setting up your newly built detector.

[Koala]

Which setting of sensitivity give the best performance.


1: Do you run it at maximum and have a lot of chatter


2: Dial it down a bit and have very little chatter


3: Or dial it down some more so it runs completely silent.


Option 1: work fine on a test garden where you know when to expect a beep. But in field would you really spot those signals at a normal sweep speed through all the chatter

Option 2: works fine but time is spent rechecking signals. Plus does over time your brain filter out some of the fainter signals as cracks or pops ?

Or option 3 running it completely silent and digging every faint signal be a more productive way to go and forgo the last bit of performance.

[Nandor]

Hi
I mostly use my TGSL at max sensitivity outside and it does not chatter at all. Inside the house it does a bit.

[Koala]

Its hard to prove as testing only works if you don't know what's in the ground.

My gut feeling is at a normal sweep speed running less sensitivity would mean digging more of the faint iffy targets and that would out weigh the few targets that are now out of reach. Which means I have probably been running my machine a touch too hot to get the most out of it.

[homefire]

Your at best sensitivity when it's chattering the slightest little bit. Ground Conditions are a key factor.

[Polymer]

Which setting of sensitivity give the best performance.


1: Do you run it at maximum and have a lot of chatter
Used to do this out of fear of not going "deep enough". It was fatiguing and contra productive for me like this.

2: Dial it down a bit and have very little chatter
This is my favorite for now. Hearing somewhat what the ground has to say. Hope I'm expressing this right.

3: Or dial it down some more so it runs completely silent.
This drives me nuts too. I'd be waving the coil over my shoes all the time to see if the detector is still working

[Nandor]

I make the same "shoe test" when it makes no sound ! But than I remember that the Disc is at 2 and works just fine.