BigWaveDave
Gold Member
- Joined
- Nov 22, 2013
- Messages
- 9,446
- Reaction score
- 17,695
- Golden Thread
- 2
- Location
- Mountain Maryland
- 🥇 Banner finds
- 2
- 🏆 Honorable Mentions:
- 4
- Detector(s) used
- Garrett AT Pro, AT Max, Minelab
Equinox 800
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
It went pretty well, once I started to get the hang of it....
Started out slow...took me about a half hour swinging over clad targets to fine tune the machine.
There really isn't any info from other hunters, so it was on me to figure out the best and easy way to get depth. Found that after increasing the threshold, the background chatter had to be tuned out, as the targets did sound off regularly. The gain, or sensitivity, I set at 70, after trying both higher and lower levels. I did discriminate out all targets below 40, this feature worked well, as the permission I was on was loaded with nails and trash...
The biggest challenge was pinpointing... I have more to learn, as my plugs were off target, most of the day. The empty lot was forgiving of my recovery efforts...if I am more patient, the pinpointing of the targets should be quicker.
So, the hunt itself got cut short....the Quest Pro is weather proof, but I am not. My best naps are during afternoon rains.
The 1936 Mercury dime was literally my first target...boy was I happy!
After that, the keepers were few and far between, as I dug ALOT of trash, but that was more the location of the hunt more than anything. The 7 wheats, key, compact and lipstick were nice finds...
The best was the small silver thing. It looks like an Egyptian scarab beetle charm, there are holes on either side, but doesn't go all the way through. Not marked, but tested positive for silver.
Overall, the Quest Pro is a capable machine, but challenging....only because of my limited time with it. Going forward, I expect to be more efficient with targeting the buried metal.
Started out slow...took me about a half hour swinging over clad targets to fine tune the machine.
There really isn't any info from other hunters, so it was on me to figure out the best and easy way to get depth. Found that after increasing the threshold, the background chatter had to be tuned out, as the targets did sound off regularly. The gain, or sensitivity, I set at 70, after trying both higher and lower levels. I did discriminate out all targets below 40, this feature worked well, as the permission I was on was loaded with nails and trash...
The biggest challenge was pinpointing... I have more to learn, as my plugs were off target, most of the day. The empty lot was forgiving of my recovery efforts...if I am more patient, the pinpointing of the targets should be quicker.
So, the hunt itself got cut short....the Quest Pro is weather proof, but I am not. My best naps are during afternoon rains.
The 1936 Mercury dime was literally my first target...boy was I happy!
After that, the keepers were few and far between, as I dug ALOT of trash, but that was more the location of the hunt more than anything. The 7 wheats, key, compact and lipstick were nice finds...
The best was the small silver thing. It looks like an Egyptian scarab beetle charm, there are holes on either side, but doesn't go all the way through. Not marked, but tested positive for silver.
Overall, the Quest Pro is a capable machine, but challenging....only because of my limited time with it. Going forward, I expect to be more efficient with targeting the buried metal.
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