DFX and Silver

Trozell · May 4, 2010

Hi all.
I have just made the move to a DFX from an Ace 250. Mainly I wanted to be able to do better in wet sand at the beach, and to see what a high end detector is like.

I was pretty good with the Ace in understanding it noises etc. Now I see I have to learn a whole new language and set of numbers. So I figured the best way to start that is turn it on ,set a prefab program and see what pops up. By the way I did read the manual some. Hopefully it will mean more as I gain experience.

So I started in my yard which I have been over pretty thoroughly and found two recent quarters laying side to side. My neighbors garden I find a 1925 wheat penny. And finally today I hit a local small park with a soccer field. There I found a few pennies , a nickel and the prize. A silver ring with a stone.

The ring indicated as a screw top, but we were digging everything just to see what it was. A happy surprise. The inside of the ring says China, a little mark I can't read and .925.

So I am on the DFX learning curve and hopefully it will be more intelligible soon. John B

Nate in Ohio · May 4, 2010

I'm sure you'll really love the DFX. I've been using it for a little less than 10 years and still don't really use anything more than the Jewelry/Beach program with the sensitivity/pream gain turned up. I made the mistake initially of digging only targets that rang up perfectly but later learned to dig and expect a coin if it bounces around anywhere from 60s-90s and pinpoints small. Of course, sometimes the VDIs can get even far more skewed, or the pinpointing can be not really useful due to trash right next to the target, etc. Dig a lot to learn and have fun with it; congrats on the nice ring and wheat...looking forward to more posts! 8)

Treasure $ Trekkies · May 4, 2010

Cool Beans John, keep working it! Frank :icon_pirat:

dank · May 4, 2010

nice find!
i love my dfx, 2 years now and still just starten to figure it out!
so far i only use coin and jewelry (even at the beach) and relice mode
sometimes i bump up the ac and the dc sensitivity 10 notches each or so.. and bring up the pre amp gain a notch or two...
im not to sure if thats right or not but it seems to work for me, if you do bump it up and its not stable, just lower the settings till it is!
and thats my $0.02
HH Dank