ruccello
Jr. Member
- Jun 19, 2008
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- Fisher 1236x2
1236X2 questions and experiences - lot's of them
Hi everyone, I wanted to get some experienced 1236x2 users to help me with a few questions. I have the stock coil, and I use headphones. I hunt a mill/homestead site quite a bit - very large site. As you can imagine, iron everywhere. I usually keep the discrimination down to 1-2, and the sensitivity to 8-9. I've been able to find three nickels - 1867 shield, 1936 buffalo, and 1943 jefferson. I've been experimenting with different ways to detect this area with this machine. First, when I get a signal, I run the coil over it left to right, and front to back. Then I rotate the discrimination to as high as I can to see where it discriminates out. I can usually tell if it's iron or something else - I THINK! Then I'll change it to iron mode to see if it's a small piece of iron. Also, I always use the silencer. I found all three nickels this way - they didn't discriminate until I hit around 5-6, and the 1943 was even higher (silver), and they all had a good signal in the iron mode although the signal on nickels still seems a little erratic, sounding like chatter, or breaking up. They were all dug at 2-4". But sometimes even this method brought up an iron nail.
Sometimes I get a lot of chatter going over an area - I'm guessing a lot of iron nails, or barbed wire. Do you guys have this same problem? If I get chatter like this - large area - I usually try to slow the sweep speed, make shorter strokes and circle around. If it continues, I'll move on, thinking it's hundreds of nails, or a fence.
My first questions:
1. Should I dig all of these signals even if they discriminate out at 3, and/or if the signal disappears in the iron mode? I usually do, and they've always been nails. If I don't dig, I'm afraid that the iron is masking something else, but that hasn't been the case yet. Has anyone else found silver masked by iron with this machine?
2. Should I always use the silencer? Does the silencer affect depth, or discrimination?
3. When I get a lot of chatter, should I still be digging?
Another way I detect this site is in iron mode with the silencer on. Supposedly this will discriminate small nails and other small iron signals. This certainly does discriminate out all of those tiny nails, but I'm afraid I'm missing good stuff, especially in areas with large concentrations of nails in a small area (5-6 foot area).
Questions:
1. Will silver produce a signal with a small iron nail over it with the 1236x2 in this mode? In any mode?
2. If I slow down my swing speed, and shorten the length of my swings to 1" - 2", will I be able to pick up a silver signal (assuming there's silver there) next to iron that has been discriminated out, especially in those areas with a large concentration of nails?
I'm guessing the best thing to do is 0 discrimination, silencer off, and dig until there's nothing left to dig. I'd love to here other 1236x2 user experiences. The more info available to each of us, the better off we all are in our hunting success.
Richard
Hi everyone, I wanted to get some experienced 1236x2 users to help me with a few questions. I have the stock coil, and I use headphones. I hunt a mill/homestead site quite a bit - very large site. As you can imagine, iron everywhere. I usually keep the discrimination down to 1-2, and the sensitivity to 8-9. I've been able to find three nickels - 1867 shield, 1936 buffalo, and 1943 jefferson. I've been experimenting with different ways to detect this area with this machine. First, when I get a signal, I run the coil over it left to right, and front to back. Then I rotate the discrimination to as high as I can to see where it discriminates out. I can usually tell if it's iron or something else - I THINK! Then I'll change it to iron mode to see if it's a small piece of iron. Also, I always use the silencer. I found all three nickels this way - they didn't discriminate until I hit around 5-6, and the 1943 was even higher (silver), and they all had a good signal in the iron mode although the signal on nickels still seems a little erratic, sounding like chatter, or breaking up. They were all dug at 2-4". But sometimes even this method brought up an iron nail.
Sometimes I get a lot of chatter going over an area - I'm guessing a lot of iron nails, or barbed wire. Do you guys have this same problem? If I get chatter like this - large area - I usually try to slow the sweep speed, make shorter strokes and circle around. If it continues, I'll move on, thinking it's hundreds of nails, or a fence.
My first questions:
1. Should I dig all of these signals even if they discriminate out at 3, and/or if the signal disappears in the iron mode? I usually do, and they've always been nails. If I don't dig, I'm afraid that the iron is masking something else, but that hasn't been the case yet. Has anyone else found silver masked by iron with this machine?
2. Should I always use the silencer? Does the silencer affect depth, or discrimination?
3. When I get a lot of chatter, should I still be digging?
Another way I detect this site is in iron mode with the silencer on. Supposedly this will discriminate small nails and other small iron signals. This certainly does discriminate out all of those tiny nails, but I'm afraid I'm missing good stuff, especially in areas with large concentrations of nails in a small area (5-6 foot area).
Questions:
1. Will silver produce a signal with a small iron nail over it with the 1236x2 in this mode? In any mode?
2. If I slow down my swing speed, and shorten the length of my swings to 1" - 2", will I be able to pick up a silver signal (assuming there's silver there) next to iron that has been discriminated out, especially in those areas with a large concentration of nails?
I'm guessing the best thing to do is 0 discrimination, silencer off, and dig until there's nothing left to dig. I'd love to here other 1236x2 user experiences. The more info available to each of us, the better off we all are in our hunting success.
Richard
