question about trashy yards

[detectorfreak74]

in trashy yards an when I say trashy I mean when you walk on to the yard the threshold on the etrac nulls out and stays out till you walk off . So I bought a small coil 8 inch slim line and very cheap and used once buy previous owner, paid 80 dollars works well .Any way thats one option do I have any others for trashy areas

 

[rarysgaard]

I would go even smaller, 6" Excelerator or Sunray 5.5" coil and turn down some of the sensitivity.It will cut down on the masking and get better separation. Good luck.

 

[carcur]

even when nulled out if theres a coin or something that it thinks is a coin it sound off
found the back of a pocket watch one day in a completely nulled out area
just go really slow gives it time to figure out whats there
curtis

 

[stasys]

you can use original coil with the same success, first drop sensitivity till ten or even more if you use manual and if its starts to beep just few signals, raise it up. second very important use very little discrimination or dont use at all in ferrous. good luck Stasys

 

[McDean]

I agree with Stasys on lowering sens, and two tone ferrous with little to no disc. This will allow you to hear everything in the ground (no nulling) just dig the high tones... many have great luck with the two tone fe mode or TTF

Good luck and hope you pull some goodies out! A big silver under an iron pipe!

HH. Dean

 

[etracjoe]

TTF!!

 

[Goes4ever]

TTF is the answer in iron laden yards....and you don't have to lower sensitivity either

 

[CDDZ]

Low and slow is the way to go Or, I just break out my G2, thing is like a lazer

 

[detectorfreak74]

hey thx guys for the info I will try when the storm passes and the snow melts

 

[McDean]

Lowering sens in the trash is just a personal preference for me. I seem to get more accurate tone & # identification. too high sens with many targets in close proximity will tend to distort/ blend signals. I also lower gain a little in trash filled sites. Just a preference and as goes4ever said, you don't have to lower sens

HH and TTF is a beast! thanks goes for ever sharing that with everyone

 

[archer]

even when nulled out if theres a coin or something that it thinks is a coin it sound off
found the back of a pocket watch one day in a completely nulled out area
just go really slow gives it time to figure out whats there
curtis

I have tested with a dropped coin in very trashy areas and have found times it just will not register the coin when using the stock coin program. Of course, your mileage may vary.

Good luck, and happy hunting!

 

[utahshovelhead]

Hey Detector,
There is a difference between trashy and nulling out. If you are nulling out then try the two tone ferrous that Goes suggests (lots of post you can read bout that) If you are in trash and still have a threshold but lots of signals...use discrimination and clean out the yard methodically. Go for easy first then come back and go for difficult targets. Might even rake off the crap if I have to first to get some of the junk out of the way. TTF is good if the yard is nulled out on your machine.

Goodluck you freak, hehe I think Im a freak too!

 

[detectorfreak74]

thx u.s.h I will try that and yes we are all freaks and I up 13 silvers this year and one gold ring

 

[McDean]

One feature that would make TTF easier (for me) would be the ability to determine at what point I get high/low tone... I would move the split line to 27-28, 17 is just not cutting it for me...

Take note minelab... give users/consumers/supporters of your business the ability to modify where 2 tone/ 4 tone split OR choose factory preset... maybe put in "expert" mode

Dean