Pushing A Detector To It's Limits Of Being A Little Erratic Pros & Cons

[Bill G]

Just a thought, some pros & cons on maxing out a detector to the point of being a little erratic.

Sometimes when we set up a detector for max depth buy cranking the sensitivity to the edge of being erratic or slightly erratic behavior for the sake of depth it can just plain wear you out listing to the noise. This can cause us to miss targets because we do not hear them over the chatter so turning the sensitivity down a little to stabilize things lets us hear the targets better. It also allows for less fatigue during a long days hunt at minimum or very little depth loss over all considering the detector is now running smooth and stable allowing us to pay attention to what were hearing in the headphones instead of trying to filter good target signals through erratic background noise in the headphones. Pushing a detector to its limits is not always the best way to go nor does it always get us more depth.

In all reality the ground conditions along with the ground balance of the detector dictates the total usable sensitivity gain we can get over all out of the detector.**** Depth is really a side affect of these variables anyway and is subject to change based on any changes in the ground conditions, ground balance of the detector or sensitivity settings of the detector.

Happy & Safe Hunting To All,
Bill G

 

[Larry (IL)]

Well said Bill, a smooth running, stable detector will almost always win in the long run and you get to keep your sanity too............ I have hunted both ways over the years and a noisy detector is mentally exhausting and not any deeper.

 

[JohninNC]

Every so often you hit this place where the soil conditions are a bit tough. I have found that if I crank it up, even though it's noisy (what I call the edge of insanity) I can break through and get targets. Doesn't work everywhere but sometimes it does. It's good to test the limits of the machine and the soil conditions and run at or near the limit for the best results. Every once in a while, running on the edge of insanity can get you some more targets.