Need Simplex input !

[Reelfoot Relics]

Good point about the ID segments. The last two days i've notched 0-15 discrimination on park 1 & 2. This helps a little bit. Most of the time i forget to rotate 90 degrees. I get so pumped when i hear something good. Amateur mistakes i guess. So, i'm trying to do that more. Also lifting my coil a lot to see how large the target is.

Something i'm learning now today are the different tones between field mode and park modes. It seems field mode is more of a pinpoint type of mode where it will squeel for any target. A higher pitch indicates closer to surface where as lower pitch would be deeper. The pitch doesn't seem to represent the type of target.

Park modes the tones seem to represent the target. Higher pitch means higher conductivity and lower pitch would be lower conductivity. I'm not sure about the tones in park modes representing any kind of depth. I can pinpoint much easier in field mode but more junk. Park modes are less active but for me better indicators of what's below. I guess maybe it would be worth while reading the manual! Need more hours on this machine too.

I usually run sensitivity two bars down from the top. Maybe i'll try three.

I've also heard varying opinions on ground balancing only if mineralization bar is 50% or higher otherwise just leave it set at 90 where it is when you turn it on. Around my house my Simplex auto balances at around 48.

Last but not least I ordered the SP24 from Kellyco. Went to a park a few days ago and i couldn't even move my coil without it freaking out. I just wanted to get right back in my car and go!

I'm going back over all the places i hit with the Ace and pulling stuff. Just pulled a silver bracelet last weekend from a spot i went over 20 times with the Ace.

I always ground balance. It's just part of my routine now.

 

[Reelfoot Relics]

I appreciate all the comments. I guess what it really comes down to is learning what is a good signal and what isn't. I mean a good signal is pretty obvious. Good tone, good VDI. But there are always the ones where there's a little iron grunting with it or right at the end of your swing. I've learned to pass them up.

Was out today. I am pretty good at calling out pennies now and also small foil stuff going off VDI. I need some work with the 30-50 range though as i don't think too many coins fall in that range. It seems to be pull tabs and small aluminum. Does that sound right? Thought about discriminating up to 50 but i'd miss out on any possible gold rings or nickels. I like finding nickels no idea why but they are far off from the other coins. I'm anxious to get my SP24 and see how that does.

Nickels and buttons usually fall in that 30 to 50 range. I don't notch out anything I just listen for solid tones with consistent VDI numbers. But I like the relics.

 

[kemichael74]

Happy to report that i received my SP24 coil over the weekend. I put that baby on and took her for a spin. At first i though there was something wrong with it because i was swinging away but not hearing anything. When i had the stock coil on man i was hearing stuff all over the place. I performed an air test just to make sure it was working and it was. I then went to a park i started hunting and that's when i saw the difference!

Though covering slightly less ground, I am VERY happy with it. VDI numbers much more stable. Much easier to pinpoint for me with this. I was pulling a lot of clad today. Hitting them right on not even using pinpoint button. Having a much easier experience at recognizing target before i dug it up. This coil in my opinion is definitely worth the hype and the $104 i spent on it.

I will still put the stock coil back on if i were out in a big open field though and grab the high tones. I'd go back over with the SP24 and pick at it.