Just started metal detecting and picked the Garret 250 up yesterday. I know that it isn't the best metal detector on the market but I didn't want to spend too much on this hobby before I even know if I like it. Anyway, I had a few questions about it.
I put a sterling silver ring on the ground and turned the metal detector up to the highest sensitivity. I started swinging the metal detector back and fourth at about 2 feet above it. I slowly started working my way down and not until much less than 8 inches it didn't pick it up. Is this normal?
It was also picking up the silver up as foil or a pull tab. It wasn't until the search coil was less than 3 inches away that it picked it up as a coin/silver. Was really jumping all over the place. Is this also normal? It's going to be a pain in the ass digging every thing that is detected as foil. Is this also normal or is there a way to change this? How do you know what to dig if there are a bunch of false readings?
Any other advice or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advanced.
I put a sterling silver ring on the ground and turned the metal detector up to the highest sensitivity. I started swinging the metal detector back and fourth at about 2 feet above it. I slowly started working my way down and not until much less than 8 inches it didn't pick it up. Is this normal?
It was also picking up the silver up as foil or a pull tab. It wasn't until the search coil was less than 3 inches away that it picked it up as a coin/silver. Was really jumping all over the place. Is this also normal? It's going to be a pain in the ass digging every thing that is detected as foil. Is this also normal or is there a way to change this? How do you know what to dig if there are a bunch of false readings?
Any other advice or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advanced.
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