I like some of you have only 1 detector & bought it with a specific target in mind. So I bought the best I could warrant for the expense. I would like to be living with a gold bearing area a 'reasonable' distance down the road, but I don't! With 400kms dirt road to the NW or 470kms pavement south they tend to workout to be more than a long weekend and the usual restrictions of work, cash flow, etc to name but a few I don't get there a often as I would like. So....what to do if you like to swing but have no gold field in spitting distance? ... something I had no intention of doing...ever!
Well I'm hooked! Coin shooting is the next best thing. There's lots of parks, old & new race courses, Cobb & Co change stations, and many early 1900's structures & gathering places waiting to be swung!
The TDI PRO is not the best machine for this but it will do..
Here are some settings that might help the newbie like me:
This setting has it's positives and negatives and only on what I have found and could test on,
Bad news first, Negatives: Will miss 1c (corroded, though if no corrosion good signal..?), 5c,10c ( nickel's), Loss of depth generally (reasons as you will see)
Good news, positives: 20c (nickel) at about(a/a) 150mm, Coppers: penny a/a 300mm,1and 2c a/a 100-150mm. Silvers: threepence a/a 100mm( i didn't find but had 1 on hand to test),thick small silver ring a/a 150mm, thick wedding band gold ring a/a 400mm... due to size and shape this is very variable however my point is they are picked up. All ring pulls old and new, small lead (though not sure if a good thing) and bottle tops are SILENT.
Then of course there is the ubiquitous "coil candy" which there is no remedy for..
Settings: Gain: max
Pulse delay: 20-25
F/GB: on
C/GB: 10-11 ie. Max
T/H: silent
T/C: high
Well I'm hooked! Coin shooting is the next best thing. There's lots of parks, old & new race courses, Cobb & Co change stations, and many early 1900's structures & gathering places waiting to be swung!
The TDI PRO is not the best machine for this but it will do..
Here are some settings that might help the newbie like me:
This setting has it's positives and negatives and only on what I have found and could test on,
Bad news first, Negatives: Will miss 1c (corroded, though if no corrosion good signal..?), 5c,10c ( nickel's), Loss of depth generally (reasons as you will see)
Good news, positives: 20c (nickel) at about(a/a) 150mm, Coppers: penny a/a 300mm,1and 2c a/a 100-150mm. Silvers: threepence a/a 100mm( i didn't find but had 1 on hand to test),thick small silver ring a/a 150mm, thick wedding band gold ring a/a 400mm... due to size and shape this is very variable however my point is they are picked up. All ring pulls old and new, small lead (though not sure if a good thing) and bottle tops are SILENT.
Then of course there is the ubiquitous "coil candy" which there is no remedy for..
Settings: Gain: max
Pulse delay: 20-25
F/GB: on
C/GB: 10-11 ie. Max
T/H: silent
T/C: high