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Overload lesson relearned

CT Todd

Well-known member
Today I was on a homesite in a cornfield and did very well but one of the targets reminded me to pay attention to the site. I was going along and encountered a signal that sounded good but was an overload with every sweep. In a lot of places I might have walked on thinking aluminum can but on this early home site any positive signal should be dug. I dug it and it was a child's shoe buckle only 3" down. Sometimes you need to be reminded. Wife could of told me that.
 
Ok... Question

I almost never dig overload signals I get that womp womp sound and move on even though I know they said in bootcamp to always dig them. How exactly does an overload signal sound good.. Maybe I have just not heard it yet but other than the womp womp sound am I missing something.
 
Once your machine goes into overload it sounds like it sounds but if you do a wiggle back from the target or just stay to the side of the target before it goes into overload you get a feel for what it is. You will know if its iron or not and maybe even get some numbers out of it. More important would be the tone. It really is site dependant. If I'm on a colonial site and or in the woods or a field then I dig them all and almost all the time they are junk. On a park or new site of whatever origin then I would think twice. Also maybe I'm on a Old site but its a lawn or Public Park and its very dry at the time I would limit digging there so not to tick off the owner or general public. Dead Brown Circles for no reason are a bad thing.

But here's the thing Breast Plates and Belt Buckles at shallow depths are overload signals.
 
Very nice! I learned a lesson on overloads myself. I dug the overload and it turned out to be a 1858 Remington .36 caliber Navy revolver still loaded.
 
Could someone explain what an overload with the XP sounds or looks like?

Thank you.
 
clockspring said:
Could someone explain what an overload with the XP sounds or looks like?

Thank you.

At the bottom and in the center of your horseshoe display there is a small oval that will turn brown when you get the overload sound in your headphones. This sound and how it works is adjustable in the menu system. Next time you start out from your car turn your coil towards the car and you will hear it.
 
Thank you for the information.
 
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