First off, try that test in all metal (iron mask wide open) and you'll find that the recovery speed nearly doubles when you don't discriminate the iron. Second when you're in dense trash, it is always a good idea to swing from left to right and then AGAIN swing from right to left (the opposite direction) across the same area you just swung across BEFORE taking a step forward and swinging the next patch. In the video he only swings across the nail first, had he swung across the coin first, that would change his results, same as if he was in all metal. So in trash, you want to swing slowly from both directions, with fast on, deep off, in all metal, with a coil JUST big enough to pick up your average deepie, and then do it again with smaller coils from different angles. I rarely ever hunt in anything but all metal and fast on, deep off......... even in less trash, because you never know when you will run across a target next to a nail and that can happen anywhere, not just in areas that are dense with trash. In most cases those are the targets left over in areas where other guys have so called pounded out. In every swing that you hear iron, swing across it from the opposite direction before you move on.
. Of course, since he will not tell you the point that with anti-lock brakes, one should not pump the anti-lock brakes for that very reason (they won't work properly), the video will just look like some spaz purposely smashed into a cement truck because of whatever model car he was driving.....Not that HE was driving it INCORRECTLY.
If you find coins at 8 or 10 inches that are of age, deep is definitely the way to go, if those same older coins are 7 inches or less, fast is the way to go. If you swing and hear 3 or 4 signals per swing go with fast and/or put on a smaller coil. From your post above, that all the CW stuff is pretty shallow, I would go fast on deep off, and probably go down to a SR 8 coil, AM auto sens, and with the new PRO coil I would go to manual sens as high as possible. You are right on track. Except for the deep on part. DIG everything above rusted iron nails especially your mid tones, bridal rosettes, shield nickels, and 1 dollar gold pieces, and especially the dreaded shotgun shell will all hit in the same areas. Remember that iron close by will drag those tones around a bit and just listen for a quality tone amongst the scratchy crap tones and you'll pull out stuff that will knock your socks off. But unless those tones repeat in four directions, don't dig, move on. If the tone doesn't repeat in all four directions but the tone in a couple of those directions is just so crisp and flutey, then go ahead and dig, you will probably find both iron and a decent target in that hole or a good target that is just nearly out of range (Deep); at the maximum capable depth of the detector on that day with your current lack of moisture content etc.
uke:. I was a little harsh saying that this guy had no clue, maybe he released the video prior to it being finished, who knows. As for the brand loyalty thing, I would metal detect with your unwashed
