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Soccer Field Sidelines Program
- Thread starter Sleepyjim
- Start date
Jeff in Pa
Well-known member
Jim,
Just remember in all that clad there is all that junk. You will need a fast detector with a wide range of discrimination, unless you are also digging the junk.
Basic 1, adjust tones for the coins range, bump up the reactivity to 3 and swing away.
Just remember in all that clad there is all that junk. You will need a fast detector with a wide range of discrimination, unless you are also digging the junk.
Basic 1, adjust tones for the coins range, bump up the reactivity to 3 and swing away.
If you are not concerned about tiny targets or deep ones, drop your sensitivity to around 80.
Your coins and rings and large chains 0-4 inches will still hit hard but you won't get a bunch of EMI chatter or small target signals 6+ inches.
Another thing you can do is set the ground balance a few points positive. That way the real weak/deep signals will be ignored to a certain extent.
Example, your detector says the ground reading is 86-87, set the ground balance to 90 if you wish.
I use 18khz and set a notch from 0-42. The reason for that is I have yet to find any gold rings that rang in lower than 47-48. The aluminum seals for juice bottles ring in at 40 and are annoying because they are everywhere and give a nice solid signal.
Your shallow junk will usually give a jumpy or multi-tone signal (if you use 3-5 tones). Shallow coins and rings will give a solid one tone signal with few exceptions like pocket spill or broken ring.
This is just a general rule of thumb for the type of hunting you will be doing. I do the same style of hunting in a very productive soccer field where I have access privilege.
The reason I am not extremely thorough and use these settings is the massive size of the park and limited time I have to hunt.
No need to look for deep targets as I don't want the temptation to dig deep holes even though I have found a few coins (natural to the area) dating to the early 20th century.
Your coins and rings and large chains 0-4 inches will still hit hard but you won't get a bunch of EMI chatter or small target signals 6+ inches.
Another thing you can do is set the ground balance a few points positive. That way the real weak/deep signals will be ignored to a certain extent.
Example, your detector says the ground reading is 86-87, set the ground balance to 90 if you wish.
I use 18khz and set a notch from 0-42. The reason for that is I have yet to find any gold rings that rang in lower than 47-48. The aluminum seals for juice bottles ring in at 40 and are annoying because they are everywhere and give a nice solid signal.
Your shallow junk will usually give a jumpy or multi-tone signal (if you use 3-5 tones). Shallow coins and rings will give a solid one tone signal with few exceptions like pocket spill or broken ring.
This is just a general rule of thumb for the type of hunting you will be doing. I do the same style of hunting in a very productive soccer field where I have access privilege.
The reason I am not extremely thorough and use these settings is the massive size of the park and limited time I have to hunt.
No need to look for deep targets as I don't want the temptation to dig deep holes even though I have found a few coins (natural to the area) dating to the early 20th century.
