madforclad
Full Member
- May 7, 2014
- 195
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- Detector(s) used
- Minelab eTrac, Minelab X Terra 705, Garrett AT Pro with 5" x 8" coil, Fisher F2, Garrett Pro Pointer, RTG 710 Scoop.
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I had this posted in another forum in response to a different thread and since I did not get an any responses, therefore thought I would try here: I did a test where I laid out a number of targets in my yard and passed the coil over them. I think I have found a problem with the machine. As we know, there are supposed to be 3 distinct tones on this machine. For low conducting ferrous targets like iron nails I get the low "grunt". However for any targets above that I get the same high tones. For example a 10K gold ring which is coming in at 53 gives me the same high tone as a silver coin registering at 85. I was running the machine in Pro Mode with no discrim. When I switch over to standard mode it is the same 2 tones except I get the "bell tone" on all targets over 50. From 50 and up it is the same bell tone, even on junk targets like pull tabs and screw caps. My understanding is that there are supposed to be 3 distinct tones and I am only getting 2 as there does not appear to be any "mid tone". I have had this machine for about a year and never had any issues until lately. Thoughts?