DFX SETTINGS FOR DEPTH?

[Messick81]

HI everyone i have been hunting for about two years with the dfx and love it. but only been hunting the beach for about a year or so. i seem to be doing okay on the beach but i think i could be doing better,can anyone give me a setting that can get me a little deeper on the beach i have been getting dimes at about 8" is their a setting that would go deeper. and yes i do find jewelery on the beach i have found about 12 gold rings since last year. my best was a 2kt saphire\w-2diamonds 18ktgold thanks for any help.

 

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[Eu_citzen]

This is a experimental program based on the Prospecting program, hence the name Pro-Gold.
Here are the settings:

Target Volume 48 [User preference]
Audio Threshold 17 [User preference]
Tone (Audio Freq) 160
Audio Discrim ON
Silent Search OFF
Mixed Mode OFF
A.C. Sensitivity 68 [SET FOR STABLE OPERATION]
D.C. Sensitivity 50 [SET FOR STABLE OPERATION]
Backlight OFF
Viewing Angle 25

Pro Options: Audio

Ratchet Pin-pointing OFF
S.A.T Speed 9
Tone I.D ON
V.C.O ON
Modulation OFF

G.E.B /Trac

Autotrac ON
Trac View OFF/ON (personal preference)
Autotrac Speed 8
Autotrac Offset +1
Trac Inhibit OFF
Coarse G.E.B AUTO
Fine G.E.B AUTO

Descrim Edit

Accept: -40-+95
Reject:-95--41
Block Edit AS EDIT
Learn Accept OFF
Learn Reject OFF
Recovery Speed 20
Bottlecap Reject 1
Hot Rock Reject 10 [If you've got problems with hot rocks turn it up]
Sweep Speed 7
Ground Filtering 4 [Depends on trash and mineralization]

Display

Visual Disc ON
Icons OFF
V.D.I Sensitivity 85
D.C Phase ON
Graph Averaging ON
Graph Accumulating ON
Fade Rate 7

Single Transmit Receive

Preamp Gain 4 [SET FOR STABLE OPERATION]
2 Frequency (best data) OFF
2 Frequency (correlate) OFF
V.D.I Normalized ON
1 Frequency (3 khz) OFF
1 Frequency (15 khz) ON

A pal used this and he had never had a DFX in his hand before he reported average target depth at 8", I was there; they where quite strong signals.
And one small coin on edge at around 3-4". He borrowed my DFX.

For even more depth use Mixed mode. (If you can stand it)

I think that's one of my deepest programs. DFXonly.com has plenty programs to try.
The other deep programs I use are hard on the ears; not for long use in trashy areas.

 

[Messick81]

thanks very much for the info i am heading to the beach again today i will let you know how i make out. it should be an extremly low tide today because of the full moon.. i will post tonight or tommorow depending how exhausted i am from scooping thanks again

 

[rjw4law]

Thank you, I never have the time to create and experiment.....I really appreciate the program, will experiment with it this week.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Good luck to both of ya.
Let us know how it treats ya, some modifications might have to be done due to location... Location is key.

 

[Messick81]

sorry folks did not get out last week had a touch of the flu. i did get out today at an old in land site and tried the new settings just for kicks. the place has been hunted alot,but i did get a 1864 i.h and a colonial button and a few relics. i think this setting will work very well on the beach. i will put it to use tomorrow . thanks again for the info ,and i will let you know the results thanks.

 

[Messick81]

this program is working out great. i went back to the same old site and worked it slow here is what i found. first i found a civil war button,then i found a 1846 large cent at about 15 inches deep and then i could,nt believe my eyes when at about 9 inches deep out of the ground came this 1857 1/4 dollar california gold piece i will get pictures as soon as i can. i talked to a friend last night and he said it may be countrfiet i don,t know may be some one can tell. it has a bear on the back if that means anything to any one.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Glad to hear, I can in my ground barely get out any deeper then 8" with that program. (due to mineralization)
Seems to suit your area perfectly with that depth.

Congrats on the finds.

 

[Messick81]

sorry folks had problems with camera but , did get pics. put on todays finds sorry.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Here's the link; I am cross linking to each other topics.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,276825.0.html

I must say I am amazed.

 

[ICE ADDICT]

Will Eu-citzen's program work on the XLT?

 

[Eu_citzen]

Will Eu-citzen's program work on the XLT?

Donno, try.

But the XLT isn't the same as the DFX, keep that in mind.

 

[Messick81]

got to the beach and tried the program out . i must say it works very well on the beach we had a eastern come in this past week so i had to go found about 200 coins clad a couple of wheaties a silver ring with glas, two gold rings one with 5 small diamonds,one gold band four silver ear rings and about 35 old military bullets i have a club meeting tonight ,but i will post pics. asap. thanks for all the help. this new program has possibilities

 

[olepossum]

i found a carbon core to a old hand crank phone the otherday and it was 16 inches down and i have only used the factory sttings for coin and jewelry wow

 

[Messick81]

sorry have not been able to post pics. yet. my brother has been in hospital in icu. been at hosp. will post when i can. thanks

 

[MackDog]

thanks

 

[MARCVS]

I have DFX for long time
First of all Mixed Mode is a MUST

Modify Relic program,by adding AC sens to 72-75,
DC sense not more then 30-35 top
Preamp Gain to 3 (even 4 if detector works stable)
Change ground filter to 3
VCO audio turn-ON
discrimination accept -20 to + 94,reject 95
And of course use 12 inch coil
or 15x12 SEF