- Jan 5, 2019
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It's Friday! That means at least 1 day is coming up to possibly metal detect. IF the weather is nice.
The last few weeks it has rained a lot. In my area the soil is mostly the old red clay type with little glistening sparkles in some areas I hunt. I've always noticed that when the ground is wet like it is now(hard downpour last night) the more iron tones I hear.
When you face situations like this, how can it be compensated for? Are there certain settings that work better than others in your experience?
Even when it is dry, most of the areas I hunt have iron buzz/tones. I find it hard to believe there is that much actual iron in the ground.
I have seen times I ran my coil across the ground that had the golden speckles in it and heard nothing. But yet when that same patch of ground is moistened the "iron" comes out in droves.
Just what is causing it I always wondered.
What I have tried in the past and it helped some is to reduce sensitivity. That at least reduced the effect but at the expense of depth. I've tried iron filter setting changes on my Equinox and Legend but yet that seems to not do much either. Tried recovery speed changes in the faster range, and also lower. Ground balances, not much help either.
Is there a way I could get some of my soil and actually test it to see what I'm fighting against? Is it even possible for micro minerals to be causing iron buzz? Sorry for so many questions but surely I'm not the only one in this boat and wondering.
The last few weeks it has rained a lot. In my area the soil is mostly the old red clay type with little glistening sparkles in some areas I hunt. I've always noticed that when the ground is wet like it is now(hard downpour last night) the more iron tones I hear.
When you face situations like this, how can it be compensated for? Are there certain settings that work better than others in your experience?
Even when it is dry, most of the areas I hunt have iron buzz/tones. I find it hard to believe there is that much actual iron in the ground.
I have seen times I ran my coil across the ground that had the golden speckles in it and heard nothing. But yet when that same patch of ground is moistened the "iron" comes out in droves.
Just what is causing it I always wondered.
What I have tried in the past and it helped some is to reduce sensitivity. That at least reduced the effect but at the expense of depth. I've tried iron filter setting changes on my Equinox and Legend but yet that seems to not do much either. Tried recovery speed changes in the faster range, and also lower. Ground balances, not much help either.
Is there a way I could get some of my soil and actually test it to see what I'm fighting against? Is it even possible for micro minerals to be causing iron buzz? Sorry for so many questions but surely I'm not the only one in this boat and wondering.
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