Keep the Threshold to a minimun on the X-Terra 70

[Rifleman]

There is a post at findmall.com that talks about people setting the threshold too high on the X-Terra 70. They were saying that with the threshold set much higher than 3 or 4 with headphones on that you will miss targets. Some even run the threshold at zero. Try keeping the threshold set at the minimum that you can hear it and watch the good targets start popping up. People ran tests to verify this and it proved the theory right.

Good hunting, John K

 

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[bootybay]

thats a great tip John,
Thank you..

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I don't have an X-Terra 70, but I do have an Excal, 2 Sov GT's and a Whites 6000 XL PRO that I use all the time. On all of them I set my threshold so it is just barely audible, like a small pesky mosquito near my ear. Volume I keep close to max.

 

[X-Terra70_TreasureHunter]

Hi Rifleman i only set my Threshold up this way turn it down till you cannot
hear it at all, then press the "+" button one time & your ready to go, barely
audible, if you get the coil over a good trarget the machine is going to Squak

 

[utah hunter]

That topic also showed the difference it mad with a 3 cent silver coin. With the threshold at the factory preset at 12, the coin gave NO signal, not even a peep. At a lower threshhold it gave a nice solid signal.

I prefer to keep the threshold low, but then you so not hear the null effect of iron. Due to this I like to hunt in all metal, yes, all metal. That way I hear the iron next to coins. Most places we hunt have been hunted for years by many people. Most clear signals from all directions are simply gone.

2 weeks ago I took my new x70 to a house that I have done in the past, twice. Once with an Garrett Grand Master Hunter CX, and with a Garrett 2500 GTI. The tones and the target seperation were awesome in all metal mode. I had one signal that gave a quick high tone and then a low tone with a normal swing. I probed where the high tone was, and pulled out a 1906 indian head. It was 2 inches from a bottlecap and 6 inches down, and had given it's own crisp signal. This was with the stock coil. I found 9 coins, but they were 3 wheaties and the indian. Not bad for a yard that has been pounded by me and many others.

In extremely trashy areas I sometimes can't stand the all metal mode, but normally this is the way to go. That way you know if there is junk next to a coin, and the depth is maximized.