Mick in Dubbo
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I've finally started to put a bit of time in on the XS over the last couple of week ends. I've had it out a few times before but haven't been particularly impressed with the visual information that the XS gives. Mostly the unreliable depth metre and both slow and inconsistent read outs of target id's.
On Saturday, I was having a bit of a think about how to get the most out of the smart find screen. I tried a grid type of layout drawn onto a clear bit of plastic and overlaid onto the display of the smart find screen, that was on page 69 of Andy Sabisch's book "Mastering the Mine lab Explorer XS&S". That didn't work too good, so I then just taped down a clear bit of plastic over the display of the XS. After that, grabbed one of each coin that I wanted to detect and waived it over the coil. As each target gave a consistent signal, I marked on the plastic, using a permanent marker, where each of these targets showed up on the smart find screen.
Mick Evans.
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On Sunday, I took the XS out to see how it would work. In short, just about perfectly. Doing this really helps finding the targets that I'm after without the penalties of using fancy and debilitating patterns. The end result. After a 90 minute hunt, I'd come up with 11 coins including my first silver one with the XS ( a 1945 sixpence) and only pull up 4 junk items! Outstanding.
Included are 2 photo's. One is of how I set up the plastic on the smart find screen and the second is of all recovered items for the hunt. Total=$9.91
On Saturday, I was having a bit of a think about how to get the most out of the smart find screen. I tried a grid type of layout drawn onto a clear bit of plastic and overlaid onto the display of the smart find screen, that was on page 69 of Andy Sabisch's book "Mastering the Mine lab Explorer XS&S". That didn't work too good, so I then just taped down a clear bit of plastic over the display of the XS. After that, grabbed one of each coin that I wanted to detect and waived it over the coil. As each target gave a consistent signal, I marked on the plastic, using a permanent marker, where each of these targets showed up on the smart find screen.
Mick Evans.
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On Sunday, I took the XS out to see how it would work. In short, just about perfectly. Doing this really helps finding the targets that I'm after without the penalties of using fancy and debilitating patterns. The end result. After a 90 minute hunt, I'd come up with 11 coins including my first silver one with the XS ( a 1945 sixpence) and only pull up 4 junk items! Outstanding.
Included are 2 photo's. One is of how I set up the plastic on the smart find screen and the second is of all recovered items for the hunt. Total=$9.91