Maybe I'll try doing the macarena to see if it helps me find gold lol. I noticed a big jump in depth on a penny the faster I'd move it below the coil, there's a limit to how fast I can swing and still maintain control but I have noticed in a few vids that these cats in the field are nearly shaking the coil over the ground, kinda fast as they go so I'm gonna see if I can manage. My machine probably isn't as light as some but it's not especially heavy so I can probably wobble it across the ground at a decent frequency. Still learning over here obviously
I think that a bit of practice and trial is needed for any machine to see what is the best. One brand, model can be different from another in recovery speeds, recovering from sounding off on one target to another or ground variations and so on. For any given machine you can go too fast or too slow from my time detecting.
I thought you detected with a pin pointer?
I do, I also have a regular machine with a 9 1/2 coil that I use where it's possible, it gets used in "designated" metal detecting trips as opposed to simply being out in the field and needing a quick tool for a quick search. That's another rabbit hole there but, yeah, I have a more standard detector as well which is the one in question here. I messed with it last night around our property to see if I could potentially tease out some stuff with a faster swing that I had missed before. Unfortunately a large portion of the property is now devoid of targets thanks to my activity so no coins found at a greater depth, they may lurk but I think I've pulled a large percentage of them out of the ground at this point. I mostly practiced my swing and tried working it faster which seemed to work well enough. It's rather nuanced, more than it seems at a glance, I'm still figuring out exactly what this machine is fully capable of.
What make & model is your regular detector?
It's a Gordon High Precision Metal Detector. I paid about $175 for it. It's an off brand machine but it's reliable, good sensitivity control, VDI is always consistent, pinpoint function works fine and it finds the stuff consistently. The depth on small objects I think varies a bit depending on composition and geometry but generally it does good. It seems to do better when I use a faster swing speed especially on small targets, it has no problem finding larger ones at depth that's for sure. It's entry level and sure to be only the first of a number of machines I'll ultimately get into, for now it works and seems to work well enough. I'm gonna keep working with it, learning it until I get into a nicer model which is definitely in the cards.
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I thought you paid $145 for it.
Oh it's been a while, I think it was closer to 175 after tax lol, I forget, it's somewhere in there. In any case it's the machine I have at the moment. I've been eyeing some nicer models on Amazon, I have a reasonably tight budget, anything over 250 is probably more than I'm willing to dump into it but I'm not buying anything just yet so who knows. Minelab and nokta both have my eye but I'm still thinking about itI thought you paid $145 for it.
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I've done surprisingly good using nothing more than a minelab pro find 40, I prefer it for deep field searches because it's light, compact and i carry a lot of foraging/salvaging tools so weight and space are a concern. That being said I've been making some finds on our 3/4 acre lot that suggest...www.treasurenet.com
Anyhoo, it came down again--$140
