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Blackfoot58

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I just got my Simplex back from warranty repair. The spot Iā€™m on has a lot of ferrous material: farm equipment pieces, fence wire, hinges, etc. Before repair, I used it in Field mode only. I wanted to see everything. Iā€™ve read the manual and still have a question: Park 1 vs Park 2. The difference doesnā€™t seem very substantial. What do you prefer and why? Iā€™m hoping to find my first coin with this machine. I donā€™t care if itā€™s a 2023 nickel. Thanks for any input.
 

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Blackfoot58

Blackfoot58

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Jan 11, 2023
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Iowa
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I just got my Simplex back from warranty repair. The spot Iā€™m on has a lot of ferrous material: farm equipment pieces, fence wire, hinges, etc. Before repair, I used it in Field mode only. I wanted to see everything. Iā€™ve read the manual and still have a question: Park 1 vs Park 2. The difference doesnā€™t seem very substantial. What do you prefer and why? Iā€™m hoping to find my first coin with this machine. I donā€™t care if itā€™s a 2023 nickel. Thanks for any input.
Up-date. I took it out this afternoon and found many ferrous items: see photo for the 3 largest. I was in Park 2 mode. The manual says this mode will show ferrous targets between 0-15. ID. 43-99 for non ferrous such as silver, brass and copper. The long dog chain IDā€™d at 73, the lever IDā€™d at 82 and the short machine chain IDā€™d at 62. I thought that possibly something else was in the same spots, so after removing these items I swept them again. None of them had another signal at that point. This is confusing. Basically it doesnā€™t appear to really discriminate. I checked the 3 items and they are all definitely ferrous. I also found a lot of wire and nails: every hit was IDā€™d at 35 or higher. Is this normal?
 

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Blackfoot58

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Jan 11, 2023
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Iowa
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Up-date. I took it out this afternoon and found many ferrous items: see photo for the 3 largest. I was in Park 2 mode. The manual says this mode will show ferrous targets between 0-15. ID. 43-99 for non ferrous such as silver, brass and copper. The long dog chain IDā€™d at 73, the lever IDā€™d at 82 and the short machine chain IDā€™d at 62. I thought that possibly something else was in the same spots, so after removing these items I swept them again. None of them had another signal at that point. This is confusing. Basically it doesnā€™t appear to really discriminate. I checked the 3 items and they are all definitely ferrous. I also found a lot of wire and nails: every hit was IDā€™d at 35 or higher. Is this normal?
Out again this evening. A little better Park 2 mode. Found several chunks of aluminum cans, foil etc. they were all IDā€™d around 83. At least it wasnā€™t ferrous this time. Then I found the items in the photo. All of them were ferrous metal (except the pottery piece). They all scored between 54 and 87. Once the rust gets so bad, does the composition change? Iā€™m struggling with these IDs. Iā€™m not unhappy with the finds. I just want to understand my machine better so that I build a level of trust when using it. I donā€™t expect perfection. What am I missing?
 

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Richard Guy

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