Park 1 or Park 2?

[timelord]

What do you hunt in? I find Park 1 the depth indicator is off in this mode. As far as park 2 I enjoy the 50 tones. Is the an advantage for 1 over 2. Thanks...

 

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[Calabash Digger]

I hunt park 2 here its the deepest.

 

[cudamark]

From what I can determine, Park 1 should be better for deep silver.

 

[Shakakka]

From what I can determine, Park 1 should be better for deep silver.

Can you say why? I've got 20+ hours on the machine so far and I've only used Park 2. Thanks in advance!

 

[Calabash Digger]

I should have said in my soil.

 

[charlives]

Can you say why? I've got 20+ hours on the machine so far and I've only used Park 2. Thanks in advance!

The manual says park 1 is better for higher conductors than park 2.

 

[HighVDI]

I've dug more silver in park 1.

 

[digger460]

Ditto with HighVDI! And you can have 50 tones in Park 1 too.

 

[vferrari]

For me - as far as depth is concerned, high conductive coins (copper, silver, clad), Park 1 a bit deeper. Nickels, gold, lead, brass, smaller targets regardless of conductivity) and other mid-conductive relics, Park 2 is a tad deeper. Hard to say what the relative difference is but I have found deep silver with Park 2/Field 2 and have found deep nickels in Park 1.

When someone asks "which mode is better" best to specify the target type of interest because one can easily answer, "it depends" to the basic question. Way too many variables involved (target type, ground conditions, trash and iron density) all factor into the answer.

So, in general, if I am relic hunting, I like Field 2 or Park 2. In highly mineralized soil or thick iron, I sometimes use gold mode.

Park 1 for casual coin shooting.

 

[Jacza]

With Multi-IQ Park 1 has more weight on low frequencies and Park 2 has more weight on high frequencies, so Park 2 is better for small objects like fine jewellery, Park 1 is better for bigger relics and coins.

 

[sprailroad]

I'm still new with the 800, perhaps 60hrs? anyway, Park 2 seems alittle better for me out here, and the multi-tones is not new to me coming from the Safari. The Park 2 has iron bias pre-set at 0, Park 1, at 6. What I like about the EQ is that I CAN set Park 1 at multi tone, AND set IB at 0 as well. Both modes would be the same pretty much, except that 1 would be weighted more to the lower end of Khz, and 2 the higher end, have not done that yet, still learning the machine in general. Treasure Net has helped reduce the learning curve though before I even received the detector.

 

[goodtimecharlie]

I been using park 1 this is the third Seated I've found in the last week.

 

[Iron Buzz]

I've dug more silver in park 1.

Isn't that like the fisherman saying that he catches 90% of his fish on his favorite lure?

 

[HighVDI]

Isn't that like the fisherman saying that he catches 90% of his fish on his favorite lure?

Ummmmm, I dunno.

 

[McKinney_5900]

Park1

 

[cudamark]

Can you say why? I've got 20+ hours on the machine so far and I've only used Park 2. Thanks in advance!

By looking at the specs. Park 1 is set up weighted more to high conductors. This doesn't mean it will be superior in all venues, but, typically, it should be better on deep silver for the average park. Assuming we're talking about an 800, you can change most of the settings to suit personal tastes. If you prefer 2, 5, or 50 tones, just change the setting. Same goes for tone breaks, tones, iron bias, recovery speed, etc. Starting out, I'd stay pretty basic and get used to the machine before making major changes. Some of them can be counterproductive under certain conditions.

 

[HighVDI]

One of my deeper silver dimes I dug was a Barber in park 2 but I also had the IB set very low. I think it's just a deep detector by nature and it also is very alerting.

My F75 is deep but I think I missed some targets due to the audio. Equinox has the best audio I've heard yet and when the horse shoe button is pushed the iron grunts are even easy to cope with.

 

[detectorben]

I was a firm believer in park 2 for silver coin s due to my testing in coin garden. I also shied away from park 1 in the field due to known issues with big silver coins on edge. After last week I blew all that data up. I found my 2nd barber half ever in park 1 and it was around 10 inches deep. I checked the target in park 2 before digging because the signal was a bit jumpy and inconsistent. In park 2 I got no diggable numbers or signal. The target acted just like trash in park 2. But since park 1 was telling me to dig I did and I am so glad I did. I continued to see similar results in this park.

Obviously each situation and soil type is different and I would never limit myself by only using park 1 or park 2 exclusively. I think users should always try both modes and see which one performs better in their particular setting and conditions.

 

[sprailroad]

I was a firm believer in park 2 for silver coin s due to my testing in coin garden. I also shied away from park 1 in the field due to known issues with big silver coins on edge. After last week I blew all that data up. I found my 2nd barber half ever in park 1 and it was around 10 inches deep. I checked the target in park 2 before digging because the signal was a bit jumpy and inconsistent. In park 2 I got no diggable numbers or signal. The target acted just like trash in park 2. But since park 1 was telling me to dig I did and I am so glad I did. I continued to see similar results in this park.

Obviously each situation and soil type is different and I would never limit myself by only using park 1 or park 2 exclusively. I think users should always try both modes and see which one performs better in their particular setting and conditions.

In Park 1, did you run it default of 6 IB?, or did you reduce it, to say 0, as I thought I might try.

 

[CharlesUpstateNY]

I was a firm believer in park 2 for silver coin s due to my testing in coin garden. I also shied away from park 1 in the field due to known issues with big silver coins on edge. After last week I blew all that data up. I found my 2nd barber half ever in park 1 and it was around 10 inches deep. I checked the target in park 2 before digging because the signal was a bit jumpy and inconsistent. In park 2 I got no diggable numbers or signal. The target acted just like trash in park 2. But since park 1 was telling me to dig I did and I am so glad I did. I continued to see similar results in this park.

Obviously each situation and soil type is different and I would never limit myself by only using park 1 or park 2 exclusively. I think users should always try both modes and see which one performs better in their particular setting and conditions.

Park 1 for large deep coins, park 2 for small coins dime and under.