mudwhale
Elite Member
Thank you! I didn't know whether to order them separate when I order the pro package today. Thanks to your review I'm pulling the trigger.
Thank you! I didn't know whether to order them separate when I order the pro package today. Thanks to your review I'm pulling the trigger.
Do coil covers come with the detector?
No Sir, thanks to you for your excellent review despite some skeptics and haters out there. I followed this thread from the beginning. I think you handled all of it from a professional level on being a tester above all else in spite of all the sidebar diatribe. You handled all situations with calm demeanor and resolved to diffuse the situation at hand. You brought out the good and the not so good on this machine along the way. I myself learned a LOT!! In "MY" opinion the good swayed me to get $1000 poorer today. Thank you for your dedicated effort on this website. I may be a new member but, I have been a LONG time detectorist! 30+ yrs...
Ed
Nice accolade Sir - I too have always found TNSS's posts/reviews to be as you state = INVALUABLE
I hope you enjoy your new purchase & HH
Thank you sir! I bought the Impact upon reading TNSS review of this machine as well as other testers reviews. Tnss gave better technical information than the others and I based my purchase because of the quality and honesty that he portrayed. Right now this machine is "LITERALLY" so many detectors in one that I am overwhelmed with it. I am sticking to the KISS method right now and sticking with the default 14 mkz and the large coil I have been sticking with the DI99 mode as well as the DI3 mode. I have found things that my Etrac and ATP never saw in the back yard. Tonight I experimented with the DEEP mode on 5mhz and heard distinct separation of IRON type thinds in an area I already searched. I think it will take me years to play this instrument. But, TNSS has agreed to help me as much as he can on the side. This is the level of expertise and sharing that means the most. And what means the most is the effort and sharing of experience and knowledge for the benefit of others on this forum he has contributed. This is in my opinion priceless!
Cheers Ed
TNSS
On my first day, I learned, heard and saw everything about iron of all kinds. LOL! From really low tones and numbers (10-15) on the size of a BB to high numbers (96- HOLY !!!!) almost coil overload on a few bigger items like a stove top. I think I have nickels dialed on 29-31 with a mediumish tone in DI99 and DI3 modes. I've nailed copper at 77-78 high tone every time now. (Some '50's electrician lost a LOT of ground rod clamps and pennies on the property where my business is located.) Pull tabs (ARHG) have been dug 30-35. I noticed on all the coins I found it locks right on with almost zero drift in sound or numbers. One digit tops. Here's what I jotted down as I went along on the second day on DI99:
Bottle caps 70-72 High tone
Pull tabs 30-31 sounds like farts
Copper penny 78-79 high tone
Zinc penny 67-68 high tone
Clad dime 78-79 high tone
Nickel 29-30 lower mid tone
Quarter 87-89 high tone
Silver bracelet 60-62 lower high tone
Silver plated spoon 58-59 lower high tone
I am baby stepping right now and would like to explore the other modes. Do you think a controlled buried test bed would help?
Ed
TNSS
I read your entire test of the Impact twice! Good read and thanks for listing the posts. I never wrote down the numbers of the posts that I deemed important...DUH! 172 is the one I was trying to find, THANKS! I have been sticking to DI3 and DI99 to get used to the machine. I set up DI3 according to a guy on YouTube called "Dirtfishing" (It's actually described in the manual), setting the tones and tone breaks geared towards coins. It works great! So far all the items that I gave numbers on in my previous post were virgin finds in the ground. I did air tests right after I got the unit outside just to see roughly where the numbers and sounds would lay. Tonight I stuck the small coil on and I am going to go back to the iron infested site from hell on my first hunt. I did find lead, copper flashing strips that rang clear as a bell for what they were. I dug some medium higher iron hits to see what they were and found an iron 3 tine fork handle.
Question 1. You keep mentioning Gen(D) to verify targets. I have not used this mode yet. How does this work?
Question 2. The default factory gain is 70. I have bumped it all the way up in my area with zero EMI problems in DI3 or DI99 modes and noticed greater response. Your thoughts on gain adjustment would be a great help.
TNSS, I love this machine!
Ed