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Minelab X-Terra 505 tips, settings, questions
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<blockquote data-quote="NJS" data-source="post: 241676" data-attributes="member: 7287"><p>Hi everyone,</p><p></p><p>I just got my first detector today and gave it a shot at the beach before sundown but I was really unsure of the settings I should be using. </p><p></p><p>I had the sensitivity around 15 and the threshold around 12 and just left it on the preset 1 and it seemed fine for finding lots of bottlecaps, beer cans and the top of a bong which looked like a bullet tip at first <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />.</p><p> </p><p>I did the ground levelling on the dry sand and it seemed fine at about 9-10 or so but then when I went onto the soft sand and tried it again it was going wild and I found nothing at all when I was close to the water but I got a few quick signals from the unit but presume they were just false signals?</p><p></p><p>Should I just be going on the dry sand with this unit or is it ok to go closer to the water/wet sand?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NJS, post: 241676, member: 7287"] Hi everyone, I just got my first detector today and gave it a shot at the beach before sundown but I was really unsure of the settings I should be using. I had the sensitivity around 15 and the threshold around 12 and just left it on the preset 1 and it seemed fine for finding lots of bottlecaps, beer cans and the top of a bong which looked like a bullet tip at first :D. I did the ground levelling on the dry sand and it seemed fine at about 9-10 or so but then when I went onto the soft sand and tried it again it was going wild and I found nothing at all when I was close to the water but I got a few quick signals from the unit but presume they were just false signals? Should I just be going on the dry sand with this unit or is it ok to go closer to the water/wet sand? [/QUOTE]
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