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I think I was too hasty with my first tests in my workbench with dfbowers TGSL -- or the noise has subsided.
With careful adjustment of sensitivity and a little chatter, it looks like I can get detection with Euro close to 30 cm, and quite solid at 20 to 25 cm. So I it proves that dfbowers MD is very solid and quiet compared to what I have constructed, and it means I should continue to work on my circuit and make some solid finished coils to test with, and make sure the cable is good.
Update: I think the reason I get better results today is that I'm orienting the search coil on its side, perpendicular to floor. If I make it parallel to floor, I get bad results again. So some particular noise vector here it seems. Funny
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Q for dfbowers: just for the heck of it, would you try an air test with your coil parallel to the ground, but around a meter off the ground? And maybe some other directions?
-SB
I think I was too hasty with my first tests in my workbench with dfbowers TGSL -- or the noise has subsided.
With careful adjustment of sensitivity and a little chatter, it looks like I can get detection with Euro close to 30 cm, and quite solid at 20 to 25 cm. So I it proves that dfbowers MD is very solid and quiet compared to what I have constructed, and it means I should continue to work on my circuit and make some solid finished coils to test with, and make sure the cable is good.
Update: I think the reason I get better results today is that I'm orienting the search coil on its side, perpendicular to floor. If I make it parallel to floor, I get bad results again. So some particular noise vector here it seems. Funny

Q for dfbowers: just for the heck of it, would you try an air test with your coil parallel to the ground, but around a meter off the ground? And maybe some other directions?
-SB
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