Bell-Two said:
I was part of the discussion on Facebook on your post that has now disappeared, as Larry said it takes time to learn what it is saying. I came from an E-Trac so my learning curve was less than someone coming from an entirely different machine. I am a field hunter primarily so I deal with a lot of iron. My program is pretty simple combined with iron line at 25 fast off deep on. Use Ferrous coin and no descrimination. Target trace and target trace pinpoint. This works for me but I would never tell anyone it is the best for them. I have learned it is the tone that determines what to dig a screechy type of high tone even if it repeats is most likely iron....now I will sometimes still dig them because it might be an axe head or sad iron etc. tone can tell you a lot, a harmonic tone meaning one that gives a different tone as the coil comes off the target, "normally" means something not round .....now it may be a desirable target but most likely not a coin. The real test is when you get a high tone right in the middle of iron tones surrounding it. What I do is turn and see if it repeats. I will then slow and narrow my swing to isolate the high tone glance at target ID and then dig it....now can it may iron sure...but many times I pull out some nails or other bits of iron and I say to myself "No.that didn't give me that tone" and I will then find the high conductor that was giving the tone. Now it may still be a bit of brass ....or it can be a seated dime!
Interesting - I didn't know that conversation had disappeared. That's weird...I was just looking at it this morning actually. I came from the Etrac too, which I think is why I have been so surprised at how much of a learning curve it was. The interpretation on the screen, I think because of the target trace feature, is so much more involved than I expected. That's not a bad thing, just something I need to work on. Your setup is basically what mine is most of the time, although I've been branching out and trying new stuff lately hoping to find something that might make more sense. i have noticed that I get a lot of chaos and noise at 12-39 in Ferrous-Coin, which I was told is some kind of known issue. I know that when I change off of Ferrous-Coin that noise goes away (it's a visual noise on target trace, not an actual audible noise) so I have been trying to stay off of that for awhile for that reason.
You mentioned harmonic tones....this is going to sound stupid here so stick with me....I'm assuming you're talking about tones that have a BEE-BOO (HIGH-LOW) sound as you sweep over them, right?
In your (or anyone's) experience, is it common for an iron false to show up as you circle the target at different angles, or is it pretty much just one or two ways? It seems from Sube's videos that falsing on something like a straight nail is only common if you're going lengthwise.