pinpoint on a scorcher 5x10

[silverskidmarks]

Hi ya all.....just got a 5x10 garrett scorcher.was wondering where is pinpoint located on this..center? rear? front? ..hope to hear from someone.would like to hear all negatives and positives that anyone has experienced..and what to expect...thanks again

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

It's my favourite coil. No negatives at all.
You can pinpoint off either tip or watch the ground where you hear it beep, turn though 90 degrees and sweep the coil over the ground where you just were. Where you hear the sound at the intersection of the other sweep is the exact spot of the target.
The tones on the scorcher are great too
Mick Evans.

 

[metalhead]

Alright!Congrats on getting that 5"x10" double "D" search coil.My favorite search coil on any machine!Mick covers it quite well and offers some great advice, but allow me to ellaborate. Pinpointing with a double "D" search coil of any size is completely different than pinpointing with a concentric or coplanar "round" search coil. A round search coil typically has a receiving coil in the center, thus the pinpoint location is in the center of a round search coil. However, a double "D" searchcoil's receiving section runs along the middle of the search coil from toe to heel. Depth detection is relatively equal from the front tip of a double "D" search coil to the back tip. Therefore, a great method of pinpointing with a double "D" search coil is to simply press and hold the pinpoint button(upon coming across a likely target)move the searc coil from side to side until greatest signal strength and sound is reached. Then stop with the search coil resting on the ground when over the strongest signal strength(while continuing to hold the pinpoint button) and bring the coil slowly towards you. At the precise moment when the signal ceases the target will be exactly under the front of the coil(in front of the coil)OR do the opposite and push the coil away from you and the target will be directly behind the heel of the search coil. Whichever way you are most comfortable with. You can also pinpoint with a double "D" searchcoil without pressing the pinpoint button simply by moving the searchcoil side to side over suspected target and imagining in your head where target is relative to signal indication. Then bring the search coil towards you while continuing to swing from side to side. When the signal ceases, the target will be directly underneath in front of the tip of the search coil. I hope that I have not confused you any. Uncle Willy has a field test report on Lost Treasure Magazine online which covers the Garrett 10"x14" double "D" searchcoil. The same principles apply to the 5"x10". Here's a link:

http://www.losttreasure.com/node/2621

Best of luck to ya'!Happy Hunting!

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

Thanks for elaborating metalhead.
I actually deleted a lot of my post prior to posting it, as I realised that because our Aussie coins are different, both in size and material. I find that I'm far more easily able to identify coins from other targets by whipping the coil over the target and listen to how full the tone is. You'd probably have to turn the bell tone off to hear it though. Although the imaging feature is quite useful, it has a lot of trouble with our $1 coins, so I tend not to use it for that reason.
Mick Evans.

 

[silverskidmarks]

Hey thanks guys for all the info...I appreciate you taking the time..thanks..

 

[Uncle Willy]

This has been well covered but I'll throw in my two cents. DD coils emit a long, narrow, wedge-shaped signal the full length of the coil. There is no separate receiver for pinpointing as the DD detects as deep at either end as it does everywhere else so pinpointing is done off the center tip of the front or rear of the coil. Just center the target side to side then drag the coil straight back until the instant the signal stops. The target will be under the front center tip of the coil. The windings in a DD coil are like two letter D's laid flat and back to back with the spines overlapping each other a couple of inches. This determines the width and length of the signal. They cover a lot of ground and have good target separation but don't discriminate nearly as well as a concentic and they love bottlecaps. Hope this helps

Bill

The inventor of the coil was Don Dykstra but strangely the DD doesn't come from his initials but from the configuration of the windings. They are also known as wide scan coils.