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hi everybody I have a BH quicksilver and ...

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antibeous

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I have had it for something like 10 years but never really used it till now. working to much and the like. anyway, it seems like every signal I get is iffy at best I in fact just named my machine "beep boop" be cause thats the way it sounds no matter what it finds. copper pennies register under the nickle/alum, zinc/alum, and coins tabs. zinc pennies do the same and dimes, and so on. the only strong signals I ever get is pop cans; always a strong coins signal with pop cans. is this a pretty general thing with quicksilver or do you think its because my detector is old. I also realize you get what you pay for. Im getting quite upset and not having much fun with this machine

any help is appreciated thanks all
 
I'm not sure what you've got, is it this?

http://www.detecting.com/products/product.cmdl?c=a7cc4f5a2c3c4020

Our BH Quicksilver is very similar to the Pioneer EX.


The PEX/Quicksilver platform was introduced in spring of 2003, and the products typically retail in the $90-130 range. They are very light weight and easy to use and will typically detect coin-size objects out to about 6 inches or so in the air, and in an air test coins do fall in the correct category out to about 5 inches or better. Targets (or the searchcoil) must be in motion for target to be detected. Cans, being much larger, give a much stronger signal, and will usually fall in the zinc and higher regions the same as they do on other detectors. A given target on a single sweep past the searchcoil gives a single beep with a single pitch indicative of the target ID. In most ground the depth and ID performance will come close to what you get in the air, but in highly mineralized ground the ID will bounce around and there will usually be a reduction in depth as well. Highly mineralized ground also reduces the performance of other metal detectors, this limitation is not peculiar to the Quicksilver.

To say that the BH Quicksilver is a good target ID machine in its price range misses the point that it's the only target ID machine in its price range made in the USA, unless you count our somewhat similar "1000 series" products which have been sold under several different trademarks though usually at a slightly higher price. I'm not aware of any imports which offer comparable performance and features at the Quicksilver's price tag.

Most Quicksilver owners are quite happy with it. It is of course an entry level machine, and its performance and features do not match those of the $150-and-up target ID models which use entirely different circuit and software platforms.

--Dave Johnson
Chief Designer, FTP-Fisher
 
I have the same machine and when I first started out with it I experienced similar results. Even though these are "turn on and go" type detectors there is still a bit of a learning curve with them. If you have not recently read the owners manual that came with the machine go ahead and look at it again. If you no longer have it you can download it from the Bounty Hunter site. As far as any tips I can give on this would be first off make sure the cable coming from the control box is not loose and flopping around. The manual shows the recommended way to do this. Make sure the coil is parallel to the ground and that you are not lifting or arcing it upward at the end of your swings. Try for a sweep speed of about 1 to 1 1/2 feet per second and overlap the swings by about half of the coils diameter. Good batteries, etc. If I am looking just for coins I tend to "notch" out Iron and depending on how trashy the area is might even take out the zinc and nickle. I know when set up like this I lose the newer zinc pennies and nickles however this cuts down on digging pull tabs and the like. Also don't run it in maximum sensitivity for a while until you get use to it. As to targets that the ID bounces all over on go ahead and dig a few just to see what they are. I've had times when they are really rusty iron and other times they are multiple targets of iron pieces and coins. You just never know until you dig a few of the up. Above all else take your time, have fun, and learn the machine. They do find coins, jewelry and the like. I know after the first few times I went out with it and didn't think so but I kept up with it and my finds are much better. Do I still find junk? Sure but that is part of the fun of this hobby as the next find could "be the one". I'm know there are many others on the forum that have much more expertise than I do but hopefully this will at the least get you headed in the right direction.

Jeff
 
Like Jeff said it just takes a bit of "stick time" to be able to recognize what is a good target and I used mine very little for a few years then got into the hunt recently and was pleased with the performance of the BH, I now have two other newer detectors, one is a Head Hunter Pirate for water and beach and the other is a Bounty Hunter Pioneer 505. Each has it's place and I sold my older BH to a friend and he likes it's simplicity and quick set up. So keep at it and enjoy! You never know when the big hit will come.

Mike
 
i have a bh quick silver , its my first one , i am pleased with it , i find alot of junk under iron and pulltabs to but i do find coins with and rings with to . for me its a great beginners machine
 
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