You will not believe what the ATX found at the beach today

[Johnho]

We head to the beach at Daytona Beach for a few hours. Girl friend likes to sit and whatever, I don't but anxious to do some detecting with the new ATX. I've had this out several times since I got it and always have to increase discrim some to settle it down in the salt beach. Every time I swing I would get a little beep. What the heck is this about? So I continue anyway. Doesn't affect anything but why is this happening. I go on. Finally I decide I'm going to get rid of that little beep. So a keep increasing discrim. Nope still there. A thought goes off. Hmmm. I raise the ATX higher and it gets louder. Higher some more. Better signal now.

I FOUND MY NEW REPLACEMENT KNEE. Every time that coil went in front of that knee it sounded off. Had to chuckle. When I got home I used the propointer and sure enough, it sounds off really well. That ATX is sure sensitive to body parts.

 

[nagov]

Great troubleshooting, Garrett Technicians should be happy you solved the problem..... Now, you need to try a target in front of your knee to see if the knee masks the target on the ground OR can you still hear it?

 

[Johnho]

Actually that happened a couple of times and I had no problem picking out the new signal. But if the target was deep and weak I may not be able to pick it out. Just something for others to know when the get a knee replacement.

 

[Dancer]

Lucky it wasn't your Wee Knee ! Lol

 

[WaterWalker]

Steel toe shoes will do the same thing...learned that quickly back in 1982, with my first detector. Now days I can even get a signal off of the eyelets on some shoes or if they have a metal arch. My wife has pins in one of her feet and bingo...another target that was hard to locate.

 

[John-Edmonton]

That's funny! The hardware for knee replacements are made out of titanium. I work with patients post-op with hip and knee replacements. So......was it a low high or a high low