After hearing so much about the 1280x that its a work horse in fresh water. I took the plunge and bought one. Living here in central Minnesota i was just wondering where i should set the setting for disc. and sensitivty any help would be apppreciated am just using this machine for wading in the lakes thanxs for your help. have 3 weeks vacation coming up and want to use this puppy
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QUESTION ON 1280X
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is to either take some foil, and airtest that to see where Foil is on the dial disc., or, borrow a few thing gold rings and repeat the same airtest.
HH from Allen in MI
HH from Allen in MI
Built like a tank workhorse for fresh water has been around forever..I would get some gold jewelry and test where it breaks off. Guess it depends what you are looking for as small chains etc. are tough to pick up and to get them would have to set in an area where fishooks, bobbi pins would drive you crazy.Indeed make sure it picks up even low foil lest you miss some nice small jewelry..all a matter of your personal preferences...basically if its real slow might run it down to minimum and catch stuff other detectorists miss..Some areas are hit real hard, but do make sure it will pick up small foil and you should do well. Remember if you find a gold medallion drop the disc. down and scour the immediate area well as the chain that held it may lurk close by...water hunting is an art and is really exhausting so eat your wheaties...always felt one hour in water was worth 3 on land as its rough on the body even in shallow water..gosh their is an excellent book on the 1280 that is out of print, but might find one at a Fisher dealer as some keep a copy of older books, field tests etc...
I run mine at 0 disc & very high sensitivity. I dig most every repeatable signal (I do dig a lot of junk). I have a small beach at the end of my road I've been in for years I sometimes
will run at full sensitivity and 0 disc. and swing very slowly swinging real slow eliminates most of the falsing and I've gotten some silver, clad and jewelry that I would have missed (if you do this in order to pinpoint you have to turn down the sensitivity once you get the target uncovered a few inches).
Good luck,
Troy
will run at full sensitivity and 0 disc. and swing very slowly swinging real slow eliminates most of the falsing and I've gotten some silver, clad and jewelry that I would have missed (if you do this in order to pinpoint you have to turn down the sensitivity once you get the target uncovered a few inches).
Good luck,
Troy
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DVMY, I was thinking of the 1280 myself, what made you choose this machine over the cz20 or any other machine. Your thoughts appreciated.
Jeff
Jeff
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DVMY, I was considering the 1280 myself. What made you choose the 1280 over the cz20 or any other machine? You thoughts appreciated, Jeff