GOT MY NEW SPECTRUM TODAY........YIPEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Paulb]

My new White's Eagle Spectrum arrived today.It is in far better condition than I thought it would be.You can't even tell it was ever used.It has the V1.0 software installed(was asked about that) and it came with two rechargeable White's Batteries and an adapter to use the C-Cell Batteries,the hard case ever came with the two Keys to lock it!!!.I can't wait for the batteries to charge so I can get out there with it,that is if I can ever finish reading the user manual Take care all.

 

[Oklahunter]

Congrats and good luck on your first hunt!

 

[Krom]

You'll be dipping into that manual again, Paul... I'm sure of it.
Best of luck with it and happy hunting... and congrats!
(the hardshell case is really nice, huh? Makes for a great "winter bed" too!)

 

[Paulb]

Thanks Oklahunter and Krom.I wanted one of these since I got into to this hobby.

 

[Ernie (Pa)]

Glad to hear it!

The best advice I can give you as a proud owner of that machine is to give it time. Start out in the preset programs for a while to get a feel for how the unit reacts. Pay attention to the VDI numbers and the Spectragraph to see how different metals react. Good targets will USUALLY give nice tight VDI groups (IE: 69/70 is usually a copper penny in my soil) and the spectragraph will USUALLY give a one or two bar indication on a good coin. BUT, if a target is near or under a trash target, you can throw those rules out the window! Also deep targets don't always read as good as a target that is in easy reach of the searchcoil. Hope this helps

 

[TerryEastTexas]

That's great Paul. Very happy for you. GL

 

[Paulb]

Thanks so much for the helpful tips Ernie(PA).I took it out tonight for alittle run and I used the coin/jewerly mode and I think I just got the new record for most pulltabs ever dug in a single outing I need to figure out how to discriminate those darn things out.But I love the machine no the less.Well thanks again.

 

[Paulb]

Thanks for the nice words Terry55.....

 

[Paulb]

Thanks for the nice words Terry55.....

 

[Ernie (Pa)]

You're welcome Paul!

Digging pulltabs is a good thing! It means you could get the gold ring that might be hiding in that same conductivity range. That being said however, there is a function called "Learn" in the detector that you can use to disc out those pull tabs. Just look it up under the "Pro Options" section of the manual. You can also reject the VDI readings of the pull tab via the Disc edit section of the detector. Just scroll through the vdi numbers in Disc edit until you get to the numbers that your pull tab was reading and change the setting from accept to reject.

 

[Paulb]

Ok I was reading about that in the manual I downloaded but I was afraid to mess up the settings.Even though I was digging alot of pulltabs I'll say this about this detector,if it said there was something in the ground then by God there was when I dug.No more false signals like on my Garretts that I used to own.I can't wait until I learn all I need to know about this detector because I feel this thing has unlimited potential.Again thanks for the info and keep it coming if you have more.

 

[Brian]

No worry about messing up settings as the inbuilt programmes are in memory so experiment as much as you like.
Take care with learn accept and reject. You can have hundreds of notches with the Spectrums so could take out every size and shape of ring pull but as Ernie says gold rings and ringpulls show up at the same places so its best to accept that you will have to dig some.
Do select a tone that suits your hearing right from the start. It can make a lot of difference.
I never use icons as it slows the machine down and they are not reliable. Use numbers as a guide but the bars on the display are the best feature as you in effect have target sizing like the top Garretts and two items of in the same hole can show bars in different parts of the display while the I.D. number will just add the two together and give the wrong answer.
Learn the shortcuts i.e. if your adjusting anything, sensitivity, volume, tone etc then you can just press an arrow key and it takes you back to the last adjustment made so you can tweak up and down in seconds without having to plough through menus.
Up the DC (non-motion) sensitivity much and the excellent pinpointing goes out the window. Use pre-amp gain to gain all metal depth, then you won't have that problem. You can use V.C.O. pinpointing but with normal mode its easier to trace out the size/shape of larger items to help deside whether they are worth digging.