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[dewcon4414]

Someone loaned me a Whites DF for a couple of weeks. Nice PI. These are some of yesterdays finds about 50 g of silver. This was off a popular beach that gets hunted to death. Those large chains were deep im not certain the standard Xcal would have hit them.... maybe an inch or so beyond what might make you investigate the signal. The DF is a 15uS machine with a huge 12" coil. Takes a little getting used to even thou it helps i hunt a good bit in PP mode on the Xcal. Im finding a PI would be a good back up machine, but here in Fl where you have a longer recent drop time you might miss out on some good finds. You have to choose your site and grid it out or find a line an follow it to make better use of your time. Ive not found a target yet id say its more responsive to than a VLF, so its about the additional depth you might get. Here in Fl not as much depth as say up North. The thought of ill get a LOT more depth during sanded in conditions may not be true because you have to consider..... with sand movement targets are sorted by weight. so on a newly flattened sand bar you may be picking up floaters and trash if you attempt to hunt it like a VLF. That one picture is what was left in my pouch .....i dumped it once.

Dew

 

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[bigscoop]

Like you, I played around a lot on my area beaches this past summer and never saw a real advantage of a PI machine. Plus, the time spent digging all that crap could be spent covering more ground with the good VLF machine. "Consistently accessing target rich environments"...and..."complete and thorough coverage"...that's what it all comes down to in the end.

 

[FindSomeGold]

Dew, just curious how you ran the DF? Standard settings, with pulse delay just clicked on, or...? Thanks!

 

[dewcon4414]

First thing i did was went in the box and adjusted the volume. I ran delay just turned on, gain 2 or 3 oclock, and threshold just beyond factory setting. I could turn up the gain all the way, but didnt notice any grain from doing that so i backed it off based on what i was hearing on a buried target.

Dew

 

[Mainelypulltab]

Some great info and Congrats on your finds.

 

[Terry Soloman]

BWWAAAaaaaaaa-HA-HA-HAAaaaaaaaaa! You're addicted to the Dark Side now! PI's RULE!

 

[dewcon4414]

PIs are WORK Terry....... man i hate double beeps. The DF PPs great except for me on double beeps. I dont have much hair, but i think i was pulling what little i had out. Crab traps and bobbie pins need to be banded. Fun to play with ..... im still not sold on one, we will see once the machine come out in the spring. Nothing impress me .... i might bit.

Dew