bigscoop
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- Jun 4, 2010
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- Older blue Excal with full mods, Equinox 800.
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- All Treasure Hunting
A few months ago, while unloading the day’s clad from my pocket, I noticed something very suspect, “Where were the nickels?” Scattered in front of me were dimes, quarters and pennies, but only one nickel, and that nickel had been found very shallow, maybe a couple of inches down. Many of the other coins in front of me were various colors of reds and greens and many were badly tarnished, most of the pennies were badly crusted over. But that lone nickel, it was shiny and clean, a recent drop for sure. So where were all the deeper nickels and why wasn’t I finding any? It made me start wondering if I was, perhaps, also missing deeper gold. If I wasn’t reading deeper nickels then I most certainly wasn’t reading deeper gold. Clearly, there was a problem I needed to sort out.
Now maybe one of the tech guys on this site can explain all this in greater/better detail, but the one thing I discovered is that if my swing speed is too fast I’ll miss a lot of the deeper nickels, and likewise, also some gold. The same is true if my swing speed is too slow. The best I can figure is that the heavy mineralization of the salt beach somehow impairs the Excal’s ability to read these deeper nickels. Not sure why, not having the issue with other items, but I can tell you that my nickel count has significantly increased by simply slowing down and controlling the speed of my coil. Not too fast, not too slow, but just a nice steady pace and sweeping motion, and if I hear so much as a “blip” I always spend some time trying to get a better fix on that target. The result….my nickel count is going up and I’m also finding more gold. Watch your nickel count, it just might be telling you something obvious? If you're not finding those deeper nickels..........?
Now maybe one of the tech guys on this site can explain all this in greater/better detail, but the one thing I discovered is that if my swing speed is too fast I’ll miss a lot of the deeper nickels, and likewise, also some gold. The same is true if my swing speed is too slow. The best I can figure is that the heavy mineralization of the salt beach somehow impairs the Excal’s ability to read these deeper nickels. Not sure why, not having the issue with other items, but I can tell you that my nickel count has significantly increased by simply slowing down and controlling the speed of my coil. Not too fast, not too slow, but just a nice steady pace and sweeping motion, and if I hear so much as a “blip” I always spend some time trying to get a better fix on that target. The result….my nickel count is going up and I’m also finding more gold. Watch your nickel count, it just might be telling you something obvious? If you're not finding those deeper nickels..........?
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