pinpointing with the 8" coil

[muddysock]

Hi Everybody! I finally got so I could pinpoint pretty well with the 4" coil, but when I go back to the 8" coil everything goes to pieces. I end up with huge craters and sometimes never do find anything. If I can't narrow it down by making an "X" I put it in no-motion all-metal mode and try to locate the most intense sound. It works sometimes, but not very well. Sometimes I find the target but it's quite a bit off from what I thought the main sound was. I have a Pioneer 505, by the way, which everyone tells me is like the SS II. I've really practiced a lot and am just not doing very well. Does anyone have any suggestions. Thanks.

Muddy

[Buster]

Bury some coins and practice pinpointing. Also practice at school yards,easy pickens...Good Luck..Buster...

[The TINMAN]

You might also try putting some different coins and such, each taped to a piece of cardboard and marked on the backside. Run your coil over each one to try and find the sweet spot on your coil and learn the different tones. Hope this helps a little.

The TINMAN

[Steve in PR]

Try switching to all metal mode when you find a target to see if that helps pinpoint better. Let me know if it works! Good luck!

[muddysock]

Thanks for all your suggestions, I've tried them and they're helping me to understand what I'm doing right and wrong. One important thing I'm finding out is that when there is a big problem, it usually is multiple targets - in my mind, I imagine someone losing a pocketful of change. But I'm working on that - isolating them - and I think there are good techniques to use in such cases. Thanks again.

[Captain]

Iam wondering if the 505 from walmarts is the same as the sharp shooterII. anyone know? the walmart page doesnt show the face of the machine, makes ya wonder.. anybody goten the one from walmarts?

thanks

[JCWhite]

It is always going to be harder to pinpoint with the bigger coil verses the smaller one. You hafta learn that sweet spot on each one. JC

[muddysock]

Shortgrass - The Pioneer 505 is virtually the same as the SSII.

[portraitartist]

Th way I've learned to pinpoint with my Pioneer 101 (it has no non-motion mode) is to raise the coil while x'ing the target - since the signal "shape" is similar to an inverted cone, the higher you raise the coil, the smaller the search area is (theoretically)... try that and see it it doesn't help you...



It should also help in identifying multiple targets - I encounter tons of those while hunting around the parking meters... sometimes I cannot distinguish one coin, but what I will do is raise my coil up until I get the closest thing to one solid hit, and then use my screwdriver to probe it out... once you clear one out, it becomes MUCH easiet to distinguish the separate items...

[beau]

hi

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