Hmmm, i have read the posts and i have athought on the depth of a detector. My first detector was from fingerhut, pd 59.99 for it. depth i hit targets dime size at 12" with it. next i bought a bh 101, i hit targets at 24'', zinc caps from ball jars. Now i own a ace 250 and i have noticed that the slower i swing the deeper it hits, case in point, last summer i was hunting a beach thats 6 blks from my house , i go there each sunday morning every week at around 6 am. i hunt in a pattern from a sidewalk down to the beach, if i work slow i dig more and deeper targets. this fall i worked it very very slow, finally hit wheaties at 12.5 '' in places i have been over alot. i also found near the waters edge at 22'' a black hills gold ring, size 6. But again i was swinging very very slow. i probably went over these hits a hundred times as when i go on sundays its to find what the people lost during the week. But come fall i slow down and do a swing pattern that overlaps each swing. so i think yes the way a detector processes is a factor, i also think that the way you swing, how fast you swing and the LEVEL of your coil determines the depth it goes. just my thought, but it works.
