DIGGER27
In Memory Of
I am about to go hunting and I will report back with more observations but this is what I think so far.
In my front and backyard that has been scoured over 100 times with 5 other detectors the new frequency did find a couple of high conductivity targets I was shocked that I missed previously.
No coins but one was some kind of big aluminum band like the type they use to mark new bushes, although a bit long for that purpose, before planting and another that hit like a truck which was some sort of chromed trim ring off a plumbing fixture like a sink.
Hard to believe I missed these in the past, they aren't super deep but evidently pretty well masked.
I also came across many other high tones most with some very high numbers from the mid 30's up to 39-40.
Those sounded good and I tried to stabilize them to within 2-3 numbers but they always jumped down to lower numbers sometimes into the 20's.
I dug a few, every one was iron from very tiny to a bit bigger.
Not only do I have major mineralization masking issues but I am also blessed with an unusual amount of massive iron just about everywhere I hunt.
In multi iron usually does the same, not as high number range with some stability that might fool me but swing over it enough and the numbers jump or fall as much as 10 or more if I am swinging over iron.
Good targets like coins don't do this, sometimes they stay locked in to one number, a few times they jump a tiny bit more but I have yet to find anything good that drops so much or changes a lot if I turn and but then from a different direction no matter how deep.
This is actually a good thing.
I can see I can't hunt in 4kHz but it sure might be handy as a check when I roll over some of the more stable suspected iron out there.
As far as hitting low conductors like small foil, canslaw or I suspect maybe nickels...this new frequency missed them almost completely.
This would not be a good choice for jewelry hunting in my environment, gold jewelry specifically.
A good thing is whatever they did it seemed to make my detector more stable overall as I had way less chatter in multi caused by EMI and could turn up the sense very high and even max it out which I couldn't before hunting around my house.
The 4 kHz was unusually quiet, I hardly got any reports that weren't in that very high range which I assume was all actual iron from those 30's on up with very little chatter.
Switching to 5kHz a whole different story, a huge amount of chatter and jumping and a decent amount as I tried the other frequencies, also, so just that simple move down to 4 shuts it up.
Stlll think hunting in multi is best for me, maybe the stability enhancements, whatever they are, might make things a bit more easy for me around here but I need to hunt more to see if that is true.
I am about to walk over to my neighborhood park and hunt a couple of different areas I know well and see how she behaves compared to my previous experiences at each site.
The upgrade didn't seem to hurt anything and possibly might be helpful so we shall see.
In my front and backyard that has been scoured over 100 times with 5 other detectors the new frequency did find a couple of high conductivity targets I was shocked that I missed previously.
No coins but one was some kind of big aluminum band like the type they use to mark new bushes, although a bit long for that purpose, before planting and another that hit like a truck which was some sort of chromed trim ring off a plumbing fixture like a sink.
Hard to believe I missed these in the past, they aren't super deep but evidently pretty well masked.
I also came across many other high tones most with some very high numbers from the mid 30's up to 39-40.
Those sounded good and I tried to stabilize them to within 2-3 numbers but they always jumped down to lower numbers sometimes into the 20's.
I dug a few, every one was iron from very tiny to a bit bigger.
Not only do I have major mineralization masking issues but I am also blessed with an unusual amount of massive iron just about everywhere I hunt.
In multi iron usually does the same, not as high number range with some stability that might fool me but swing over it enough and the numbers jump or fall as much as 10 or more if I am swinging over iron.
Good targets like coins don't do this, sometimes they stay locked in to one number, a few times they jump a tiny bit more but I have yet to find anything good that drops so much or changes a lot if I turn and but then from a different direction no matter how deep.
This is actually a good thing.
I can see I can't hunt in 4kHz but it sure might be handy as a check when I roll over some of the more stable suspected iron out there.
As far as hitting low conductors like small foil, canslaw or I suspect maybe nickels...this new frequency missed them almost completely.
This would not be a good choice for jewelry hunting in my environment, gold jewelry specifically.
A good thing is whatever they did it seemed to make my detector more stable overall as I had way less chatter in multi caused by EMI and could turn up the sense very high and even max it out which I couldn't before hunting around my house.
The 4 kHz was unusually quiet, I hardly got any reports that weren't in that very high range which I assume was all actual iron from those 30's on up with very little chatter.
Switching to 5kHz a whole different story, a huge amount of chatter and jumping and a decent amount as I tried the other frequencies, also, so just that simple move down to 4 shuts it up.
Stlll think hunting in multi is best for me, maybe the stability enhancements, whatever they are, might make things a bit more easy for me around here but I need to hunt more to see if that is true.
I am about to walk over to my neighborhood park and hunt a couple of different areas I know well and see how she behaves compared to my previous experiences at each site.
The upgrade didn't seem to hurt anything and possibly might be helpful so we shall see.
