MTtrashdigger
Elite Member
I am perplexed. I have had my Equinox for 3 years and if I haven't hunted at least 1000 hours with it, I would be surprised. I am still no expert but I feel like I have gotten to know it pretty well. Virtually all of that time has been in local parks, curbstrips, private yards and assorted vacant lots. My experience with tones and target ID numbers mirror what everyone else sees with the Equinox. That is until I started hunting a new local park. I have hunted there sporadically before with nary a wheatie to show for my efforts ,but never really hit it hard because of the difficult conditions and frankly, I had more interesting places to hunt. The park dates back to 1913 and is a typical inner city park with lots of metallic trash and more iron nails than I am used to finding. I probably have close to 40 hours at this park so far but they have been challenging hours to be sure. Here is what I am experiencing.
In Park 1 , 5 tone Multi, with recovery speed at 4, iron bias at Fe4, auto ground balance on, and sensitivity from 19-22, most targets that are more than an inch or two below the sod line never give a consistently solid target ID and the ID numbers are 4-10 values higher than what has been typical for the same target everywhere else I hunt. .
For examples- clad dimes are 29-34, deeper than average zincolns are 26-31, pre83 copper pennies-32-38, screw caps 28-34 , ring pull with beavertails attached- 18-25, clad quarters 32-36. The big exception to this are nickels, they still ring up at 12-13 but unless they are very shallow they are not stable. Deeper nickels are a jumpy 10-14.
Another issue here is that deep iron falsing is way worse here than anywhere else I have hunted. No matter the Iron bias setting, the edges around deep rusty iron give high tones in the mid 30s. I can identify some by using the horsehoe button but it is far from reliable.
I have experimented with Iron bias settings both in FE and in F2, adjusted sensitivity, cleaned the coils, checked the connections and checked targets in Park 2 and both Field modes, as well as single frequencies of 4, 5, 10 and 15 khz. Nothing seems to make a difference in how these targets behave underground. Once I dig them and air test, they ring up as the normally should.
I really want to hunt this park more extensively because now I know there are old coins there. Because of the weirdness of the ID numbers I have dug virtually every target that pinpoints with any consistency. Despite the difficult readings, I dug a very deep 1897 V nickel, which rang up 9 -14, a 1901 barber dime, (33-37) a 1923 Merc,(34-38) a couple of Rosies from the 50s (mid 30s) and several wheaties, one dating back to 1910. But I also have dug pounds of rusty nails, screwcaps, bits of foil and a bucket full of ring pulls and beavertails, all because they sounded good and had IDs of a typically good target.
If anyone has any explanation as to why I am experiencing this phenomenon or any suggestions on what I can do to " normalize" what I am seeing, I am all ears.
Thanks in advance for suggestions.
In Park 1 , 5 tone Multi, with recovery speed at 4, iron bias at Fe4, auto ground balance on, and sensitivity from 19-22, most targets that are more than an inch or two below the sod line never give a consistently solid target ID and the ID numbers are 4-10 values higher than what has been typical for the same target everywhere else I hunt. .
For examples- clad dimes are 29-34, deeper than average zincolns are 26-31, pre83 copper pennies-32-38, screw caps 28-34 , ring pull with beavertails attached- 18-25, clad quarters 32-36. The big exception to this are nickels, they still ring up at 12-13 but unless they are very shallow they are not stable. Deeper nickels are a jumpy 10-14.
Another issue here is that deep iron falsing is way worse here than anywhere else I have hunted. No matter the Iron bias setting, the edges around deep rusty iron give high tones in the mid 30s. I can identify some by using the horsehoe button but it is far from reliable.
I have experimented with Iron bias settings both in FE and in F2, adjusted sensitivity, cleaned the coils, checked the connections and checked targets in Park 2 and both Field modes, as well as single frequencies of 4, 5, 10 and 15 khz. Nothing seems to make a difference in how these targets behave underground. Once I dig them and air test, they ring up as the normally should.
I really want to hunt this park more extensively because now I know there are old coins there. Because of the weirdness of the ID numbers I have dug virtually every target that pinpoints with any consistency. Despite the difficult readings, I dug a very deep 1897 V nickel, which rang up 9 -14, a 1901 barber dime, (33-37) a 1923 Merc,(34-38) a couple of Rosies from the 50s (mid 30s) and several wheaties, one dating back to 1910. But I also have dug pounds of rusty nails, screwcaps, bits of foil and a bucket full of ring pulls and beavertails, all because they sounded good and had IDs of a typically good target.
If anyone has any explanation as to why I am experiencing this phenomenon or any suggestions on what I can do to " normalize" what I am seeing, I am all ears.
Thanks in advance for suggestions.
. Your comment on how Maxxcats settings were exactly what I was thinking. But it might be more site specific and he is talking about dirt , not beach. Also his style and what he targets. Coins , silver , relics ....I think he's right. But to basically disc out everything up to a 19 , I would never do. That's alot of gold.....
