Mineralization, depth and detector-coil choices

[Marco]

Hello. I live in california and have an At-Pro. I am basically happy with the AT-Pro. But I think I might be a bit hogtied by my local soil. My ground balancing regularly runs into the 90's..out of 100. I have never found coins much deeper than 6, maybe 7 inches. I have a pile of clad but nothing older. In a previous post I touched on this and another member stated that he had the same conditions and depth...and that his Safari pretty much got the same depths. My question is...would a gold-specific detector or coil help this? Arent they meant to do better in higher mineralized soils? X-terra 705 with the gold-pack coil? Teknetics G-2? At-Pro gold?

[Bonesquat]

I don't think the frequency has much to do with depth in soil conditions. I could be wrong though. I get a max depth of about 5 or 6 inches in my soil using my E-trac with the pro coil. My compadre gets about 3 inches. Sounds like you're doing just fine digging 6 or 7 inches. I'm jealous.

[Jressman]

I second that. I think the frequencies only affect depth of metals of different conductivity. Gold detectors can detect gold much deeper than say a silver coin where a coinshooting machine will not hit very deep on gold.

We have great soil in Boston my Etrac goes easily up to 12+ inches

[grouser]

Originally Posted by Jressman

I second that. I think the frequencies only affect depth of metals of different conductivity. Gold detectors can detect gold much deeper than say a silver coin where a coinshooting machine will not hit very deep on gold.

We have great soil in Boston my Etrac goes easily up to 12+ inches

that last statement just really hurts use out here in CA

[Marco]

Hmm..so I guess I just have to live with where I live. Well....its cold out here today...it dropped from 75 to about 65. Maybe I have to look at that side of living in california and count my blessings.

[Jressman]

I used to live in Los Angeles! I would love to move back! We get 5-6 months of non-detecting winter weather up here!

[Labyrinth]

Marco ,
I have the ATP and the E-trac and the MXT.
With the ATP My soils auto balance out 90's..out of 100 also.
With the E-trac I have found a bunch or coins in the 9 to 10 inch deep range.
With the MXT I have found coins about ,up to the 6 inch depth range. I dug a gold man's wedding ban with the MXT that was at 9 or 10 inches deep.
99.8% of the time the MXT and the ATP sits home on the shelf.
I Just prefer to use the E track. (An Yes I have found Gold with the E-trac !)

Some of the local Guys that Have the ATP, Claim they Get more depth with it when they Ground balance and bump it down a few numbers. I haven't tryed that so You might wan't to give that a test. Also Remember The ATP Has 3 frequencys that you can choose between while your hunting at the push of a button .
labyrith

[Marco]

Thanks for the tip...I will try tweaking the ground balance. I've lusted after the ETrac ...but cant quite justify the $$ yet. I could probably "swing" it if I sold a few things..(like my AT)...but Im not quite at that point yet.