T2 Depth Reading Accuracy

[fella]

Been using primarily 3 as of late. It still seem 2-3" generous on the depth. Kind of annoying really.

Tonight was its best outting so far. Picked a fair amount of clad including 5 nickels, heart shaped watch pendant and this little beauty…



.999 Gold! Too bad the stone is missing.

Kinda funny…it rang up 77-78 steady. I stepped away because I really didn't want to dig a zinc penny but something about the signal made me turn back around and dig. I ended up digging 10 more zinc pennies before I went home.

 

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[Ahab8]

Been using primarily 3 as of late. It still seem 2-3" generous on the depth. Kind of annoying really. Tonight was its best outting so far. Picked a fair amount of clad including 5 nickels, heart shaped watch pendant and this little beauty&#133; <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1014392"/><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1014393"/> .999 Gold! Too bad the stone is missing. Kinda funny&#133;it rang up 77-78 steady. I stepped away because I really didn't want to dig a zinc penny but something about the signal made me turn back around and dig. I ended up digging 10 more zinc pennies before I went home.

Yup that'll keep ya digging zinc pennies for awhile. That's a nice little find congrats. Just a heads up that all of my indian head pennies have rung up at 79 but I dug one this past weekend that came up 78 because it was so corroded. But if you're in a newer park or something those 77-78 can seem like your worst enemy. I'm lucky with the old sites I hunt that I literally dig everything including a few iron signals as I love old axe heads and want to make a nice iron tool display at some point.
Let me ask you a question fella. Is the depth reading off from where your coil is sitting or from the grounds surface to the target? The reason I ask is because I have a couple of sites with some short stubble so obviously the depth I actually dig a target at is going to be smaller than the depth it reads. Please don't be offended by the question as I know you are experienced it's just weird with the depth issues on coin targets and such. I used to measure the finds I dug just to see if it was accurate and for the most part it was very close. Obviously the tiny targets will show deeper but on the coins I dug it was very close

 

[fella]

Let me ask you a question fella. Is the depth reading off from where your coil is sitting or from the grounds surface to the target?

Fair question… both one and the same to me I guess. When PP'n I always have the coil flat to the ground. I could understand if it were a little off but this seems a little excessive to me. I'm always digging 5-6" plugs and the bloody coins are 2". Now this is really only on the shallow (not surface) coins. On surface and deeper coins it seems to be fine.

 

[Ahab8]

Fair question… both one and the same to me I guess. When PP'n I always have the coil flat to the ground. I could understand if it were a little off but this seems a little excessive to me. I'm always digging 5-6" plugs and the bloody coins are 2". Now this is really only on the shallow (not surface) coins. On surface and deeper coins it seems to be fine.

Yeah that's a huge pain for sure. Not sure what the story is. I just had to have my coil recalibrated but yours would be off regardless of depth if that was the case

 

[sws33]

I'm new to the T2 se but have found my machine does the same. It will say 5" and I will end up recovering it at 1" or 2". A good pinpointer will help keep you from digging massive plugs. If the object is close to the surface my propointer will hit it every time once I pin point it with the T2.