With gold rings and jewelry coming all over the scale foil, zinc, etc I guess in reality is to just dig all solid signals?
My wedding band on edge was choppy and not a solid sound so I might loose out if I don't dig the choppy ones also?
When I say I dig everything what I really mean is I dig all solid signals.
For me that means targets that give off a great tone, first and foremost, and then targets that don't jump more than 2 numbers.
I have been lucky enough to dig 23 gold targets in my short 3.5 years in this hobby with 3 different detectors but the bulk of them were found with the F2 because I tend to use that one more than others.
This year I have been lucky enough to dig 8 of those gold targets, 7 were found when I was using the F2.
I can tell you
every one of those targets found with the F2 except one were solid, repeatable and had a beautiful full tone and never jumped more than 2 numbers on the screen on my first pass swinging over them, (or at least solid when I look at the screen, anyway), except one and that one was still solid in the tone and jumped 4 numbers from 27-31 until I turned and hit it from another angle and at that point it settled down and then came in at only a 2 number jump.
I consider a 2 number jump a solid signal and I always dig those no matter where they come in.
I have read of other F2 owners that have dug gold and they have stated that it was a jumpy signal of more than 2 numbers, and/or didn't sound all that full or solid, (choppy in your terms).
I can not speak about
their experiences, I did not see how fast they were swinging, at what position the target was under the coil, (front, back, side or center), whether they tried turning at another angle or anything else about what was happening when they dug gold at those jumpy numbers because I was not using
their F2 and I was present when they dug them.
All I can tell you is what I have experienced on my gold finds and what I do on all signals when I hunt and maybe why I seem to get solid non jumpy signals 99.9% of the time on the gold targets I find with my F2.
On all sweeps I try to go slow and if I hear a solid tone I wil stop to examine it a little more in depth.
What I mean by that is I will take my coil and make some side to side passes over it, (I never "X" the target...only side to side swipes), and then at that point I might look at the screen.
I keep making those side to side movements while slowly moving the coil slightly north and south because the object for me is to get that target exactly centered under the coil.
I do this because I have found even though many good and bad targets
will be solid with no numbers jumping more than 2 no matter what part of the coil is passing over it, a large amount of targets will not act this way and unless that target is
exactly centered under the middle of the coil you will never get a true reading and a solid signal with any of the concentric coils.
On those coils targets passing under the heel, toe or the sides of the coil could give a very jumpy number signal.
Why I don't know but I do know this can and will happen on lots of targets.
I don't know about any of this happening using the DD coils because I have never used one on the F2.
On targets that sound good but jump more than 2 numbers I
always take the time to see if I can get those numbers to calm down and come in at a solid or only 2 number jump.
This might be the difference between me and many other hunters that find great targets at jumpy number levels and why I never do...I take that extra time to examine them and maneuver that coil ever so slightly and sometimes turn at another angle to see if I can solidify those numbers to the best of my ability and I am usually successful.
I am not sure if others do it this way but this is how I do it.
Again, most
every gold target found with the F2 was solid with no more than a 2 number jump, but that might be because by the time I looked at the screen I have already made several of those side to side passes and got that target centered correctly or as close to center as possible.
For all I know those numbers might have jumped all over the place at first pass but I am not looking at the screen at that point but at the ground and the coil movement over it.
None of this will happen unless I hear a solid, clear tone first.
For me and using all my detectors the sound is everything.
Swing slow at the right speed, center that gold ring under the coil, don't swing too high because all targets will be weak and iffy at the edge of the scanning field.
Try this on that gold ring and I bet it will no longer come in "choppy" but instead it will be a more solid sounding signal with no more than a 2 number jump...if that.
