Bounty Hunter Discovery 3000

[rachums107]

Just wondering, I have this detector and havent found much on my property that dates back to 1720. Just a few indian heads and a small amount of clad. I seem to get a lot of random signals, then I pass back over the area and there's nothing.
Also many times I have dug a repeating target and then run over all the dirt again and find nothing. My batteries are full and my shoes dont have any metal in them so any ideas as whats happening? Thanks!
rachums107

 

[thompy]

i pretty much had the same exp with the 2 3000's that i owned and the f4 wasnt much better

 

[ivan salis]

yes iron soil or mineral loaded soils or dissolved iron items can cause falsing * -- and once the iron area where the iron item rusted away to bits at (dissolved) or the "knot" of mineral is disturbed (broken up) the signal will often just "dissappear" - its a like a ghost type of signal --signs to look for are rust colored soil (dissolved iron item) and red clay type soils (which are heavy in iron content)--salt water beach areas are also often quite heavy in mineral content as well -- various high power lines and power generating sources can also cause Electro Magnetic Freq. (EMF ) issues -- lowering ones power / sensitivy levels if a machine is going haywire ( just till it become stable again) -- in some cases can help smooth it out and make it usible.

 

[bobinsd]

I experienced the same thing with my BH on La Jolla Shores (CA), except when I dug into the sand all I found were red worms. After checking with a surf caster, he was very grateful, since the corbina and other wave followers go crazy for these things. I can only assume that it was the iron in their blood. They seem to live in concentrated groups a few inches down.

 

[ivan salis]

those red "blood worms" bite - but the saltwater fish love em.--living things sometumes emit electronic signals that mess with the detectors electrical feild it makes to to detect metal with.--also some tree tap roots will also ring up as metal because of their electrical / mineral "pulse"

 

[relichunters]

I live on a farm field that has random beeps on all detectors I use. Lots of hot rocks, so it isn't the detector it's the ground. The only alternative is if you manually set ground balance and it's way off.

If the beep isn't solid, most likely a false signal, keep walking. There is still a chance that it's a coin on edge, or a deep item. You will learn what is false and what isn't over time.