mlitty
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Greetings.
It's raining tonight, so I brought the Tracker IV in, cracked open my box of coins and started playing.
I'm trying to learn my discrimination settings better on this two tone machine. I learned a long time ago that the identification gauge/meter is worthless on this machine. If anyone has any tips on how to mod this box to make the meter useful in some way, I'm all ears.
Using an old penny, nickel, quarter, $0.50 piece, a square nail, a large stainless pocket knife and a set of keys, I tried several discrimination settings on my Tracker IV. Here's what I found.
Using the clock metaphor, at 9:00, I lose most of the steel, but still get a crackle on large items.
12:00, I lose most of the steel and the nickel, but gold still registers if it's in a ring shape. the flat side of my ring does not register ( a thick wedding band).
3:00, only silver and copper seem to show up.
How does this set with the other Tracker IV users out there? Any more wisdom to share on how to squeeze as much out of this meager box as possible?
Thanks.
It's raining tonight, so I brought the Tracker IV in, cracked open my box of coins and started playing.
I'm trying to learn my discrimination settings better on this two tone machine. I learned a long time ago that the identification gauge/meter is worthless on this machine. If anyone has any tips on how to mod this box to make the meter useful in some way, I'm all ears.
Using an old penny, nickel, quarter, $0.50 piece, a square nail, a large stainless pocket knife and a set of keys, I tried several discrimination settings on my Tracker IV. Here's what I found.
Using the clock metaphor, at 9:00, I lose most of the steel, but still get a crackle on large items.
12:00, I lose most of the steel and the nickel, but gold still registers if it's in a ring shape. the flat side of my ring does not register ( a thick wedding band).
3:00, only silver and copper seem to show up.
How does this set with the other Tracker IV users out there? Any more wisdom to share on how to squeeze as much out of this meager box as possible?
Thanks.