Sensitivity and the Sunray Pinpointer

[Coinseeker 78]

The other day as I was detecting a rather trashy area I found my pinpointer was extremely sensitive and would sound off by lightly rubbing it in the grass. In fact I dug some very deep holes because the pinpointer kept sounding off as if there was a target still in the hole and I gave up digging any further. The next day I ground balanced my SE and it settled down at a reading of 12. The pinpointer stopped falsing and I found targets in every dig. My hunting buddy uses the same settings as I do but he keeps his sensitivity set at 24. He finds more Silver than I do but his detector is an Explorer II. he also uses the same brand Pinpointer. Can there be that much difference between the SE and Explorer II sensitivity setting. Also is there a rule of thumb for loss of sensitivity settings based on the sensitivity.? I have found that The depth loss is not very much between a setting of 24 and 12. The lower setting gives me far less falsing and a more confident target reading but my friend thinks my ground balance setting is way to low and I am losing to much depth. I find with the extreme falsing of the pinpointer I am going nuts trying to find the target in the hole. What is your opinion and or answer to this problem. Thanks in advance

 

[dewcon4414]

I also hunt normally at 24 sensitivity and i use the SE. Yes sometimes my coil is very sensitivty. What seems to work for me is occassionally RESETTING to factory setting then putting my setting back in... much like rebooting a computer. Also when it gets sensitive i use my pinpoint to locate the target, that helps. You might try disconnecting and then reconnecting you coil cable where it goes to the box. Mine got loose and was causing a lot of falsing and chatter. 12 seems pretty low to me. Ive use it that low, but normally in trashy area where i want to hit targets just above the deep iron that was causing nulling.

Dew