new at this need help.

[mudcadet]

hello everyone I am mudcadet retired and trying to figure out mding. have had my detector for about a year,but for medical reasons have not been able to get started til about april this year. my question to any body that may respond is this I have been practicing and something is not right,i get good steady hits,but when I dig my plug I get nothing after no signal nothing with pinpointer or nothing in holes that I have dug as deep as 12 in. what am I doing wrong? I use a coin master pro,iknow it is not the best one but being on a fixed income it is what I could afford. I just didn't realize that I was this dumb,and tired digging for nothing but blisters. thank you mudcadet

 

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[G.A.P.metal]

Hey mudcadet
Try turning the sensitivity down a bit till you learn your detector better.. sounds like you are getting ghost signals,and welcome to Tnet.
Gary

 

[Tom_in_CA]

mudcadet, it sounds like there was really no signal there, from the git-go. You're doing something wrong, and interpretting something you think is a signal, for really-nothing-there. At least that's my guess. Without being there, hearing what you're hearing, seeing how you're swinging, what you're trying to isolate, there's no way to know. A person trying to help in this situation, would literally have to "be there", to know/see what's going on. You know, trade off-flagged signals, etc... to listen to before one digs, then go through with the pinpointing and retrieval, etc...

For example (don't get "lost in the example", as this is only "an example"): I corresponded with a fellow near me in an on-line communication, where he complained of "disappearaing signals". He even sent the machine back to the factory 3x for 'repairs" Each time they sent it back saying nothing is wrong with it. Yet each time, it continued to have the same "disappearing signals". He and I exchanged emails (which are limited by written text, JUST like this forum is), and all I could do was offer theories, advise to have a pinpointer, etc...

Finally, the fellow and I met up. I diagnosed the problem within 30 seconds of watching him. He had a 6000 di pro (which is a fairly fast motion swing machine). Each time he'd hear a signal, he'd "slow down" in order to "hear the signal better". But it would "disappear". Confused, he'd moved on. Get another signal. Slow down to "hear better", and that one would "disappear" too. And on and on it would go. He could only get shallow targets, or occasionally one to "stay put" in all-metal mode, etc.. He was totally confused. I was able to alert him that his error was in "slowing down" while in disc. mode. If ANYTHING, he would need to be SPEEDING UP with a machine like the 6000 di pro in order to make it bolder (since it goes deeper with faster swings). And I even asked him: "Didn't you read the instructions which distinctly and clearly say that motion is required?". He said "yes, he'd read that part of the instructions, but merely assumed it meant that you needed to swing the coil side to side as you move and progress through the field. And he had thought "that's a silly instruction. I mean HOW ELSE is a person supposed to ever progress through the field, unless he moves and swings the coil?". I mean, ... duh .... is the instructions expecting someone to stand there motionless with the coil staying in one spot? So he thought that part of the instructions was merely telling the user to move the coil side-to-side as he walks (ie.: "motion"). So you see: NO AMOUNT OF PRINTED instructions could have ever revealed the error here. I simply had to SEE what was going on, in order to diagnose.

Thus it's probably the same for your issue too. You're going to need to hook up with a proficient user in your area. Have him flag some signals for you to hear. Pick a spot flush with targets (clad etc...) just for practice. Even if only a modern school or sandbox. Conversely, you flag signals for him to hear. The chase a few. See how he does it, etc...

 

[TheRingFinder]

Hey mudcadet, welcome to TN - The one thing I learned long ago was this: When you get a "good signal" swing at a constant speed to narrow it down, then turn your body 90 degrees on the target and swing constant again. Many times the signal will disappear. If you get great hits both ways - Dig it!!!!!! It's GOLD!!! < - Just jivin, though it is something!!!!! If the signal disappears on your 90 degree turn, just keep truckin on to the next target!!!!!!

Take Care and Good Luck Out There!!!!!!

 

[RGINN]

Welcome mudcadet. Probably not the case, but I've had some hits before that mysteriously disappeared and it turned out it was from the metal in my boots.

 

[Frankn]

Let's see. I liked the, to much sensitive. I had to cure my son of that. I learned the hard way about steel toed boots. I use an XLT that is 13 years old. It is a fast swinger also, But it has a pinpoint mode that can slowly zero to a pinpoint without loosing the signal. As mentioned above, read the manual. Frank...

 

[Silver Searcher]

It could be a broken coil cable, giving you false signals....check it out to be sure.

SS