How fast do you swing your coil?

[matthias]

I've always swung slow with my Minelabs compared to other brands. Is it possible to swing too slow resulting in depth loss? Thanks. Matt

 

[Ohio Dirt Fisher]

It depends on the site for me. Even with IM at 16 I start pretty slow in trashy sites and listen closely to my nulling. If my sensitivity is @ 24 or lower I'll still get the 6 to 8 inch stuff no problem. Using another method with all metals or wide open a slow swing brought up a clad quarter for me that was easily at 13" about 2 weeks ago but the area was probably fill and wasn't too trashy. I wondered at that time what a silver would be that deep as my signal was faint but very targeted and I hit that clad in the first plug. I know it's time to go home when I'm swinging like I'm on the golf course. By then the signals are so tight and repetitive that the machine can't catch up even in Fast and I'm usually too tired to slow it down.

Ed

 

[matthias]

I have been swinging my Explorer coil about 1 foot per second and slower. Matt

 

[Nuke em]

I used mine and my E.Trac at a pace of 1 swing every 2 to 3 seconds , on iron 4 seconds. It depends on settings too.

 

[john sullivan]

if trashy real slow, clean fast as you want. hear some beeps slow down.can cover alot of ground going fast.try going fast , i think you will be surprised.

 

[Ed (Upstate NY)]

n/t

 

[ED-NH]

I typically swing slow and cover my previous sweep. Have had lots of success that way. But, everyone is different and these minelabs seem to work well in all sorts of configurations and speeds.

 

[Dan-Pa.]

Personally slow is the way to go, however one young fellow in the club swings his mighty fast and goes as deep as any of us...
Of course he may have exceptional hearing to catch the pings and perhaps he knows something we don't relative settings...