sig1911
Newbie
- Feb 6, 2013
- 3
- 0
- Detector(s) used
- ACE 250, Tesoro Vaquero, Infinium LS
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
hello everyone,
newbie cali md'ing addict here. got my first md a 'lil over a month ago which was an ACE 250. awesome coin shooter but after a week figured i was better off getting a tesoro vaquero. received that unit on the 29th of january. love that machine, awesome in dry sand. i live close to the beach which is my main type of hunting ground, the only type i've done so far. realized soon after that vlf, at least the vaquero, is not that great on wet sand. i was able to tweak it quiet enough to find some coins and pull tabs on wet sand but have only hit a 3" depth target with it. so i decided to get a pi. i went with the infinium ls and got it this friday 2/16. tried doing bench test but couldn't coz of freq interference from my apartment and nearby ones. went to the beach that same day and was getting the same interference. went to 2 other beaches the day after which were far from any source of radio disturbance. did all the steps and tips i've read from the manual and the web, still no success. there is no channel that i could find that's completely stable. when i do stick to the most quiet setting and turn the threshold back out of "freq adjust", it's stable while turning the knob but when i stop at my desired threshold the noise comes back after a couple of sec. i was able to work with it and have dug targets close to about 2ft. my brother in-law did most of the digging on that one target coz he was curios if there actually was something in there, and sure enough there was a bobby pin at that depth. i've found a few interesting stuff with it so far like bracelet (junk), earring (junk), and a swiss army knife so i'm able to deal with the disturbance so far. my question is, are the infiniums suppose to get completely stable or are those freq disturbance unavoidable? i've done a lot of reading and i understand the learning curve on this unit is pretty steep, but so far i've only got the sand shark to compare it to and that unit was quiet. called garrett today and they're very helpful. sue from garrett is sending me a new coil to try out before i have to ship the whole unit to them. outside of that freq. issue this pi is great. heavy as heck with the stock coil but it's one deep hitting pi.
thanks in advance for any tips, advice, and comments. awesome forum!
newbie cali md'ing addict here. got my first md a 'lil over a month ago which was an ACE 250. awesome coin shooter but after a week figured i was better off getting a tesoro vaquero. received that unit on the 29th of january. love that machine, awesome in dry sand. i live close to the beach which is my main type of hunting ground, the only type i've done so far. realized soon after that vlf, at least the vaquero, is not that great on wet sand. i was able to tweak it quiet enough to find some coins and pull tabs on wet sand but have only hit a 3" depth target with it. so i decided to get a pi. i went with the infinium ls and got it this friday 2/16. tried doing bench test but couldn't coz of freq interference from my apartment and nearby ones. went to the beach that same day and was getting the same interference. went to 2 other beaches the day after which were far from any source of radio disturbance. did all the steps and tips i've read from the manual and the web, still no success. there is no channel that i could find that's completely stable. when i do stick to the most quiet setting and turn the threshold back out of "freq adjust", it's stable while turning the knob but when i stop at my desired threshold the noise comes back after a couple of sec. i was able to work with it and have dug targets close to about 2ft. my brother in-law did most of the digging on that one target coz he was curios if there actually was something in there, and sure enough there was a bobby pin at that depth. i've found a few interesting stuff with it so far like bracelet (junk), earring (junk), and a swiss army knife so i'm able to deal with the disturbance so far. my question is, are the infiniums suppose to get completely stable or are those freq disturbance unavoidable? i've done a lot of reading and i understand the learning curve on this unit is pretty steep, but so far i've only got the sand shark to compare it to and that unit was quiet. called garrett today and they're very helpful. sue from garrett is sending me a new coil to try out before i have to ship the whole unit to them. outside of that freq. issue this pi is great. heavy as heck with the stock coil but it's one deep hitting pi.
thanks in advance for any tips, advice, and comments. awesome forum!
