Jim upstate NY
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Took it out with the 5 inch coil into a newer spot this AM, ran in coin mode and conductive.. Auto sens still wants me to run at 14, not sure why that is it does it in the iron and even in clear ground.. but I get no depth at all in auto so forced into manual at 22.
Anyway I managed to find a 57 dime and a couple wheat pennies, still had to hunt slow in the iron, after getting a digable target I would sweep fast and at most get a false sounding signal... When I got home I headed across the street and tried the X8, now the X8 makes it about as stable as I have had it.. my good old X8 coil.. newer ones don't seem as stable.. anyway this time I adjusted the coin mode and opened up a bit more bottom right down to about the 22 ferrous area, and closed up the top a hair on the 1-36-39 line as I am getting a lot of rusty tin cans lids and can rings hitting up there.. anyway right away I get a solid 20-46 reading and it pretty much remained there even opening up the quick mask screen, sounded very deep, but was only maybe 6 inches, but did end up being a 1827 large cent.. I didn't think of trying to switch to coin mode, I should have but wasnt expecting a coin at that reading, but I don't think it would have come in on the coin program.. seemed to be pretty stable with not too much iron falsing, but did dig a couple solid button piece of flat iron bouncing around the screen.. think it will be usable with this pattern..
But again we are forced forced into using one, in a high trash area.. anyway I hunted the iron slow, and found 4 wheats and some clad.. the ring I got last target just as it was getting too dark to see.. dug a few bullets and shot gun shells, just dug all the signals that came in solid.. One thing I notice is all the targets sound pretty much the same as far as volume, deep and shallow all sound deeper too me than they end up being.. my gain at factory 24. Oh yeah, wait till you get over a aluminum can top.. talk about a sweet signal... you need to be in sizing pinpoint or they will pinpoint down to a dime size.. Not shown is the bag o trash, and clad... Although surprisingly again I am getting very few pulltabs, I am geting signals from them when I see them on teh ground, but have only dug a few.. have yet to find a nickle... they reading different than air tests?
Anyway I managed to find a 57 dime and a couple wheat pennies, still had to hunt slow in the iron, after getting a digable target I would sweep fast and at most get a false sounding signal... When I got home I headed across the street and tried the X8, now the X8 makes it about as stable as I have had it.. my good old X8 coil.. newer ones don't seem as stable.. anyway this time I adjusted the coin mode and opened up a bit more bottom right down to about the 22 ferrous area, and closed up the top a hair on the 1-36-39 line as I am getting a lot of rusty tin cans lids and can rings hitting up there.. anyway right away I get a solid 20-46 reading and it pretty much remained there even opening up the quick mask screen, sounded very deep, but was only maybe 6 inches, but did end up being a 1827 large cent.. I didn't think of trying to switch to coin mode, I should have but wasnt expecting a coin at that reading, but I don't think it would have come in on the coin program.. seemed to be pretty stable with not too much iron falsing, but did dig a couple solid button piece of flat iron bouncing around the screen.. think it will be usable with this pattern..
But again we are forced forced into using one, in a high trash area.. anyway I hunted the iron slow, and found 4 wheats and some clad.. the ring I got last target just as it was getting too dark to see.. dug a few bullets and shot gun shells, just dug all the signals that came in solid.. One thing I notice is all the targets sound pretty much the same as far as volume, deep and shallow all sound deeper too me than they end up being.. my gain at factory 24. Oh yeah, wait till you get over a aluminum can top.. talk about a sweet signal... you need to be in sizing pinpoint or they will pinpoint down to a dime size.. Not shown is the bag o trash, and clad... Although surprisingly again I am getting very few pulltabs, I am geting signals from them when I see them on teh ground, but have only dug a few.. have yet to find a nickle... they reading different than air tests?