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Minelab X-terra 705 General Tips, Advice, Questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Moneybox" data-source="post: 168335" data-attributes="member: 3960"><p>I took the 705 out to our test patch today. It started working quite ok right from the start. No OL readings at all in the Capel sand. I don't know if it was accurate on the metal identification because I couldn't find our notes on what we buried. One the way back I found several pieces of foil, one steel rivet, a tiny nail, a couple ring pull tabs and a few bottle tops.</p><p></p><p>I took note of the depth indicator. The book says that each arrow indicates about 2" but even 4 arrows (8") was only ever 2" deep. I worked my way along the inside edge of the kerb by the lunchbar. There were several signals each reading 3 or 4 arrows on the depth indicator but there was only ever as much as 1" of soil above the bitumen and each target was either a squashed bottle cap or a ring pull tab. Then I took a look at a couple of youtube videos and saw the operator turn over the chunk of turf exposing a coin a couple of inches down. on each occasion their depth indicator was also reading much deeper.</p><p>Do these depth indicators work?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Moneybox, post: 168335, member: 3960"] I took the 705 out to our test patch today. It started working quite ok right from the start. No OL readings at all in the Capel sand. I don't know if it was accurate on the metal identification because I couldn't find our notes on what we buried. One the way back I found several pieces of foil, one steel rivet, a tiny nail, a couple ring pull tabs and a few bottle tops. I took note of the depth indicator. The book says that each arrow indicates about 2" but even 4 arrows (8") was only ever 2" deep. I worked my way along the inside edge of the kerb by the lunchbar. There were several signals each reading 3 or 4 arrows on the depth indicator but there was only ever as much as 1" of soil above the bitumen and each target was either a squashed bottle cap or a ring pull tab. Then I took a look at a couple of youtube videos and saw the operator turn over the chunk of turf exposing a coin a couple of inches down. on each occasion their depth indicator was also reading much deeper. Do these depth indicators work? [/QUOTE]
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