Over sensitive pinpointer

[MXT Man]

The other day as I was detecting a rather trashy area I found my pinpointer was extremely sensitive and would sound off by lightly rubbing it in the grass. In fact I dug some very deep holes because the pinpointer kept sounding off as if there was a target still in the hole and I gave up digging any further. The next day I ground balanced my SE and it settled down at a reading of 12. The pinpointer stopped falsing and I found targets in every dig. My hunting buddy uses the same settings as I do but he keeps his sensitivity set at 24. He finds more Silver than I do but his detector is an Explorer II. he also uses the same brand Pinpointer. Can there be that much difference between the SE and Explorer II sensitivity setting. Also is there a rule of thumb for loss of sensitivity settings based on the sensitivity.? I have found that The depth loss is not very much between a setting of 24 and 12. The lower setting gives me far less falsing and a more confident target reading but my friend thinks my ground balance setting is way to low and I am losing to much depth. I find with the extreme falsing of the pinpointer I am going nuts trying to find the target in the hole. What is your opinion and or answer to this problem. Thanks in advance

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

I have never used a Explorer II or the SE, but I have owned and used 2 Minelab Excals and 2 Sovereign GTs a lot. I frequently set my sense to 11 to 3 o'clock setting on the dial to get it stable at the various beaches and I see very little change in the depth. I have dug coins and other targets well over 12 inches at the beaches when it was set at the 2 to 3 o'clock position.

 

[jeff of pa]

I had the same Problem with the sunray Pinpointer
on the Explorer 2

It would Require I Either Hunt with Lower
sensitivity so the pinopointer wouldn't detect all the way up,
the sides of the Probe & Wire or adjust my sensitivity up
& Down as I switched back & Forth.

Problem is the Explorers are Too Sensitive

Sorry I was told there is no other Cure.
I'v heard of a DFX User who had the same problem