Faint Keeper vs Faint Tiny

[mstreenz]

I am struggling with depth vs size when hunting the faint signals. Most of my hunting is on old sites that have been hit hard. If i'm not in the heavy iron then I am looking for the very faint signals for a deep coin. I hunt in full tones, 90+ sensitivity, TX Power 2, 0 Disc, 8 Khz. Any tricks to recognize depth vs size would be appreciated!

 

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[Deft Tones]

While sweeping the coil raise it up higher 6 to 8 inches. Faint deep signals will vanish while small surface targets usually grow fainter before also vanishing.

Another method is to use the handheld pinpointer, like a carrot or trx to determine depth vs size.

If you can figure it out with the coil it would be best, generally.

I hope that helps you.

 

[Welgund]

I recommend raising the coil also. Usually if it's a feint deeper target it goes away just as you start to raise the coil. Shallow bits of aluminum usually take farther away to go away. I use the pinpointer also to check the ground before I dig etc.

 

[mstreenz]

Thanks for the recommendations. I mainly battle .22 shorts in my area. Being in 8Khz i'm surprised that they are still coming through. I wonder if switching to an 18Khz program could also tell? Meaning the signal might become less faint?

 

[Welgund]

.22 shorts are a pain. Can notch them out but take a chance loosing possible gold coin.lol

 

[Deft Tones]

I find 18 khz hits .22 shorts hardest.

Based on my experience with 22.5 frequency on another unit higher frequency hits those shells even harder.

I hunt an abandoned amusement park where they had a shooting game that used .22 shorts...over 50 years of .22's to sift through (among other things) they can be avoided by mental descrimination, mostly after digging enough of them. I use the two techniques above and only dig deep .22's and colocated shells. Just takes practice.

 

[smokeythecat]

I have just learned about the raising the coil thing. And am now getting somewhat used to the Deus. I have passed over some deep coins....oh well.

 

[Tedyoh]

I usually start a site on R2 / S2, not sure what your R setting is but if it's on 2 or higher, try bumping the Reactivity down, doing this will normally make a small deep target (8+ inches) sound "better". On older sites (1800's) I dig every non ferrous tone.