objects from old nails to equally old watch parts. That really taught me a lesson that the detector may not be falsing, but actually was showing me how littered with metal that area was.

My next big confusion was discovering our land was peppered with small natural iron grits and nodules. A signal I was chasing kept moving as I dug until it was literally everywhere. Out of frustration, I tried a large magnet in a sandwch baggie, and I dragged it through the soil and in short order it had accumulated a few dozen of the tiny culprits.

So maybe try to determine if you can move somewhere the detector doesn't sound off as much so you can test it there. Toss down a few coins a foot or so apart and try to read them. Some junk items like nails, foil, pulltabs and so on would be good to test with too. If it's still misbehaving try lowering sensitivity. That's a good technique even where the detector seems to be falsing, as it introduces a "known" signal you can test against and compare to the falsing.

If you are hunting where there's lots of iron, and you also have iron disced out, some rusty nails or other junk targets might still sound randonly when they are on the edge of your coil. If disc is turned off, you'll be able to hear the iron and discover that was what was sneaking in on the coil edges. Because of that reason and others, I tend to hunt with no disc, so I hear all signals and I use the ID plus my best guess whether to dig it or not.

Make sure the basics are covered, such as good, fresh Alkaline batteries and that the coil is plugged in securely and the cable is not flapping around. Your shoes or clothes may have metal in them and every step might make a false signal. I own a couple of "hot" detectors, the T2 is one. If sensitivity is set too high for the ground conditions, it will let you know by its chatter. It can't always be used at "full throttle." The 2200 isn't really in that category, but sometimes a more sensitive unit gets built where its more sensitive than normal. EMI isn't usally an issue with it, either, but it might be something to watch for if where you're hunting is near power lines or other sources of EMI.

These are things you can check yourself. It's possible your machine is out of factory adjustment, it does happen. If trying my other suggestions don't help, you may need to contact the company to see what they think.

My 2200 is a good performer and I had no falsing with it at all. Though it did pick up the iron bits in my soil, I knew all about them by the time I tried out the 2200.

-Ed
 
i have a 2200 and i love it now when i first got it i didn't like it as much as i do now in time it proved to me it can hang will big dollar detectors which i never thought was possible i got it as a gift and asmost imediately started looking for a replacement. after using it it proved so well that im not looking to relace it anymore.

the detector is sensitive to emi really sensitve if it starts chatting at me i just stop for a few seconds put the coil on the ground and wait for it to stop freaking out lol

the detector will false some times if u swing to fast or stop suddenly but "falses " will not repeat

the detector's id tends to bounce a bit. on a penny especially if its older may bounce between zinc and 1c or 1c- 25c depending on the year and composition

id depth is based on a quarter size object so if its a penny reading 3" its liekly just under the surface if it reads 7" then it prob 4-5"

2200's like to be swung slow i swing mine 3 sec right to left doing this has proved to be a great technique and has increased my finds

it is very sensitive at max sensitivity it will pick up a staple at 5" so it might be beneficial to run lower sen default or lower depending on the area.


goodluck u have a great machine get to know it and it will be good to u i know mine is going to stay with me for life its earned that place in my arsinal
 
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