Wide scan coil --in the zone.

[kimbershot]

i just received a 10 x 12 widescan for my vaquero and have barely had a chance to play with it (weather crappy). the stock concentric coil pinpoints very easily. a quick indoors air test with the wide scan sounds at the coils toe and heel. i am assuming that i would circle a target from the tip of the coil--and mark the spot for a dig. am i spot on?

 

[kaolinwasher]

if it is shallow , if its deep in the center,

 

[Minas man]

I use a 10x5 DD wide scan on my Vaquero and it is heel and toe. After a few digs you will quickly adapt.
Knowing that the signal is like a knife running from the toe to heel helps and use the pinpoint button to determine the center and depth.

Minas man

 

[Neil]

Xing the target works great also. without moving your body, turn the detector 90 degrees and where the two hits sound is your target.

 

[REVIER]

On real deep targets I use the pinpoint and do that turn thing, but 98% of the time I do the wiggle and pull back method which is super fast.
Quick short swipes over the target and while keeping it in the center area pull back as you make those passes.
When the signal drops out the target will be right in front of the rim of the coil if shallow to about 3-4", under the rim of the coil if it is a few inches deeper, just in back of the front rim if it is a bit deeper than that.

 

[Neil]

good point revier and that's the reason I X targets mostly. The deeper the target the more its gonna inch back towards the center of the coil so the front to back method is fine for shallower targets but you want accurate, Xing is the way to go.

 

[Dan-Pa.]

Remember if you have a Tesoro meter unit it will goof up the ID...Believe under these circumstances Tesoro would have to tune coil to unit...in other word no switching back and forth with your stock coil...I realize a Vac doesn't have a meter but just info for the forum....