How sensetive can one guy be?????

[oldranger]

Hi gang

Ok tot lot/playground GTI1500
with the sniper ( im bound and determined
that Ill learn to use it this year)

How hi can i go with Sens without going nuts??
I plan to dig most signals

Thanks as always for the help

Ron

Rangers
Lead
The
Way

 

[BigCatDaddy]

With the Sniper, as long as you're not right up next to playground equipment or sidewalks with rebar in them, you can crank it right on up to max if you want. If it falses on you at the limits of your swing, back it off till it stops. Remember, Sensitivity is a two way road, it makes your machine sensitive to the good things and the bad...like mineralization, salt, sand and such. More is not always better. Personally, I run mine at 7 or 7.5 and do just fine. You're not trying to make the Sniper a depth maven anyways, you just want it to sort amongst the trash and get up next to metal that the bigger coil will not. Also, the media that is in the playground will affect your machine as well. Pea gravel seems the worst for me. Sand is the easiest to work and bark chips can be tricky depending on how much moisture is in them. Personally, I hardly ever hunt tot lots anymore, maybe give them a quick once-over for a little battery money and then move on to more lucrative sites. BTW, if the tot-lots are sand or pea gravel, get yourself a short handled sand scoop, makes target retrieval much easier.

 

[oldranger]

Thank you Big Cat D... as always the info is
much appreciated .. I hunt the playgrounds a lot
here becuse in talking to people Ive found out Im
the only theyeve ever seen in most of them
Which is a GOOD thing for me ....

and It always strokes my ego cause i KNOW ill find SOMETHING there

Ron

RLTW

 

[Uncle Willy]

You can run it pretty high with the Sniper but if it becomes erratic crank it back down to a smoother level. That little bugger will get all the depth you need for coinshooting plus it will skip a lot of the junk. If you run it too high you may find yourself locating some of that junk.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah pea gravel here is a real bitch. I won't even hunt it as my tector goes nuts over it, but then it's volcanic pea gravel. What else would I expect.

Bill