safari all metal

[ngrelic]

I tried using the new safari in all metal while relic hunting a bit yesterday, got an almost constent barrage of low tones. I new it was ground noise. Any way to deal with this?

Barry

 

[Andy Sabisch]

That should eliminate much of the chatter and not loose and relics you might be looking for

 

[ngrelic]

Thanks Andy. I'm sure I'll have more questions before I learn the Safari's language. This is my first FBS machine.

 

[TomH]

Folks,

New member and new Safari user here. I'm a longtime fan of Minelab and have owned a Musketeer Advantage and an X-Terra 50. I'm a casual relic hunter living in the Gettysburg area and digging primarily in South Central PA and northern MD, with an occasional trip to VA.

I was out yesterday in three varying soil conditions and had the same thing happen frequently. A couple of questions...

1. I have had some seasoned diggers tell me to reduce the sensitivity to eliminate these hits. Will that cost me depth?

2. A good bud that is a lifetime Minelab user told me to always use relic mode, yet many relic hunters feel that they lose depth when using any discrimination and always hunt in all metal. Any thoughts?

Again, I am usually in fields that have been vacuumed over the years so depth is an issue.

Thanks in advance,
TomH

 

[ngrelic]

I have been using conductive tones and rejecting -10, -9, -8, sens. on 18. Getting great depth and no ground noise.

 

[TomH]

ngrelic,

Thanks for the reply. What is the benefit of using the conductive tones instead of the ferrous tones?

TomH

 

[ngrelic]

TomH,

I can distinguish the targets better in conductive tones. Others may hear the ferrous tones better. Iron will give a high pitch tone in conductive. Minie balls and musket balls are also high, but not as high. Brass items like eagle buttons give a lower tone, as will shotgun shells and .22 hulls. Small lead like buck shot and .22 slugs will give a lower tone also.

The Safari seems to love brass items. .22 hulls sound really good and I've just got to dig them. Minie balls 6" deep or less will hit hard and the display will usually lock at 33 or 34. At 8 or so inches a minie ball signal will start to break up and get "flutie" but you can still tell what it is. The funny thing is that I have dug a couple at 12" and got the same signal that I get at 10" or so..........You will have no problems with depth, at all. You just got to learn to listen to the tones, which I am still doing and will be for a while to come.

Barry

 

[Onus]

I am having trouble learning one set of tones and when I switch to al lmetal I get a new set! Dang confusing if you ask me. Oh, but you didn't did you? Onus.

 

[ngrelic]

Yeah, it is a bit confusing. I only switch to all metal and check the signal if it is a high tone in conductive audio and the numbers a jumping around alot.