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Legend question Civil War site

bergie

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Legend question Civil War site. Been hunting in a Civil War site a few days. This has got to be the most faulting machine I have ever run. I am running factory setting in field. In a 10 x 10 area I would be digging on my knees all day lol. How can I stop it from doing this Or is it just the way the machine acts. The only thing I’ve done was went to four tones.All iron sounds like good signals.This place is loaded with nails and bits of iron. Did manage to find a couple buttons and some pieces of lead.None of the other machines does that.
 
Hi Bergie.

You didn't mention what discrimination pattern you were using, nor what frequency mode, nor where your first tone break is set. All of that determines the response the detector will give on iron.

If you don't want to hear iron, then use the Ferrous discrimination pattern and/or change your first tone break to 10.

For iron infested sites, I would use the higher weighted M2 SMF mode and the 6" coil or the new 9.5x6 coil. Check your iron bias (IF setting) as well. You may have inadvertently set it too low. Another option is to use a single frequency of 15 khz.

EDIT: If some of the iron is giving an ID at around 58-60, then you're getting the proverbial iron wrap around. Everything I mentioned should just about eliminate iron wrap around. For the iron wrap around stragglers, then just ignore or notch out around 58-60.
 
Hi Bergie.

You didn't mention what discrimination pattern you were using, nor what frequency mode, nor where your first tone break is set. All of that determines the response the detector will give on iron.

If you don't want to hear iron, then use the Ferrous discrimination pattern and/or change your first tone break to 10.

For iron infested sites, I would use the higher weighted M2 SMF mode and the 6" coil or the new 9.5x6 coil. Check your iron bias (IF setting) as well. You may have inadvertently set it too low. Another option is to use a single frequency of 15 khz.

EDIT: If some of the iron is giving an ID at around 58-60, then you're getting the proverbial iron wrap around. Everything I mentioned should just about eliminate iron wrap around. For the iron wrap around stragglers, then just ignore or notch out around 58-60.
Thanks it is in the factory settings have not changed anything.It is the in field mode.
 
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