Hello it’s been quite a while since my last post. I could not locate the Beach Detector part of the forum so I posted this here.
Went out on the beach yesterday and all was good, detector running smoothly; or so I thought. The smoothest sounding threshold I had ever heard. No warbles, no tremble in the tone. One small target close the surface an oddly shaped piece of metal. Some sort of cam lock I figured.
No coins, but occasionally a buried can or large pieces of can slaw. About 30 minutes into the hunt I was down by the waters edge,still had that super smooth threshold that I was not used to. Then all of a sudden I heard a very loud sharp ping sound come thru the headphones.
Then it was like the detector had switched gears or something. I then heard the familiar sound of the tremble and crackle of the threshold that is described in the user manual as normal. I really don’t know if what I’m used to hearing is the exact way the sound of the threshold should be, but I’ve always had pretty good results finding just about any thing possible: rings,coins, artifacts,fishing weights,fishing hooks,and any sort of trash that occurs on the beach. Went out today and again very smooth sounding threshold and not detecting any targets. I gave up after 30 minutes because something was wrong. Tested on my wedding ring and would not pick it up until it was right on the detector coil and my scoop about a foot away. Cranked up the gain full and same thing. I think it is my coil... what do you guys think.? Sorry for the long rant.
Went out on the beach yesterday and all was good, detector running smoothly; or so I thought. The smoothest sounding threshold I had ever heard. No warbles, no tremble in the tone. One small target close the surface an oddly shaped piece of metal. Some sort of cam lock I figured.
No coins, but occasionally a buried can or large pieces of can slaw. About 30 minutes into the hunt I was down by the waters edge,still had that super smooth threshold that I was not used to. Then all of a sudden I heard a very loud sharp ping sound come thru the headphones.
Then it was like the detector had switched gears or something. I then heard the familiar sound of the tremble and crackle of the threshold that is described in the user manual as normal. I really don’t know if what I’m used to hearing is the exact way the sound of the threshold should be, but I’ve always had pretty good results finding just about any thing possible: rings,coins, artifacts,fishing weights,fishing hooks,and any sort of trash that occurs on the beach. Went out today and again very smooth sounding threshold and not detecting any targets. I gave up after 30 minutes because something was wrong. Tested on my wedding ring and would not pick it up until it was right on the detector coil and my scoop about a foot away. Cranked up the gain full and same thing. I think it is my coil... what do you guys think.? Sorry for the long rant.
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