How do you stop the chatter?!?!?

[JakePhelps]

This has bugged me tooooo long On the BH tracker4 when ever i accidentally hit it on a rock or tree stump under the elaves it chatters/beeps. It seems to kinda subside when i really jam in the coil plug to the control box...could this be fixed with a little electrical tape or does it need a professional or something? Anyone else experience this with the tracker4?

 

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[lonewolfe]

Hand it down to your little brother, and buy a high end Fisher, high end Tesoro and or high end Garrett!

 

[JakePhelps]

Wish i could but im so low on money Besides all those detectors are useless where i hunt because id be digging nails all day

 

[lonewolfe]

Wish i could but im so low on money ? Besides all those detectors are useless where i hunt because id be digging nails all day

Yeah - they'd be useless alright! "NOT"!

$$ problems I can understand though,

good luck,

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[JakePhelps]

trust me they would be NEAR useless where i am...every swing has at least 5 square nails I know theyre 100 years old but theres only so many i wanna dig in one day

 

[PrizmIV]

You would be suprised what you find digging those iron signals!

 

[lonewolfe]

trust me they would be NEAR useless where i am...every swing has at least 5 square nails ? I know theyre 100 years old but theres only so many i wanna dig in one day

The area you're describing sounds like it's very old, and worth some serious effort in removing the junk to possible find some nice relics & coins. This is what I would do if I felt it was worth it in an area like that.

Step 1: When & if the soil conditions allow (assuming there's no grass in this area), take a rake used for raking concrete and rake the soil to remove any/all the nails you can. If you have free access to this land, and there is grass in this area, rent a sod cutter, and remove the sod (which will remove the top 3 inches of grass/soil) and then rake it to remove any/all nails & junk that you can. If the area is too large to rake by hand, use a riding lawn mower that accepts a rake unit, and do it that way!

Step 2: Detect the entire area for 1 day (8 hrs) with the highest level of disc. your detector has, and repeat the process daily setting the detector 1 notch/# lower on the disc. each day until you've searched it with the lowest level of disc. This will allow you to pick/find all the goodies from the shallowest to the deepest while removing more, and more trash/junk as you go (yet also not so much in any one day that it's too much to dig/remove). After you've searched it with the lowest level of disc. and removed as much junk/nails as possible each day, now search it in zero disc. and find the deepest & oldest stuff left in the ground/area!

Step 3: After you've searched the area with one detector as described above, repeat the process with a different brand/make of detector (preferably higher end), and find the stuff that the other one missed!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[EDDE]

good idea!!!!

 

[JakePhelps]

I like that idea I have gotten all the metal in the fields except the iron. But all the iron in the field is jsut square nails. When im in the woods i switch to all metal mode and it usually turns out to be something besides a nail.

 

[lonewolfe]

I like that idea ? I have gotten all the metal in the fields except the iron. But all the iron in the field is jsut square nails.? When im in the woods i switch to all metal mode and it usually turns out to be something besides a nail.

If there's as many nails as you're making it sound like there is,,,

they are 'masking' a lot of deeper & better targets "guaranteed"...

 

[JakePhelps]

funny thing is almost every hole i dig for soemthing good, there is rust/square nails in it. Shouldnt this be masking the good target?? Maybe my detectors just such a low level.
ill have to do some tests tomarow with a pile of nails and a coin, but i think this detector wil find stuff even when masked. the deeper targets are hopeless with my detector wish there was a way to increase the depth, but i dont think theres even any aftermarket coils for this thing...

 

[ClamBob]

Haven't found much iron with my CZ-20 (mostly searching salt water)...But my old 6000DI could pick out a dime between two large screwdrivers and without picking up the screwdrivers. I'm not saying that they weren't masking the signal somewhat; I'm just saying that I'm not surprised that you would pick up good signals without realizing the iron was there. Heavy rust halo effect would sometimes fool it, but once I learned what to listen for it didn't fool me.

Now, if that dime were under the two screwdrivers, it might have been a different story. The masking would have been much greater. If I were in an area like you describe, I would have an apron full of nails to make sure I didn't miss anything.

HH,
BobJ

 

[lonewolfe]

funny thing is almost every hole i dig for soemthing good, there is rust/square nails in it.? Shouldnt this be masking the good target Maybe my detectors just such a low level.
ill have to do some tests tomarow with a pile of nails and a coin, but i think this detector wil find stuff even when masked.? the deeper targets are hopeless with my detector ? wish there was a way to increase the depth, but i dont think theres even any aftermarket coils for this thing...

It sounds like a decent detector if it can ID good targets under nails/junk, and

it sounds like you know the detector and or sounds pretty well, and know when/what to dig!

I'd still remove any/all nails & junk though, and comb that place hard!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[Born2Dtect]

LoneWolf has a lot of good ideas and all are good. I would only ad: 1. Turn down the sensitivity a little. 2. Discriminate out iron if you can or buy a detector that will. 3. Get a smaller coil, if your detector can use one get another detector that will. I know all too well what it can be like to have a nice area with good history only to find 100's, no 1000's of AHHHHHHH! NAILS! Good luck.

Ed Donovan

 

[hollowpointred]

trust me they would be NEAR useless where i am...every swing has at least 5 square nails ? I know theyre 100 years old but theres only so many i wanna dig in one day

The area you're describing sounds like it's very old, and worth some serious effort in removing the junk to possible find some nice relics & coins. This is what I would do if I felt it was worth it in an area like that.

Step 1: When & if the soil conditions allow (assuming there's no grass in this area), take a rake used for raking concrete and rake the soil to remove any/all the nails you can. If you have free access to this land, and there is grass in this area, rent a sod cutter, and remove the sod (which will remove the top 3 inches of grass/soil) and then rake it to remove any/all nails & junk that you can. If the area is too large to rake by hand, use a riding lawn mower that accepts a rake unit, and do it that way!

Step 2: Detect the entire area for 1 day (8 hrs) with the highest level of disc. your detector has, and repeat the process daily setting the detector 1 notch/# lower on the disc. each day until you've searched it with the lowest level of disc. This will allow you to pick/find all the goodies from the shallowest to the deepest while removing more, and more trash/junk as you go (yet also not so much in any one day that it's too much to dig/remove). After you've searched it with the lowest level of disc. and removed as much junk/nails as possible each day, now search it in zero disc. and find the deepest & oldest stuff left in the ground/area!

Step 3: After you've searched the area with one detector as described above, repeat the process with a different brand/make of detector (preferably higher end), and find the stuff that the other one missed!

HH

Lonewolfe

thats a great approach lonewolf! thanks for the tip!

 

[Michigan Badger]

I have a site loaded with nails, nearly disintegrated iron, and giant hunks of iron. I hunted it most of the summer with an Excalibur. I forgot there even were nails there. However, I think I dug every big chunk of nasty iron in the place.

For my effort I took out a bunch of Indian Head pennies, some nice silvers, a very nice 19th century bottle, one ring, some great tokens, and various old items. So far I've made nearly $200 on ebay selling some of my finds from that spot.

But, it's like lonewolfe says, you need to move up to a better machine as soon as you can afford it. Those brands he mentioned are awesome. I think some MAY even be better than the Minelab.

 

[lonewolfe]

Haven't found much iron with my CZ-20 (mostly searching salt water)...But my old 6000DI could pick out a dime between two large screwdrivers and without picking up the screwdrivers.? I'm not saying that they weren't masking the signal somewhat; I'm just saying that I'm not surprised that you would pick up good signals without realizing the iron was there.? Heavy rust halo effect would sometimes fool it, but once I learned what to listen for it didn't fool me.

Now, if that dime were under the two screwdrivers, it might have been a different story.? The masking would have been much greater.? If I were in an area like you describe, I would have an apron full of nails to make sure I didn't miss anything.

HH,
BobJ

I don't find much with mine either Bob,

the cz20 does a pretty good job at ignoring iron (and what it doesn't) you can tell 99% of the time that it is because of the "sound" it makes!

the only time/s I get fooled are with the old large square nails (#16 or larger) crusted up that have the halo around them, and or sometimes on a larger round/square piece. Other than that, she does a good lob and goes deep in the rgt soil/conditions!

 

[PrizmIV]

Actually, lonewolf is right, I had a iron signal that I dug (nail), as habit I always scan the hole a second time and got a strong signal, I found a 1943 quarter dollar. Goes to prove to dig everything, plus I have found some pretty cool iron relics.

 

[jbow]

Count your blessings. I bought a magnet...

one of those new killer magnets. The kind that will hurt you if you're not careful...strong magnet.

I tied it to a length of twine and dragged it about 3 feet across me front yard and it had a handful of rocks stuck to it!!!!
Everywhere around here...everything is iron. Even stuff that's not iron is iron.

You just learn to deal with it. I figure when I go to a place that has low mineralization i'm really going to be good. I'm going to find everything... all the treasure...mine...i'm finding it all!!!

Well, maybe i'll find some of it...heh.

J

 

[PrizmIV]

Where did you get that magnet, would like to add one to my tools of the trade.