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Is there a special technique for pinpointing with a WOT? I can't seem to figure out how to consistently get the target in the center of the coil. The regular methods aren't working. Any help?
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I use the heel to toe method I never go in to pinpoint when the tatget stop making noise its right in front of the coil with my excal i use the toe to heel and scoop right behind my coil works great with a little practice and its quick hope this help HH RonC
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you'll go crazy.
There are a couple of techniques that work very well.
The first is to back off the target and come at it again with little short swings back and forth until you just barely hear the target. When you do, the target is approximsately 1 inch off the front of the coil.
Throw a quarter on the ground and try it. You will be better able to visualize how far in front of the coil the target is when it just starts to give you target tone.
Second technique is to do the same, but back into it using the heel of the coil.
Third technique, if you are right handed, roll your wrist in to the left and tipe the coil up to about the 11 o'clock position on the coil, use just the edge to pinpoint.
Fourth technique, when there is a lot of trash. Kick the back of the coil up against the shaft. With the coil completely perpendicular, or at a right angle to the ground, use only the very tip of the coil to sweep back and forth to pinpoint and get between multiple objects.
Hope this helps. The best way to learn the coil is to practice with a quarter taped to the back of a piece of cardboard. On the opposite side of the cardboard mark the exact location of the quarter. Turn the cardboard quarter side down, and experiment with your pinpointing technique to see which technique works better for you.
Take care!
DOC
There are a couple of techniques that work very well.
The first is to back off the target and come at it again with little short swings back and forth until you just barely hear the target. When you do, the target is approximsately 1 inch off the front of the coil.
Throw a quarter on the ground and try it. You will be better able to visualize how far in front of the coil the target is when it just starts to give you target tone.
Second technique is to do the same, but back into it using the heel of the coil.
Third technique, if you are right handed, roll your wrist in to the left and tipe the coil up to about the 11 o'clock position on the coil, use just the edge to pinpoint.
Fourth technique, when there is a lot of trash. Kick the back of the coil up against the shaft. With the coil completely perpendicular, or at a right angle to the ground, use only the very tip of the coil to sweep back and forth to pinpoint and get between multiple objects.
Hope this helps. The best way to learn the coil is to practice with a quarter taped to the back of a piece of cardboard. On the opposite side of the cardboard mark the exact location of the quarter. Turn the cardboard quarter side down, and experiment with your pinpointing technique to see which technique works better for you.
Take care!
DOC
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Thanks Doc.......would have never thought of it.
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Just my 2 cents but have always used the middle of the coil just as I have with any other coil. Have used this method since I've had it and never had a problem. I'm dead on 99% of the time. To each his own. I just do what works best for me.
HH Gilly in Illinois
HH Gilly in Illinois
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Good question and I am still learning. I used the cent of the coil up til now with excellent results except for one 1876 dime on edge. I will try the suggestions below the next time I get out.
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get a s1 probe
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listen to doc hes right
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I've never had any luck using the front or back of the coil technique. If you are in lots of trash most of the time you will be on another target by the time you go back or forward that far.
Many times with the WOT will only get a hit when the target is under the center of the coil, move forward or back and you loose the signal. This is why in trash you really need to hugely overlap your swings, seldom have the benefit of covering lots of ground. The WOT and to a lesser extent the stock seem to have a hot spot that can still see a good target next to or under trash.
I'll swing back and forth and listen for the best signal, than try rotate as far as possible while swinging to get another angle and then dig at the intersection. Often you will loose the signal if you rotate too far because of target masking. This is also the reason you need to hit productive areas from many angles, often will only get a decent hit from a very narrow angle. Sometimes will switch to pinpoint mode just to gain a little more information.
I have the periscope probe which allows you to exactly find the target before you dig and that helps immensely.
Chris
Many times with the WOT will only get a hit when the target is under the center of the coil, move forward or back and you loose the signal. This is why in trash you really need to hugely overlap your swings, seldom have the benefit of covering lots of ground. The WOT and to a lesser extent the stock seem to have a hot spot that can still see a good target next to or under trash.
I'll swing back and forth and listen for the best signal, than try rotate as far as possible while swinging to get another angle and then dig at the intersection. Often you will loose the signal if you rotate too far because of target masking. This is also the reason you need to hit productive areas from many angles, often will only get a decent hit from a very narrow angle. Sometimes will switch to pinpoint mode just to gain a little more information.
I have the periscope probe which allows you to exactly find the target before you dig and that helps immensely.
Chris
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Hey Doc,
Why don't you make a video (You don't have anything else to do! <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol"> ) that shows all the techniques that you can utilize using the WOT. You could offer the video (At a reasonable price of course) for purchase for those who wish to learn from a pro, without having to spend lots of trial and error in the field before mastering the WOT. (Or becoming aggravated and throwing it in the closet) You could film footage hunting in different types of conditions, thus allowing others the<span style="background-color:#ffff00;"> benefit of saving alot of time </span>in the field learning these techniques on their own, when people really just want to hit the ground running once they get in the field. That or provide a users manual with tips and such. (However, as they say, <FONT COLOR="#ff0000">a pic is worth a thousand words</FONT>) </FONT>Most folks who are willing to fork out a couple hundred bucks for a coil, aren't gonna balk at spending $15 or $20 on a <span style="background-color:#ffff00;">GOOD instructional video</span>. Just a thought! <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="
"> I have no idea how many of these coils you sell a month, so I do understand the economics of my suggestion. <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin"> However, this is a professional product that you are manufacturing, and it deserves to be packaged with an optional instructional video that will make it easiest to master in the shortest amount of time possible. Because as the detecting world now knows, we Explorer users are a serious bunch of hunters. <img src="/metal/html/shocked.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":shock">
Why don't you make a video (You don't have anything else to do! <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol"> ) that shows all the techniques that you can utilize using the WOT. You could offer the video (At a reasonable price of course) for purchase for those who wish to learn from a pro, without having to spend lots of trial and error in the field before mastering the WOT. (Or becoming aggravated and throwing it in the closet) You could film footage hunting in different types of conditions, thus allowing others the<span style="background-color:#ffff00;"> benefit of saving alot of time </span>in the field learning these techniques on their own, when people really just want to hit the ground running once they get in the field. That or provide a users manual with tips and such. (However, as they say, <FONT COLOR="#ff0000">a pic is worth a thousand words</FONT>) </FONT>Most folks who are willing to fork out a couple hundred bucks for a coil, aren't gonna balk at spending $15 or $20 on a <span style="background-color:#ffff00;">GOOD instructional video</span>. Just a thought! <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="
"> I have no idea how many of these coils you sell a month, so I do understand the economics of my suggestion. <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin"> However, this is a professional product that you are manufacturing, and it deserves to be packaged with an optional instructional video that will make it easiest to master in the shortest amount of time possible. Because as the detecting world now knows, we Explorer users are a serious bunch of hunters. <img src="/metal/html/shocked.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":shock">