EZrider
Sr. Member
Behind the mask
I know a lot of vets already know this but I figured there was always new people that should know this. What I'm going to cover is Masking and Silent Masking
What you need, clad dime, 16 penny nail or iron flat washer. Your detector.
Here is what you do. Find a clean spot in your yard say 2’x2’ and use your detector to clean all metal from that area. Now in the center bury your dime 5 inches deep. Cover it up and run your detector over it to make sure you hear it.
Masking: Now take your iron and wave it past your coil. You should hear a low tone. If not set your detector up so you can hear iron. No Discrim or notching. So you can hear both iron and your buried dime. Now take your iron and place it about 2 inches away from the center of where your dime is and pass your coil over it. The only thing you will hear is the iron, this is masking.
Silent Masking: Now pick up your iron and set your detector to Discrim out iron and wave it past your coil. You should hear nothing. Now pass your coil over the dime, yup its there. Again set the iron 2 inches away from the center of where the dime id and pass your coil over it. What do you hear? Nothing, this is silent masking.
I know a lot of vets already know this but I figured there was always new people that should know this. What I'm going to cover is Masking and Silent Masking
What you need, clad dime, 16 penny nail or iron flat washer. Your detector.
Here is what you do. Find a clean spot in your yard say 2’x2’ and use your detector to clean all metal from that area. Now in the center bury your dime 5 inches deep. Cover it up and run your detector over it to make sure you hear it.
Masking: Now take your iron and wave it past your coil. You should hear a low tone. If not set your detector up so you can hear iron. No Discrim or notching. So you can hear both iron and your buried dime. Now take your iron and place it about 2 inches away from the center of where your dime is and pass your coil over it. The only thing you will hear is the iron, this is masking.
Silent Masking: Now pick up your iron and set your detector to Discrim out iron and wave it past your coil. You should hear nothing. Now pass your coil over the dime, yup its there. Again set the iron 2 inches away from the center of where the dime id and pass your coil over it. What do you hear? Nothing, this is silent masking.