Thank you for the response, jadocs. I'll try to address your points.
This was an experiment at filming while detecting, second attempt, first freehand. I anticipated all experience levels of deus users might watch this, and I assumed some who don't own a deus might watch, so at those times when I'm crawling the coil along, what I was doing is slowing down for the noobs. Those slow crawls are for deep targets, normally. So, anyway some people can't stand full tones at low disc as it's too busy, some have machines that can't hunt these spots, so slowing down allows the viewer to better understand the picture under the coil and soil. I tried to anticipate something for everyone so to speak.
Clipped tones happen in iron, just a fact of the game. "Clipped tones" from reactivity being too fast....never to my ears. Ex: Reactivity changed from 2 to 4 on a dime.. and the tone's pitch rises slightly, and becomes shorter in duration to my ear, that's all. I think it depends what one's ears and brain can process, or is accustomed to.
Missing good targets? Very likely. The goal was never getting it all, or I'd bring a sifting table...
Also, it's an 11" coil in severe trash and iron nails, and at any given time there may literally be 15 or more individual metal items under the coil, so it'll never find it all without digging it all.
You think that sweep speed is slow for the trash density?....hmmmm., interesting observation, but I'm not sure to what speed you refer, as I varied the sweep speed as explained above. I feel I personally don't require more pronounced signals...unless it's not signaling at all when it could, or should (like at the 9 min. point), I just need to hear a bit of the signal. I hear them just fine, but there are so many I have to pick some, so I tried to dig nickle tones and higher only.
I'm also not sure if you are talking about pinpointing, or isolating the target (looks similar I suppose). If target isolation, then that's when the coil barely moves and my hand/controller appears having seizures. Looks strange probably, lol. It's harder to do with the controller attached, btw.
Otherwise...
I always pinpoint with the coil leading edge, and use a tight, fast wiggle while backing off the target. On very deep faint signals, then I may use the pinpoint function. I used the TRX to show the accuracy of the wiggle off method, demonstrate closely located adjacent targets/signals, general trash level on a micro vs macro scale, and recover the intended target among that trash faster(hopefully).
I really didn't know what to expect as I've never hunted there, or been there before. Virgin site hunt to me. I decided to record it for myself for practice as I've never made one, ever. Upon review it seemed interesting enough to show the world...in it's Blair Witch Project style.
TX 1, Sensitivity 82.
When using silencer on any level, I hear in my backphones (I wasn't using in the video. not used to that!) the tones get degraded in quality. I hate the silencer for that reason alone. I'd permenantly silence the silencer if I could.
That's how valuable the silencer is to my ears. Not using the backphones in a brick echo chamber was not helpful with tone characteristics either.
I'm open to suggestions, but how exactly would I benifit from the silencer settings in this environment?
I'm planning another go around Wed. if the squatters have left. I may put tape over the TRX speaker, bring a few machines, mark targets, compare signals, and dig em' up...with the video rolling. 1 1/4 mi. hike in then out....load$ of gear, isolated, alone, danger possible...ooh rah!
No sneaky, sneaky, sneaking up on me. Trilene and spray paint can perimeter tripwire system is how it'll be done.
... the video supports this view IMO.
