silencer and high disc settings... do they affect depth.. bottle caps.

Calabash Digger · Dec 9, 2017

tested the silencer and disc settings.. in response to the bottle cap thread..

gene the machine · Dec 9, 2017

Very interesting indeed. sounds like a lot of what we have been believing is not accurate and I think that we all need to do some testing for ourselves with the settings that we usually use and then do some silencer and disc settings to really know just how much or how not much these settings do for us. Thanks CD.

vferrari · Dec 9, 2017

I'm famous! Lol. Great video. Definitely need to make sure the unmasker does not have silencer. That disc at 60 is insane. Never would have thought that.

Theppgcowboy · Dec 9, 2017

What would have also been nice to see is a bottle cap at different silencer settings. I have too much snow on the ground to do a test.

Calabash Digger · Dec 9, 2017

Theppgcowboy said:
What would have also been nice to see is a bottle cap at different silencer settings. I have too much snow on the ground to do a test.

yeah it would if I find one I wiil test it out.

Tedyoh · Dec 9, 2017

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vferrari · Dec 9, 2017

Lol, Ted!

Theppgcowboy · Dec 9, 2017

calabash digger said:
yeah it would if I find one I wiil test it out.

What program are you using that you can't find one?

Always enjoy you video contributions.

Bharpring · Dec 10, 2017

Disc 60 is perfect. I may change my 3 tone program to a 2 tone and run the disc up and test. Calabash, are you running the V4 on the controller or the V4.1 Beta? FYI, I updated to V4.1 Beta a few days ago and have noticed improved performance in general (especially with the MI-6 pinpointer). I wonder if the V4 software adjusted the filters to work better on deep targets? Or maybe the high frequency coils work differently. I did this same test a year ago with the LF coils and found that Disc above 10 started to affect depth. At Disc 20 depth was not good. Either way the video opens up some new ideas. Great video!

Calabash Digger · Dec 10, 2017

v4. They didn't have to many crown caps in the civil war and before... lol its not the program its the sites...

RW · Dec 10, 2017

Thanks for another useful demonstration Calabash. Will play around with Silencer and Disc probably later today and for sure tomorrow at a highly mineralized lake shore loaded with old/new caps, tabs, lead weights and plenty of silver and copper hiding in between. Signal unmasking is where the keepers hide. I am starting to memorize your garden so I think it is safe to say I need to get out in the field more! Would love to have a test garden but every test would be about the effects of EMI in my back yard. Most signals in my area, probably 99%, are under 8 inches inches so I don't worry too much about depth in most locations. Digging a 12 inch hole with even a shovel can be a challenge in the hard ground. Thanks again for the videos and if you need an assortment of bottlecaps to test I can PM you directions to my secret spot.

Jeff H · Dec 11, 2017

Another informative and useful vid Calabash! Silencer (and other filters) will tend to only cause you significant problems at the ragged end of the signal. You can basically max out all of your filters on a silver quarter at 4 inches and you are still going to hit it no matter what your settings are. But as you show, the deep targets at the edge of detection can get filtered out.

After watching your vid, I also have changed the Disc setting to "60" on all of my programs :laughing7:

vferrari · Dec 11, 2017

I liked the above post, Jeff except the disc at 60 part. Just because CD showed it can be done, not sure there is really any upside to doing so and only downside as you described for ragged edge targets. What do you think disc at 60 brings to the table vs. Notch from the disc setting to 60 (or wherever desired). What am I missing?

Jeff H · Dec 12, 2017

vferrari said:
I liked the above post, Jeff except the disc at 60 part. Just because CD showed it can be done, not sure there is really any upside to doing so and only downside as you described for ragged edge targets. What do you think disc at 60 brings to the table vs. Notch from the disc setting to 60 (or wherever desired). What am I missing?

V, I was joking. I should have used several smileys :laughing7:

. As hard as I try, I can't think of an advantage of using Disc at 60 over tones or notch. When I do want some Disc, I typically use it in the 6 to 8 range. I like to use the Iron Volume adjustment so a little bit of Disc is needed.