White DFX

[Haoleman]

While awaiting the arrival of my Minelab Ex 1000, my neighbor lent me his DFX. He told me to have at it. Showed me the basic setup and off I went. Now I went to our ball field and I got a hit every few inches. Turns out that the area is chock full of pull tabs. I found that the visual ID pix kept jumping around so much that I gave up looking at it and concentrated on the tones. Only found one clad penny and lots of aluminum. I tried some of the custom programs but not having the book kept me guessing. I'm going to try again. Should have the Minelab on Tuesday.

Terry

 

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[Rob66]

I can't wait for you....Welcome to the world of minelab!!!!
RD

 

[John (Ma)]

It's like any detector, you just have to learn it. When I first got the DFX, I dug everything and anything to get to know it. Now I can pretty much tell you what it is before I dig. I love the DFX and am sure you would enjoy it, too if you had the time to learn it. I am sure you will enjoy the minelab, too and the more you learn it, the better it will be. I don't knock the detectors because there are plenty of people out there out doing others with higher end machines because they have taken the time to learn it. Anyway, have fun with your new minelab!

 

[BioProfessor]

Both the DFX and Minelab are good top-of-the-line detectors. I think most everybody would agree that learning to use the detector is more important than the detector itself. Both the DFX and Minelab have a significant learning curve. Your experience with the DFX is typical for the first time out with any of the high-end detectors. I doubt if your experience with the Minelab will be any different. You need to pay close attention to what your detector tells you. This can be VDI number (or the tone assigned to it), conductivity, a signagraph, an icon "guess," or anything other information. When you first start, you won't know the difference bewteen crape and a good grade of clay. The information is just too confusing to know. You have to practice - dig, ID, remember; dig, ID, remember; dig, ID, remember; after a few months things will be much clearer and you can start to ignore targets you are sure of and dig ones you are sure of. The problem will be the signals in the "huge" middle that no detector can tell a significant difference in - gold, foil, nickels, pull-tabs - they all give signals that seem to be good ones but there will be more pull-tabs and foil unearthed than gold or nickels. If you are finding nickels, you are getting there. If you are "passing" on foil and pull tabs, you are missing gold. Just the way it works.

So set yourself up a good test plot. Practice, Practice, Practice. There may be quite a few DFX and Minelabs that are at the bottoms of lakes, or have bent shafts from being wrapped around a tree. I don't think anybody will fess up to this but I know I've had the urge. Digging bottle caps that ring at quarters, crushed beer cans that ring up as nice clean diggable signals, pull tabs that say "Gold Ring, Gold Ring, Gold Ring," WILL drive you nuts.

Have fun learning your new machine. Just don't expect miracles. It ain't gonna happen.

My 2cents worth.

Daryl

 

[Haoleman]

Just got back from a hunt at the sand vollyball court and it didn't take me five minutes to find a nice diamond studded ring!!! Since it's not my detector do I have to give it back
I'm doing the Peanuts dance!!! I'll post a pix later.

Terry

 

[Rob66]

Finders keeper!!!!!!!
RD

 

[DFX-SE Gregg]

Not having a clue what the dfx is capable of...then not at least a quick read of manual...hummm...wonder why all you found was pulltabs...

 

[luvsdux]

Pull tabs are the bane of the detectorist no matter what machine you use. If you discriminate them out, you also miss nickels and potentially a lot of jewelry. Also, having recently hunted some river beaches where many picnics and parties are held, I can vouch for the strong confusing signals given by melted aluminum cans strewn about from campfire areas. With a good knowledge from practice with your machine, whatever model it is, you will be able to sort thru these trash signals with fair accuracy. With practice, patience and consistency your hunting will become less frustrating. Hope you enjoy your new machine.
Cheers,
Bill

 

[Green1]

it's a trap..............