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DeepTech

super tuned Vaq?

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Calif_quake

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I run my vaq on normal "park settings " that 53 silver prescribes in his vids, For the most part i work parks, various grass areas and ball fields. Perhaps I should try supertuning this thing and try it out. I do have some questions on his video.

1. First thing I am not sure of how that raising the threshold increases depth but I will take your word for it. So am I to assume that in super tune mode the higher the threshold the better?
2. Now I understand that he is just doing this as a demo and for all intents and purposes he has planted the coins for the purpose of a demo and knows what they are, But in a "real world" hunt wouldn't he rotate the discrimination clockwise to further investigate what might be there? I didnt see any of this mentioned on the video.

3 I also notice that he starts out just about all metal. Would it not be super tuned had he raised the discrimination higher say above nickel? Why not set the discrimination higher?

Just trying to understand is all:)
 
Supertuned is threshold all the way clockwise.Tesoro has had only certain model detectors that respond to this increased threshold supertuning feature.If you want to go deep in a area it is best to supertune because it will add a alot more depth.The disc can be moved anywhere and it stays supertuned.Once supertuned you cannot hit the all metal pinpoint button,because then you would get the loud fully clockwise threshold blast in your ear!.Then set the disc were you want.:O
 
I may be wrong, but I have found turning the threshold knob anywhere past the 3:00 position doesn't seem to do anything extra and I suspect might just end up using more battery power so that is as far as I will ever set it.

The reason it is said supertuning will go "deeper" is because very faint and almost inaudible signals will now become louder and more like shallower targets so you can hear them better.
A little harder to judge distance when supertuned since most signals will sound similar, but you will ultimately acquire more signals overall.
 
If you read the manual on the Vaquero under supertuning.Proper supertuned setting is threshold all the way clockwise for full supertuned effect.Now come back with something else? :O
 
SpiritRelic said:
If you read the manual on the Vaquero under supertuning.Proper supertuned setting is threshold all the way clockwise for full supertuned effect.Now come back with something else? :O
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Just my opinion and something I have observed in the field.
Lots of videos and posts out there from other owners that seem to think the same, but to each his own and it is just a matter of personal preference.

The manuals on both my Vaq and my Compadre also tell me to turn that disc knob up to the fade out point to figure out a signal, but in my experience it seems to be much more accurate on both to turn past the fade out point and then turn down to the area where the signal comes in, and I seem to get more info by listening to exactly "how" that target comes in, too.
Except on high tone targets, of course.

I am just the kind of person that takes everything I hear with a grain of salt, try all kinds of things in the real world and come to my own conclusions.
This is a hobby, not a job, and everyone should just do it the way that makes it the most enjoyable for them.
 
53 silver went over supertuning, but I don't think he explained it very well. I been using his 'standard park settings" up until now.
 
Sent you another PM about this video.
He explains it pretty good, just do what he says and GB in all metal with the thresh at 12 or 1:00, switch to disc and turn your sense as high as you can go without chatter and the thresh turned up to at least 3:00 like he and I do it or all the way like SpiritRelic says.
More and clearer targets should be the result.
 
Calif_quake said:
another thing. when it comes to super tune does it really matter that i am using the stock coil?
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Don't think so.
Seems to work the same for me with both my stock coil and my 10X12 DD.
Next season I will get a smaller sniper coil for my Vaq and I assume it will work on that one too.
 
Calif_quake said:
I run my vaq on normal "park settings " that 53 silver prescribes in his vids, For the most part i work parks, various grass areas and ball fields. Perhaps I should try supertuning this thing and try it out. I do have some questions on his video.

1. First thing I am not sure of how that raising the threshold increases depth but I will take your word for it. So am I to assume that in super tune mode the higher the threshold the better?
2. Now I understand that he is just doing this as a demo and for all intents and purposes he has planted the coins for the purpose of a demo and knows what they are, But in a "real world" hunt wouldn't he rotate the discrimination clockwise to further investigate what might be there? I didnt see any of this mentioned on the video.

3 I also notice that he starts out just about all metal. Would it not be super tuned had he raised the discrimination higher say above nickel? Why not set the discrimination higher?

Just trying to understand is all:)
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Hi Calif_quake
A few things about "Super Tuning". The goal of course is to squeeze all the depth you can out of the your "V", while maintaining a stable signal. The reason you can achieve a bit more depth by raising the Thresh hold to 3:00 or higher is at lower settings the tone will diminish as your target gets deeper, which in most hunts is a good way to judge depth. At 3:00 I can get a solid tone to max depth which, for me is an advantage. You may not find much change beyond 4:00. I can get a fairly accurate idea of depth by raising the coil. The lower Disc setting can also help with depth. In many detectors, as you begin to raise the Disc, you can loose depth, as much as 1
 
In my experience the sweet spot is right around the last O in Tesoro. I get a good modulated audio. no loss of depth, and I can run my sen usually wide open. When I try to run my threshold wide open, I can't run my sen wide open or it starts to chatter. In my air test "supertuned " is no deeper than the setup I just discribed.
 
I have the Tejon and was wondering if this supertune can be done on it?

Ron in WV
 
WV62 said:
I have the Tejon and was wondering if this supertune can be done on it?

Ron in WV
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No the tejon is factory Supertuned.On the Vaquero threshold fully clockwise.I don't go buy a o setting,i go by the book.The book says threshold all the way for supertune,the most clockwise setting. :nono:
 
i found a secluded foundation of what was either a house or building. I will run super tuned and see what I come up with
 
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