Hi Don...I'm not new to detecting just to the forum....
And yes you have a great detector for a first detector.
These guys are giving you great advice. Try to learn how the M6 works before you go that far to learn it.
If you have to go anyway ...I understand that as well...hehehe
You can do some open air testing with the machine at home. It will teach you how the detector operates, what it might sound like in the real hunt situation, and help to familiarize you withthe controls of operation.
For instance...lay your detector on a table with the coil hanging out in open air , preferably away from large metal objects.
Get you a piece of paper and your manual. Remember you won't be ground balancing in your house and these test vary a lot that way. But they will actually help you to become familiar with your detector and in the long run...That's what it's all about. Actual ground hunts with differ a bit!Remember that!
(This is for nasty weather indoor I just gotta see what it will do test!)
Turn your detector on per manual instructions, run a zinc penny across the coil...Top or bottom either or doesn't matter. about 4-6 inches away from the coil. Take note of your detector readings...write it down. Do it again and listen to the sound, be sure the penny is flat to the coil when you listen to it.
Now ...do the same test again. With the zinc penny on it's edges and about 4-6 inch's away . Listen for a difference in the sound....broken and or two tones as though your detector were reading two separate targets.....Infact it is picking up both sides of the coin...remember this sound in real life digs as it usually is a coin on edge in the dirt!
Do the same tests with Coppers, IH's,Buffalo's 5 cent, dimes,Silvers,
etc.... Remember the responses you get.
One of the most important things to learn about your detector is to believe it. Usually it won't lie to you.Or rather it can't lie to you.
Yes a detector can false, but for the most part at first just until you know better. Dig it all and see what it is, remember to recheck all holes more than once even after you've recovered an item.
Many times those jumpy signals are actual reads, unless the sensitivity is just too high.
So what I'm saying is Falses can be covering up the good stuff below it! It happens a lot so just test till your sure.
Get your coil flat and on the ground as close as possible!
Most of all dig it all, soon your detector will be speaking a language to you that is sweet!
They all work, yes some are better than others, but they are different in different areas, What you have is a great one. Learn it's language
and it will be good to you!
Hope this helps the Cabin Fever a bit! hehehe
