TRX issue?

[cadman_us]

Used my TRX today for the first time. Having an issue with the TRX being sensitive at the tip but also being sensitive at the light with a dead spot between. In a deep hole I had issues with the area up by the light sounding off causing me to chase ghost signals in the hole.

I thought it was sensitive only at the tip area.

Anybody else noticed this?

 

[cosmic]

I believe they are all like that..

 

[yowow#1]

I can fully understand the tip, as a matter of fact i like that. But why would it be sensitivity near the light?

 

[LittleJohn]

Mine is the same way...didn't cause any issues recovering target's for me.

LittleJohn

 

[cadman_us]

I looked in the TRX manual, on Pg. 5 it doesn't show it being sensitive anywhere but the tip. Video showing issue.

Sensitivity issue?

 

[Rob (IL)]

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This is showing how it detects using the tip and not the sides. The key words are "area of detection". The only way it falses as you call it is if there was a target in the hole near the handle or you didn't use the ground grab so it didn't read the ground.

It is OK. The other pinpointers read from the tip all the way to the handle.:blush:

 

[burlbark]

It would not surprise me if it was sounding off back there. It is after all a small detector coil and detector coils are sensitive on the top and bottom.

To eliminate this it would take more engineering and the use of lead which I think is not really permissible in the USA

My propointer sounds off everywhere, I have to do a ground grab with it in order to have any semblance of sanity.

 

[Larry (IL)]

All metal detecting coils are sensitive on both ends (sides). With a little more practice, you will quickly learn how to use just the tip of the pinpointer to locate targets.

 

[basstrackerman]

A couple things may help. Change sensativity to level 2 that helps alot or detune .. That stops the top of coil to being sensative or handle area. Whites told me this trx is built from the mxt platform. Very powerful. So just use the pinpointer how you want change to sens level 4 to save digging and collect targets down to 4-5" deep and if you dont like all that power going down into a dug hole then just lower sens down to 2 or detune.

 

[cadman_us]

A couple things may help. Change sensativity to level 2 that helps alot or detune .. That stops the top of coil to being sensative or handle area. Whites told me this trx is built from the mxt platform. Very powerful. So just use the pinpointer how you want change to sens level 4 to save digging and collect targets down to 4-5" deep and if you dont like all that power going down into a dug hole then just lower sens down to 2 or detune.

The video was done at level 3, changed it to level 2 still sounds off in the middle, will try ratcheting/detune next time I am in the field.

 

[5900_XL-1]

I like the fact there's some side detection. There's times where I want to wave the last few clumps of dirt over the TRX just like I did on the GPP. Having to use only the focal point in front of the tip is clumbsy IMPO. Fact is, I've not had mine out in much of a real hunt yet since getting it, but when I did, I found I was wrongly waving dirt over the blank-zones on the sides. All in all this thing is amazing. I had my initial doubts at the start but unless it's reliability doesn't hold up...this PPr will be the king. martin

 

[TellYaWhut]

I think most handheld pinpointers give signal the entire length of the shaft. The TRX is hotter at the tip. I only know of one pinpointer that detects Only at the tip...not sure the brand, but its the waterproof one. The TRX is one of the deeper models.

 

[Woodchuck]

Sounds to me its working fine, even the popular Garrett pro pinpointer can detect off sides... It comes in handy like when there is target to side of hole etc and you missed it with tip etc. And after all it is a detector coil.