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Hello T.net members
i'm back from a summer's worth of detecting in Eastern Europe with a feeling of satisfaction that i've finally learned some things about my Vaquero. Here's what I observed so far; maybe it'll help out newbies starting out on the V. Experts feel free to add or challenge what I have to say
1) You will never be able to ALWAYS discriminate out iron. this is true on large iron objects, esp horseshoes. Even when you're at max disc and you think it's something "WOW, its gotta be something good", you might still get an axe head, horseshoe, etc. It's a dense metal and hard to get rid of completely.
2)Sheet metal objects, ie tin cans, tin can lids, pieces of tin roofing, give a "dull" sound different from a normal, fuller target sound. In my experience, this is the only different tone that the V will produce with the targets above; everything else sounds the same.
3)If you get a target that gives off a signal closely followed by a second signal as if it is two objects side by by side, you are probably dealing with mineralization. The best way to decide to dig or not to dig, is to sweep over the spot again in PINPOINT or AM metal. There will be a lag in threshold sound right after it reaches full pitch, compared to the very crisp and responsive "weee weeeee" threshold over an actual target. This signature holds true for almost all mineralization and it comes in very hands when detecting school yards for coins, but where there is a layer of rocks for example and you can't distinguish between a rock and a good target.
i'm back from a summer's worth of detecting in Eastern Europe with a feeling of satisfaction that i've finally learned some things about my Vaquero. Here's what I observed so far; maybe it'll help out newbies starting out on the V. Experts feel free to add or challenge what I have to say
1) You will never be able to ALWAYS discriminate out iron. this is true on large iron objects, esp horseshoes. Even when you're at max disc and you think it's something "WOW, its gotta be something good", you might still get an axe head, horseshoe, etc. It's a dense metal and hard to get rid of completely.
2)Sheet metal objects, ie tin cans, tin can lids, pieces of tin roofing, give a "dull" sound different from a normal, fuller target sound. In my experience, this is the only different tone that the V will produce with the targets above; everything else sounds the same.
3)If you get a target that gives off a signal closely followed by a second signal as if it is two objects side by by side, you are probably dealing with mineralization. The best way to decide to dig or not to dig, is to sweep over the spot again in PINPOINT or AM metal. There will be a lag in threshold sound right after it reaches full pitch, compared to the very crisp and responsive "weee weeeee" threshold over an actual target. This signature holds true for almost all mineralization and it comes in very hands when detecting school yards for coins, but where there is a layer of rocks for example and you can't distinguish between a rock and a good target.
