More data.
Folks who purchase Impact,,how long will it take you to get proficient with,,to really see just how capable this detector really is??
If you think you can take this detector out 4 or 5 times and get super proficient with,,,better think again.
If after 4 or 5 outings,and you are dissapointed with,,,you might want to think again!!
I should point out here to folks,,I when receiving Impact,,was already very proficient with Xp Deus,,Makro Racers 1 and 2,, Nokta Relic,,Fisher F 75 series,,Minelab Etrac and CTX.
When I was trying to eventually determine just how capable the Impact was what did I do??
I didn't cheat here,,,meaning I wasn't finding targets with one of my other detectors and then comparing Impact over the target.
No,,I intentionally put Impact into what I deemed challenging sites.
Flew solo using it.
And I doing so,,,based on my memory and records,,at about the 80 hour mark of operating,,,this is when I thought I had a very good handle on this detector's capabilities.
Now,,after this 80 hour mark,some other detectors started coming into play as far as comparing targets.
There was some additional learning that took place (small) between the 80 and 100 hours marks.
If not for my experience and proficient with Xp Deus,,,I really believe this 80 hour mark learning that was done here,,would have likely had to have been pushed out some,,can't say how much.
Also,,if not for these challenging sites using Impact,,this whole process would have took longer. Hunting virgin sites would have showed me very little,,to what I was looking for.
Anyone who has read my post dealing with Xp Deus,,knows they are very detailed.
I take detecting seriously and try to be as clear as I can when describing what I see and what I hear,,and also try to conditionalize such info provided with comments as they relate to possible EMI,,and levels of ground minerals.
As a matter a fact,,I may have already posted the most publically to date as a single person on the new Deus version 4.
Folks don't have to read this info in this thread period.
It is free info,,I hope it does help some folks.
Every time I go detecting,,,if I see or hear some thing that could benefit folks,,I start thinking about this even while still in the field,,on how I want to describe.
So folks understand,,all my data combined,,is based off of using Impact detector in the following sites:
Old school yards
Old home sites
Fields
Old town site 1750-1804
2 parks
I never did take the Impact detector to a metropolitan area and use.
I did take Impact to one town and use population 1200,,and there was light wires 3 phase and single phase house current on poles all around me.
When I was using the Impact was it exposed in a hunting scenario with someone else running another detector?? In relatively close quarters.(Btw this was done after I was told I could talk about detector publically)
Yes
Namely
Nokta Relic detector
White's V3i
Minelab Etrac
No problems noted by doing out of the ordinary.
Pinpointer causing interference-- I've already I think commented on this here in the thread.
