Noobie needs help with sensitivity

[beebe5]

How do I know when to turn sensitivity up or down? I was at the beach getting a lot of phantom signals and played with sensitivity quite a bit. I have a bounty hunter discovery 2200
I am totally new and just want to know when to adjust and what is best

 

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[Terry Soloman]

On the wet saltwater sand you'll have to turn your sensitivity WAY down, and not touch the sand with your coil. You will lose a lot of depth and may still get some falsing, but that happens with single frequency VLF machines in saltwater. On the dry sand you can crank it way up and you should be just fine!

 

[gleaner1]

Crank it up max in the big old lawn ya just got permish to hit. Dont forget to check gb.

 

[beerguy]

Sensitivity

Bebbe, what you want to do in all situations is run your sensitivity as high as you can while maintaining a stable machine.

You will not be able to do this in some areas, like the beach. You will get unstable operation, not discrete signals when scanning targets.

How do I know when to turn sensitivity up or down? I was at the beach getting a lot of phantom signals and played with sensitivity quite a bit. I have a bounty hunter discovery 2200
I am totally new and just want to know when to adjust and what is best

 

[beebe5]

So at the beach in the sand I should run it all the way down?

 

[Terry Soloman]

So at the beach in the sand I should run it all the way down?

In the WET beach sand, probably yes.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

So at the beach in the sand I should run it all the way down?

You have to do that with all single freq VLF detectors on saltwater beaches, this is because of the metal minerals in salt, your detector sees the salt and thinks there is metal everywhere.

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[cudamark]

If you're going to hunt the wet sand at the ocean, do yourself a favor and get a better machine..... unless you're happy with fresh drops in the dry sand.