Goes4ever
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ok I just did my test I told you I was going to do. My ground is pretty moist, not sloppy wet, but very moist. I used a modified coin program, auto +3 sensitivity. I did not swing over target again and again then write down a number. I swung left over target and recorded the numbers, then back right over the target and recorded the number. so it was left, right, left, right. I tested it over 3 different coins, all buried at a MEASURED 7.5 inches. Coins were all placed on large plastic plates 2.5 yrs ago to keep coins flat and also to keep them from sinking.
I tested a clad quarter, a silver dime and a 1940's wheat. Here is what I got
deep off, fast on:
quarter 11-46, 11-46, 12-46, 10-47
silver dime 13-44, 17-43, 14-46, 15-45
wheat 09-44, 13-43, 10-43, 12-43
deep on, fast off
quarter 05-45, 10-46, 11-46, 09-46
silver dime 06-49, 16-48, 11-45, 10-43
wheat 12-45, 13-45, 10-43, 16-41
both deep on AND fast on
quarter 11-47, 05-46, 03-46, 11-47
silver dime 04-45, 12-40, 01-42, 08-46
wheat 13-44, 10-43, 11-44, 12-45
now this is far from scientific testing...lol, but it looks to me like deep off and fast on produced the most stable readings. and having both fast on and deep on proced the worse readings, especially on the silver dime. I thought it was odd the wheat was reading so high, but have noticed when the ground is saturated, wheats register a bit higher.
So there ya go, take it for what its worth, I will continue to use deep OFF and fast ON
I tested a clad quarter, a silver dime and a 1940's wheat. Here is what I got
deep off, fast on:
quarter 11-46, 11-46, 12-46, 10-47
silver dime 13-44, 17-43, 14-46, 15-45
wheat 09-44, 13-43, 10-43, 12-43
deep on, fast off
quarter 05-45, 10-46, 11-46, 09-46
silver dime 06-49, 16-48, 11-45, 10-43
wheat 12-45, 13-45, 10-43, 16-41
both deep on AND fast on
quarter 11-47, 05-46, 03-46, 11-47
silver dime 04-45, 12-40, 01-42, 08-46
wheat 13-44, 10-43, 11-44, 12-45
now this is far from scientific testing...lol, but it looks to me like deep off and fast on produced the most stable readings. and having both fast on and deep on proced the worse readings, especially on the silver dime. I thought it was odd the wheat was reading so high, but have noticed when the ground is saturated, wheats register a bit higher.
So there ya go, take it for what its worth, I will continue to use deep OFF and fast ON