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need help with my x-70 !!!!

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Goes4ever

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I had an great place to detect today and my x-70 went nuts! It was going crazy non stop and nothing I did helped. I tried every channel of noise cancel several times and it simply would not calm down. I lowered sensitivity clear down into the single digits that did not help. Seems like there is some kind of electrical interference coming from somewhere overhead. I went all over this farm and it was the same no matter where I went!

I got my ace 250 out and tried it and had the exact response with it, I am just going to have to skip this yard? I want to detect this place real bad, it is a 100+ year old farm house the guy have lived there over 40 years and no one has ever detected there. WHAT can I do???

I walked across the street and immeadiately the detector calmed down, so it is something in that yard. Please if you have any ideas at all let me know!
 
Could he possably have an electric fence for his dog?
 
yes he does but it does it everywhere, He showed me where the fence was at and it still goes nuts no matter where I am at. I have detected other yards where they had electric dog fences and I had no problem at all
 
I wonder if different brands of dog fences have different frequencies? Maybe you could ask him to turn it off for 5 minutes and see if the helps. I have no idea how far away from them you would have to be for the interferance settle down.
 
For quite a few years my brother and I tried and finally got permission to hunt a 100+ year old ranch. The same thing happened to us, our machines would not settle down no matter what we did. I was at the time using an MXT and my brother his DFX. We tried different coils and setting to no avail. We never did figure it out. 100 yards from the ranch house, same type of vegetation and dirt...no problems. Don't know, maybe some vein of highly mineralizied soil just under the surface in that particular area.
 
I would try the small coil, sometimes that is the only option left if the stock coil is picking up interference.
HH
 
Same thing for me. I asked if the fence could be turned off and was granted that request. Was able to detect then.
 
me and my son had the same problem with several old yards in our town. we simply could not hunt them. my tesoro v and my son's xterra 70 both went nuts in the yards. i think many years ago something was dumped and spreadout in the yards.
 
If the detector acted up with the coil suspended, and not just with the coil on the ground, then I'd bet it is something in the air. EMF, RFI, etc. Could be anything from the electronic dog fence to being in the line of site for some high freq communications signal. Like some mentioned, I'd explain the situation to the property owner and see if he could turn off the fence for a few minutes. Just to check the detector. If he is willing to do that and it stops, at least you found the culprit. If he offers to leave it off while you hunt, more the better. HH Randy
 
went back today, asked him to turn off the fence.........BINGO! I was able to hunt!!!

I had about an hour an a half, managed 6 wheats, 1909, 1910 were the earliest and also got a 1903 Indian. All real deep, signals were very poor, I need to do another visit in the future
 
you got close to an electrical fence using DC current or something pulsating. Accept that you can't detect there and move on. I have also hit a few places like that. HH, Mike
 
Bavaria Mike said:
you got close to an electrical fence using DC current or something pulsating. Accept that you can't detect there and move on. I have also hit a few places like that. HH, Mike
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lol, did you read my post above yours?
 
Great news, I am glad that you had a good hour hunt and good luck there next time.
 
I have had that exact problem. In my case it happens when I leave my pinpointer on. Drove me out of the field then I felt foolish for having forgotten to turn it off. I have the new Garrett pinpointer now so that wont be happening again.

lpb
 
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