- Oct 6, 2009
- 1,212
- 2
- Detector(s) used
- MXT 300/Excal II/Surf Dual Field
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Had a good afternoon yesterday, finding a gold ring... But I must have dug 40 pull tabs and bottle caps...
I set the disc slightly below the factory pre-set, to the "nickel" mark thinking I would maybe filter some of them out, but still found tons... Using the MXT 300...
Question is, should I continue using it in this setting and keep digging, or would I be safe to decrease it a bit more and risk missing the good stuff?
I thought about planting a pull tab and then tweaking the disc until it wont pick it up, but figured I would ask advice first, act later...
Only thing about this machine that was discouraging was it's sensitivity while working next to fences, swingsets, etc.. Within two feet of anything big and metal, it would go nuts... Guess that is where a 6X10 DD would be useful no doubt...
I set the disc slightly below the factory pre-set, to the "nickel" mark thinking I would maybe filter some of them out, but still found tons... Using the MXT 300...
Question is, should I continue using it in this setting and keep digging, or would I be safe to decrease it a bit more and risk missing the good stuff?
I thought about planting a pull tab and then tweaking the disc until it wont pick it up, but figured I would ask advice first, act later...
Only thing about this machine that was discouraging was it's sensitivity while working next to fences, swingsets, etc.. Within two feet of anything big and metal, it would go nuts... Guess that is where a 6X10 DD would be useful no doubt...