need help with metal detector

[clay14]

the problem is when you set it to just find jewelry but it picks up Penny's trash items any help please

 

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[TxTim]

Not sure about the detector you have but a jewelry selection is nothing more than a preloaded discrimination pattern. It will probably find you a lot more of everything including trash because the discrimination has been opened up beyond your standard coin pattern.
Pull tabs and aluminum foil will give you the same response as a gold ring with many detectors.

Go to this section of the forum for questions about your model: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/board,210.0.html

Good Luck!

 

[clay14]

thanks tim

 

[RGINN]

I use one of them DFX's and in jewelry mode it hits a lot that ain't. However, sometimes you need to dig every hit. With my Coinmaster, I've had it so long I can tell pretty much by the tone what it's hitting, but I haven't had the DFX that long. Do this, too: when you dig that foil and those pull tabs, take em out of there, and your life will get easier later on.

 

[clay14]

thank you

 

[ivan salis]

detectors sort items by the metals "electrical conductivity" level --- sadly gold has a similar electrical conductivity level to that of aluminum * pulltabs --- so they "read" the same or very very close --watch those vdi numbers closely and learn to listen for the slightly differant tonal sounds on tone type machines . (the tracker IV you got is a tone or sound type IDing machine)

I can teach you "the magic " or how to find the sweet spot with a tracker IV -- to find the gold with much less pulltabs * but you'll owe me a big time

ok here goes -- you will need a pull tab and a gold item (or a nickle)=== there is a 3 way swirch on the tracker IV -- the first setting - is all metal --one tone only (it ill get the best depth but finds all metals and it makes only 1 tone or sound) -- the second setting is tone -- similar to all metal but it has 3 differant sounds or "tones" --a iron "fart" sound -- a gold / aluminum sound-- and a copper /silver tone -- this is like hunting in all metal but with some ideal of what basic type of metal is found -- #1 sound iron (for relic hunters) #2 sound (gold for jewelry or gold nugget type hunting) #3 sound for coins copper and silver coins --the last setting is discrimation --this setting can sort things out and selectively leave stuff out * -- the discrimation setting works with the discramation knob --the higher you turn it the narrower your find range becomes -- metals drop out in the following order =--- iron -- aluminum --gold -- zinc -- copper --silver --- so here how its done.

place a gold item and a pulltab on a bit of metal free ground about 3 foot apart (check that the ground is free of any stray metal first)--- switch the machine into "discrimate" mode -- with the knob set all the way to the left -- swing the coil over the two items both should "beep" -- now using only the pull tab --slowly up the discrimatation level while waving it over the pulltab until it no longer rings up -- -- now run it over the gold item / nickle --if it rings up --its properly adjusted for gold hunting --if the gold item does ring not up slowly drop the discrimation level until it does ring up -- this should get you the gold while helping to cut down on the trash digging somewhat. -- also you need to listen closely -- the tone on gold should be crisp and clear --the sound on pulltabs sounds "scratchy or broken" -- thus not nearly as clear and crisp as the gold sound -- so now you know.

ps the "meter" on the tracker IV is a useless bit of junk pay it no mind.

 

[glok30]

thanks for for the info. for all us newbies this is a easy to understand way to set things up in what seems to be hard to figure out. thanks for the info im sure you helped alot of us out. thanks