When routines prove BAD

[bigscoop]

A total of four hours of beach hunting and less then a handfull of clad, just a few lose coins, that was my total take on two seperate trips to the beach, it just didn't make sense given all the ground I'd covered. To complicate the issue I was using an Excal with WOT, a setup that always locates a lot of targets, yet in my last two outings it had hardly popped more then a dozen tones. This is a machine that is always dialed in and its knobs are always at the same settings, they are never changed, it's one of those personal routines that you can always count on.

Back up six months, to the last time this machine was used, to those last moments it was used during one of those after the hunt tailgate tutorials. There we were, standing at the back of the vehicle playing with the controls to see how high we could set the machine in order to miss all the buried tin cans and shredded aluminum and still stand a chance of picking up a few coins. "Heck with it!" The excal went back in the vehicle and was never used again until my last two trips at the beach. Now move forward again, to my last two outings at the beach.

I never even bothered to check the machine's settings, no sense in it since the normal routine was never adjusting the darn thing from it's preferred settings. But I gotta tell you, if you set this machine in pinpoint with the sensitivity turned all the way down and the disc set at about the 13 - 14 notch.........."You're going to have a real nice stroll at the beach but you're sure not going to find much!" Du.......

 

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[S.S.Tupperware]

I hear ya... I have just been happy to find pulltabs with the DF. I assume you hunt the same beach as me...

 

[scrounger d detector collector]

duh doy do do....

been there done it

anything stupid i manage it

 

[bigscoop]

Too many fires burning, too many details stirring in the mind, go to the beach for a few hours of escape and relaxation and sure enough as soon as you slip on those headphones......"everything" escapes you! But hey, even a bad day at the beach is better then not being there at all.

 

[lacey333]

Sooooo True!!

Too many fires burning, too many details stirring in the mind, go to the beach for a few hours of escape and relaxation and sure enough as soon as you slip on those headphones......"everything" escapes you! But hey, even a bad day at the beach is better then not being there at all.

 

[digum smacks]

everyones gonna shoot me for this one.but the wot coil really "SUCKS" had 2. 1 went south dont know why? not that old.ive learned this on the excal.the wot coil is excellent for the dry sand because most good targets are 6" or less.and the 10inch stock coil goes deeper than the wot, actually you lose depth with a wot but gain area.NOW THIS IS ON THE 2 EXCALS I USED.yours may be different but i doubt it.i use the platypus a way better coil than the wot.shoot i have a 15x12 butterfly that i like better than the wot because its lighter.

 

[bigscoop]

everyones gonna shoot me for this one.but the wot coil really "SUCKS" had 2. 1 went south dont know why? not that old.ive learned this on the excal.the wot coil is excellent for the dry sand because most good targets are 6" or less.and the 10inch stock coil goes deeper than the wot, actually you lose depth with a wot but gain area.NOW THIS IS ON THE 2 EXCALS I USED.yours may be different but i doubt it.i use the platypus a way better coil than the wot.shoot i have a 15x12 butterfly that i like better than the wot because its lighter.

I've not been using it too long but it seemed to do real well for us up north in the few freshwater hunts we squeezed in last fall. Honestly, I've just had too much on my plate lately to even enjoy the few hours of free time I've managed. But that will be slowing down soon (March - April) and I hope to get more free time to play with the thing a bit more seriously and a bit more often. I've been wanting to buy a new unit since last summer but really don't plan on doing until I know I'm going to have the time to use it a lot. Since then I've been using/barrowing a few different units and setups so I'll have a better idea of what I want to buy when the time comes. Just not real sure what I want yet?

 

[erikk]

everyones gonna shoot me for this one.but the wot coil really "SUCKS" had 2. 1 went south dont know why? not that old.ive learned this on the excal.the wot coil is excellent for the dry sand because most good targets are 6" or less.and the 10inch stock coil goes deeper than the wot, actually you lose depth with a wot but gain area.NOW THIS IS ON THE 2 EXCALS I USED.yours may be different but i doubt it.i use the platypus a way better coil than the wot.shoot i have a 15x12 butterfly that i like better than the wot because its lighter.

Well the 2 WOTS that I have installed on my excals seem to work pretty well and I am digging coins & rings much deeper than the other excal with the stock 10 & as deep as the PI Sea Hunter MK3 or the Infinium LS Maybe U just had some defective coils or defective machines. Also have a WOT for my land machine (Explorer 2 and it will also go much deeper than the stock 10 )

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

everyones gonna shoot me for this one.but the wot coil really "SUCKS" had 2. 1 went south dont know why? not that old.ive learned this on the excal.the wot coil is excellent for the dry sand because most good targets are 6" or less.and the 10inch stock coil goes deeper than the wot, actually you lose depth with a wot but gain area.NOW THIS IS ON THE 2 EXCALS I USED.yours may be different but i doubt it.i use the platypus a way better coil than the wot.shoot i have a 15x12 butterfly that i like better than the wot because its lighter.

Well the 2 WOTS that I have installed on my excals seem to work pretty well and I am digging coins & rings much deeper than the other excal with the stock 10 & as deep as the PI Sea Hunter MK3 or the Infinium LS Maybe U just had some defective coils or defective machines. Also have a WOT for my land machine (Explorer 2 and it will also go much deeper than the stock 10 )

Not saying your wrong, but I have a waterproofed Sov GT that had a WOT on it, I used it in the water a lot before I modded my Excal with a WOT and it pulled up deep targets constantly. I have an Excal that has a WOT spliced on it and it pulls up targets well over 10 inches, has done so many, many times. I have another WOT that I use to use on my 2nd Sov GT and it pulls up deep targets as well. I stopped using it on my land Sov GT only because I bought the SEF 15x18" Butterfly coil (before the price increase) and it is what I use on the beach if I am not hunting water, that also goes real deep, pulled up a .06 gram gold ring at least 10 inches deep.

My WOTS and SEF Buterfly coils are all deeper then the stock 10 inch coils that came with my EXcals and Sov GTs.

Currently my water machines are.

Waterproofed Sov GT...Had a WOT, I cracked the coil on it, I am going to install the stock coil and sell it.
Sov GT with SEF 15x18" Butterfly coil, WOT and also a spare 12x15 Butterfly coil.
Excal with WOT spliced on.
Backup Excal with S-12 coil spliced on.....(I will most likely install the SEF 12x15" Butterfly coil on it and sell the S-12)

 

[stitchlips]

everyones gonna shoot me for this one.but the wot coil really "SUCKS" had 2. 1 went south dont know why? not that old.ive learned this on the excal.the wot coil is excellent for the dry sand because most good targets are 6" or less.and the 10inch stock coil goes deeper than the wot, actually you lose depth with a wot but gain area.NOW THIS IS ON THE 2 EXCALS I USED.yours may be different but i doubt it.i use the platypus a way better coil than the wot.shoot i have a 15x12 butterfly that i like better than the wot because its lighter.

I agree 100%. I had a WOT and it did not go as deep as the stock ten does.

 

[bigscoop]

Since it appears there's way different opinions on, and experiences with the WOT, even with the same machines and in the same general region, I'm curious to know if everyone was using pretty much the same machine settings? Just from the short time I've played with the WOT I have noticed an obvious decline in depth as the sensitivity is decreased. When I put the Excal in manual with the disc set at 1 and the sensitivity set as high as conditions allow, which is pretty high, the Excal & WOT setup has been pretty impressive so far, (though the larger coil is a load to handle in the surf after a while. ) Even so, I'm not sure I'm sold on it just yet?

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Since it appears there's way different opinions on, and experiences with the WOT, even with the same machines and in the same general region, I'm curious to know if everyone was using pretty much the same machine settings? Just from the short time I've played with the WOT I have noticed an obvious decline in depth as the sensitivity is decreased. When I put the Excal in manual with the disc set at 1 and the sensitivity set as high as conditions allow, which is pretty high, the Excal & WOT setup has been pretty impressive so far, (though the larger coil is a load to handle in the surf after a while. ) Even so, I'm not sure I'm sold on it just yet?

Use the harness with the WOT, I have been hunting with a harness for over 4 years now, makes all the difference in the world.....