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Not such a good day weather wise but i wasn't worried about the rain
, in the end i was happy it was cool as i did some digging, sweating and cursing.
Nearly 4 hours in all and i'm knackered.
I didn't go in the water but followed the tide down, and i used Craigs setting, see http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=20734
This area i have gone over with the SE recently, the coins are mostly low value coated iron discs that the SE nulls on(so i leave them), most of the bottletops and ringpulls were fresh and mostly in the same place within a few yards(probably a recent midnight party) the rest is discriminated out on the SE as its mostly iron based.
First impresions.
Not very impressed with it at all, its early days but i didn't gain any depth over the SE and SEF coil, i've had coins at 15" with it no problem. I had some targets that i had to give up on as they disapeared once i started digging(missed my Sunray probe which would have helped) these were all wisper type other than one, but repeatable.
The booby pin sound i have learned but dug to make sure just in case, I also dug some that didn't give the double blip when one way and single the other but a strong signal both ways.
The bottle tops, hmmm, very very similar to the 1 and 2€ coins(as they a bimetal) and sometimes give a double blip one way when on edge although not grainey but smooth. I also had a bag of foil/aluminium wrappers that i deposited in the bin before leaving the beach.
Noise. I found it very hard to distinguish the grainny sound on iron as the threshold is very chattery, although i noticed it on some of the shallower targets(which i dug all the same just in case)
All in all i think its gona take some time to become proficient in the sounds of things even though i'm used to it on the sovereign and SE,(maybe thats a hinderence not a help) time will tell.
The headphones are ok but nothing compared to my Sunray gold Pro's
Highlight of the morning was a silver wedding band and a total $9.37 in clad between the €'s and old pesetas
On the good side the machine is very light even though i have the zero boyancy yellow coil I could swing it all day(out of the water), fast swing compared to the Minelabs, i tried swinging as fast as i could over some targets just to see and it didn't lose them, although i didn't use this speed it was just a test.
I did go into the surf to see how the reported falsing was, not a wisper as the waves passed and the coil seems to cut the water so smoothly it seems like its on rails(no flapping either)
Its waterproof or so it says on the label
So all in all a hard morning, we'll persivere and see how the next outing goes, 4 hours is not time to learn, get used to a machines quirks, or make a final decision.
I'll keep you posted
, in the end i was happy it was cool as i did some digging, sweating and cursing. Nearly 4 hours in all and i'm knackered.
I didn't go in the water but followed the tide down, and i used Craigs setting, see http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=20734
This area i have gone over with the SE recently, the coins are mostly low value coated iron discs that the SE nulls on(so i leave them), most of the bottletops and ringpulls were fresh and mostly in the same place within a few yards(probably a recent midnight party) the rest is discriminated out on the SE as its mostly iron based.
First impresions.
Not very impressed with it at all, its early days but i didn't gain any depth over the SE and SEF coil, i've had coins at 15" with it no problem. I had some targets that i had to give up on as they disapeared once i started digging(missed my Sunray probe which would have helped) these were all wisper type other than one, but repeatable.
The booby pin sound i have learned but dug to make sure just in case, I also dug some that didn't give the double blip when one way and single the other but a strong signal both ways.
The bottle tops, hmmm, very very similar to the 1 and 2€ coins(as they a bimetal) and sometimes give a double blip one way when on edge although not grainey but smooth. I also had a bag of foil/aluminium wrappers that i deposited in the bin before leaving the beach.
Noise. I found it very hard to distinguish the grainny sound on iron as the threshold is very chattery, although i noticed it on some of the shallower targets(which i dug all the same just in case)
All in all i think its gona take some time to become proficient in the sounds of things even though i'm used to it on the sovereign and SE,(maybe thats a hinderence not a help) time will tell.
The headphones are ok but nothing compared to my Sunray gold Pro's
Highlight of the morning was a silver wedding band and a total $9.37 in clad between the €'s and old pesetas
On the good side the machine is very light even though i have the zero boyancy yellow coil I could swing it all day(out of the water), fast swing compared to the Minelabs, i tried swinging as fast as i could over some targets just to see and it didn't lose them, although i didn't use this speed it was just a test.
I did go into the surf to see how the reported falsing was, not a wisper as the waves passed and the coil seems to cut the water so smoothly it seems like its on rails(no flapping either)
Its waterproof or so it says on the label
So all in all a hard morning, we'll persivere and see how the next outing goes, 4 hours is not time to learn, get used to a machines quirks, or make a final decision.
I'll keep you posted
I DON'T THINK IT IS.
In fact, I now carry my camera every time I go out. I never did this until I joined up with you guys. It makes the hunting experience even that much more fun as I know you can appreciate the effort and finds compared to my wife who just says, "Coins and a silver chain? That's nice."
