Hunting along metal fence tips?

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Hi all! I have a 600 and the stock 11” coil. I’m hitting this awesome old site and pulling significant old relics from 2” deep to 10”, but adjacent to the hot area is a chain link fence. If I am at sensitivity 21, I have to be about 5’ away. I lowered sensitivity down to 10 and could get within about 2’ away and dug an awesome tombac button still about 4-5” down.

If I just disc out the fence VDI, even if I don’t hear it anymore, it will still be masking out all other signals, correct?

Any other strategies around metal fences?

 

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[Jason in Enid]

Cant do it. Your ONLY hope is to put on a 6" coil and drop your sens WAAAAY down. I know your problem. I cant get my EQX within feet of any large metal object without problems. It's just too powerful and sensitive.

 

[vferrari]

And to have any hope at all your swing needs to be parallel to the fence line.

 

[WaterWalker]

I have never tried it, but try to ground balance as close to the fence as you can. When I ground balance over a hot rock the effect is reduced hot rocks detection at one particular beach I detect on. It might just work on an Equinox when done next to a fence. I am going to try it the next time I am next to a chain link fence.

Oh yes, as Vferrari said, swing parallel with the fence.http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/members/96933.html

 

[cudamark]

Interesting. I found the Equinox was the best machine I ever used by a chain link fence. With the 15" coil, it's not all that great, but, the 11" works well, and the 6" works excellent. You'll hear the fence, but, it will be a consistent tone and number. I just ignore that tone and listen for additional tones or a change in tone. I find a faster recover speed helps too. I keep the sensitivity high also, just like what I use away from the fence. You'll need to work a bit slower and hit the area from several angles to separate the fence sounds from other targets nearby.

 

[Tpmetal]

Interesting. I found the Equinox was the best machine I ever used by a chain link fence. With the 15" coil, it's not all that great, but, the 11" works well, and the 6" works excellent. You'll hear the fence, but, it will be a consistent tone and number. I just ignore that tone and listen for additional tones or a change in tone. I find a faster recover speed helps too. I keep the sensitivity high also, just like what I use away from the fence. You'll need to work a bit slower and hit the area from several angles to separate the fence sounds from other targets nearby.

this is how I got around a vollyball post recently

 

[bowwinkles]

Along a fence or any metal like in a playground I use my pin pointer in the zone (3 to 4) inches next to the metal and cover the balance with my detector. I desensitize the pointer a bit and this method has proven itself many times over in heavily hunted ground. It is a bit more work but the results so far have more than compensated for the effort. TRX is my pointer.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Interesting. I found the Equinox was the best machine I ever used by a chain link fence. With the 15" coil, it's not all that great, but, the 11" works well, and the 6" works excellent. You'll hear the fence, but, it will be a consistent tone and number. I just ignore that tone and listen for additional tones or a change in tone. I find a faster recover speed helps too. I keep the sensitivity high also, just like what I use away from the fence. You'll need to work a bit slower and hit the area from several angles to separate the fence sounds from other targets nearby.

I’ll give this approach a shot. The fence gives a 16-17 VDI, I’ll crank the sensitivity so it is constantly ringing 16-17 and then listening for changes. I guess I will then turn sensitivity way down to try and pinpoint the target. Thx!