Dragged Anfibio Multi Out of Mothballs

rayoh

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Jan 13, 2017
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northeast Ohio
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Minelab Etrac-Notka Legend
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Decided to hunt a park that I don't have to drive 20 miles to hunt and took the Multi on both hunts. I have almost exclusively used my Multi in 5khz, three tone with the gain either 90 in open areas or 89 in trash. First thing I will say, in three tone 90 or above, the Multi is one of, if not the deepest detector I have ever used. Day one I spent around an old tennis court where the high fence surrounding it was removed several years ago. I purposely hunted where the fence was and used the gain at 89 because of the abundant trash. I popped out 30 coins, nothing old. Most from the early 70's. This detector is a speed demon under gain 90 in three tone.

As I widened my search area out four or five feet, I turned the gain back to 90-91. I found 4 wheat pennies from the 20's and all were 8-9 inches deep with distinct signals. For the record, I was hunting in 5khz. I like this frequency, but it will drain the battery in 6 hours or so.

Today, I moved to the old playground. There has been a play ground here since the 1920's. Today, I used 14khz which I almost never use. I was trying to see if the battery would last longer. I hunted 4 hours and used only 1 bar which is twice as good as using 5khz. I alternated between 89 and 90 depending on the trash. I found two old wheats two inches deep around an old tree while in the speed mode(under 90). A couple of weeks back I found a 1919 merc around this tree in 5khz, gain 89 and it was less than two inches deep, but surrounded by trash.

When I got outside of the actual playground equipment, I switched to gain 90 and almost immediately found a 10 inch deep wheat penny. Not the greatest signal, but deep. Funny thing, there was a wad of aluminum foil in the hole at about 6 inches. I started gridding and within 5 minutes got a signal that flashed 74-77 but was not consistant. I figured it would be a deep, old beaver tail, but from an honest 10 inches I saw a coin on my drop cloth. I first thought it was a wheat, but it was too green. As I rubbed it, I saw an Indian's face. It was an Indian and a nice one. 1892, the second oldest coin I have found at this park. The oldest was a 1870 seated dime.

The Equinox is easier to use and not as "high strung" as the Anfibio, but for some reason, I feel like I can squeak a couple of more inches of depth out of the Anfibio. But, I seem to dig more junk at extreme depths with the Anfibio. At any rate, both are excellent detectors.
 

My Mutli Kruzer was super high strung until I put on the AF28 coil, how its just Anfibio grade high strung. I've heard that 5khz in deep mode is the way to go. I'll have to give it a try.
 

My Mutli Kruzer was super high strung until I put on the AF28 coil, how its just Anfibio grade high strung. I've heard that 5khz in deep mode is the way to go. I'll have to give it a try.
I would try 5khz . I never had a Kruzer, but try some experimenting with different modes while using 5khz. Several times I have dug extremely deep nickels in 5khz that read way up the ID scale. Both were old buffalo nickels and both were 9+ inches deep. They were bouncing between nickel numbers and way up into the low 70's. I have had several single frequency detectors exhibit this strange phenomenon at this particular park. For the record this park has mineralized soil. I have been using 14khz as of late and cannot get my Anfibio to duplicate my previous happenings. With both the Impact and Anfibio, I have had to swing real slow in these deep modes. Let us know how you make out.
 

I would try 5khz . I never had a Kruzer, but try some experimenting with different modes while using 5khz. Several times I have dug extremely deep nickels in 5khz that read way up the ID scale. Both were old buffalo nickels and both were 9+ inches deep. They were bouncing between nickel numbers and way up into the low 70's. I have had several single frequency detectors exhibit this strange phenomenon at this particular park. For the record this park has mineralized soil. I have been using 14khz as of late and cannot get my Anfibio to duplicate my previous happenings. With both the Impact and Anfibio, I have had to swing real slow in these deep modes. Let us know how you make out.
I have 2 years with the Anfibio Multi and have never used the 5Khz so I will give it a try once the ground thaws in March or April. Never knew about the battery life being affected by frequency choice. Thanks for the post as it is educational.
 

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