Spectrum/XLT depth program question

[renegade_7]

I have been working an older ball field on and off this past year. The coin finds average depth is about 6-7in. and deeper. I have spent hours there and have found some nice silver quaters and dimes, a Buffalo, and many wheaties. I am sure there are more there, but I feel I just cannot reach them. I have tried different programs but lately (my past four trips) have come up empty. The recent finds were more of mixed signals, then pinpointing, and sometimes getting lucky. But with the hard Missouri soil, it's alot of work on a guess that may or may not pan out. If any of you use these type of detectors and have a deep program that does well, and don't mind sharing, please do. I am confident there is still more in that field waiting to be found. But then again, maybe not. Still want to try a bit more. HH to all.

 

[Monte]

and other make or model with visual Target ID. They will all have their limits as to how deep they might come close to "guessing" what the TID read-out ought to be. ALL of them are going to have trouble once they reach their limit of higher-percentage accuracy (which isn't all that good to begin with) and then it is up to the operator to LISTEN.

Listen for ANY audio response, be it strong or weak, crisp of broken, solid or 'iffy' or like you stated ... "... more of mixed signals."

Sure, some TID use is handy for many sites, but if you know they "just has to be" deeper targets at a site, then forget the Target ID and go after any and all audio responses that are least likely to be iron trash. All of them!

To accomplish that with the XLT, just as with any other make or model, you will want to use the biggest coil you can w/o losing responsiveness to small coin-sized targets. All the sensitivity you can. And the least amount of discrimination you can tolerate.

Also, turn Tone ID 'Off' to get better performance from those questionable targets.

Monte

 

[renegade_7]

Thanks Monte, I'll try it.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

I think I'm going to get a 12" Hot Shot coil for my XLT, should get another inch or so with it. 6-8" seems to be about max depth on coin sized targets with my stock 950 coil and the modified relic program I use. HH, Mike