Grooney218 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 I literally just got this machine in the mail today. Which coil would you recommend using for civil war relic hunting ? The commander or gp series one? Thanks in advance guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grooney218 Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 Thanks, I'll try the dd coil for the discrimination aspect. Tons of iron tractor parts litter the area. Gonna put my two whites dfx machines in the closet for the time being ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Perhaps Chase Goldman can answer you better. I would turn the discrimination all the way up, if I wanted to use a 4500 for relics...that may eliminate some small iron... fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Putting the discrimination all the way up can actually cause strong non-ferrous targets to blank like iron, so that is not advisable. I keep the ironnreject at 7 or less and, yes, the DD coil is what you want in order to be able to use iron reject discrimination. My advice to you is to set up tge detector with timing set at normal, abs all other settings at defsult. GB set to manual, find a quiet channel with auto scan, GB, and bury some typical relic targets: minie balls, round balls, j-hooks, buttons, high conductivity coins, etc. AND square nails (bent, straight, corroded, and just nail heads) and get used to the audio. HTH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Thanks, Chase I figured you would know plenty and be willing to share! fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Thanks, Fred. Appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul (CA) Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 I would start off with the stock DD coil using discrimination,  later as you learn the GPX and are having success digging deep relics you may want to experiment with other DD coils.  Location is important, the GPX will find relics and old coins from old areas were VLF struggle due to mineralization. Have patience, eventually you’ll know when to break out the GPX to capture finds your VLF can’t get.  GPX is one of my main relic detectors, my only complaint is the weight.  Good luck, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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