Well after much ado and waiting I finally got my ETP from Aussie detectors (thanks for the freebie coil cover Brad!). I had scoured the local parks and tot lots and hi beach areas with my GMZ for some 12 months plus with limited success, but I was over digging every target, and every nail, and every staple and bobby pin, so I decided to go for something with a bit of discrimination inbuilt.
Over two mornings , I took it to 3 playgrounds and one park, totaling about 3 hours. It does take a bit of getting used to with hi and mid tones (low tone iron was set to silent by choice), and then checking the relative conductivity, with a fair bit of digging to check the consistency of the readings. I was very impressed with how much closer I could get to larger metal objects (poles etc) without getting any unwanted noises. I noticed that for the vast majority of coins (but there were some exceptions), the signals were perfectly constant when swinging from all directions, but foil, bottle caps, ring pulls, can slaw etc would giving a slight amount of conductivity variation in different passes over the object. The $2 coins were a perfect 77, the $1 coins a steady 79. 5 cents were 55. The coins that would fluctuate were the 50 cents which could vary from 63 to 68.
All up $45.90 and a 20 sen Malaysian coin, a clip on earring, a multi tool knife that has seen better days, some junk ....plus the find of the day - a sun-baker pirate patch!
This morning I was time poor so I went to the local skate park which I have hit several times previously.
It is extremely junk riddled, but I managed one more $1 coin, some 22 shells, buttons, a sinker , 6 little plastic money bags (what a great little find for putting things in :lol: ).. and a small sterling silver ring!.... woohoo
Even though it registered at 89 conductivity, I thought it was junk until I got to work and checked it out with my voile. Also it is set with 18 tiny stones, doubtful if they are diamonds, but as it is a nice silver ring, I might get a jeweler to look it over.
All things said, I'm pretty happy with my sub $300 investment.
TT
Over two mornings , I took it to 3 playgrounds and one park, totaling about 3 hours. It does take a bit of getting used to with hi and mid tones (low tone iron was set to silent by choice), and then checking the relative conductivity, with a fair bit of digging to check the consistency of the readings. I was very impressed with how much closer I could get to larger metal objects (poles etc) without getting any unwanted noises. I noticed that for the vast majority of coins (but there were some exceptions), the signals were perfectly constant when swinging from all directions, but foil, bottle caps, ring pulls, can slaw etc would giving a slight amount of conductivity variation in different passes over the object. The $2 coins were a perfect 77, the $1 coins a steady 79. 5 cents were 55. The coins that would fluctuate were the 50 cents which could vary from 63 to 68.
All up $45.90 and a 20 sen Malaysian coin, a clip on earring, a multi tool knife that has seen better days, some junk ....plus the find of the day - a sun-baker pirate patch!
This morning I was time poor so I went to the local skate park which I have hit several times previously.
It is extremely junk riddled, but I managed one more $1 coin, some 22 shells, buttons, a sinker , 6 little plastic money bags (what a great little find for putting things in :lol: ).. and a small sterling silver ring!.... woohoo
Even though it registered at 89 conductivity, I thought it was junk until I got to work and checked it out with my voile. Also it is set with 18 tiny stones, doubtful if they are diamonds, but as it is a nice silver ring, I might get a jeweler to look it over.
All things said, I'm pretty happy with my sub $300 investment.
TT
