Vez Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Anyone else finding that it is saying everything is way deeper than it actually is? This can be a detriment to the machine in a park hunt where you are trying to avoid anything 4" or shallower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undersc0re Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Yes, for the most part I ignore the depth gauge, it is better at telling me how big the object is lol. I still am a newbie at this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bado1 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 On coins, no. It's not too accurate on odd sized/shaped relics, though. It is calibrated for coin sized objects so that would make sense. Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPL Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Vez - I have been experiencing the same as you. Most coin sized targets are about half the depth that the meter indicates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayard Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 It seems to work better if the machine has been ground balanced and not left on the factory default of zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vez Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 2 hours ago, Bayard said: It seems to work better if the machine has been ground balanced and not left on the factory default of zero. I set mine to auto track and still said everything is 8+ :) As a previous poster said it might have to do with the size of targets that i was hitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPL Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Really not a big issue, but I will try ground balancing. Thanks for the tip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabin Fever Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 14 hours ago, Vez said: Anyone else finding that it is saying everything is way deeper than it actually is? This can be a detriment to the machine in a park hunt where you are trying to avoid anything 4" or shallower. Vez I too do some discrimination by depth.. The meter is calbrated to a US quarter instead of a penny or dime size target like many other detectors.. I have been using the pinpoint audio to judge depth.. It’s a little better modulation then the target tones.. Centering up on the target also helps the depth gauge a bit.. I was hoping if Minelab ever did a software update that they could improve this feature more then any.. They know how to to depth gage well.. The CTX and E-Trac are spot on with penny size targets.. Bryan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vez Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 Omg it would be nice if they did that. I slay old coins in parks with my etrac and ctx using volume modulation and depth meter secondarily. I want the depth of this machine amd adjustable volume gain of ctx. Thanks for letting me know about the quarter thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Mine seems to work. I am in bad ground so I always ground balance. Then again, I only expect the meter to tell me shallow or deep. If it’s maxed out and the target is modulating I think “deep coin”. But I don’t worry much about it beyond that. Shallow stuff bangs harder, and really shallow triple signals. Pinpoint seems good at telling me how deep stuff is - it screams on shallow and fades on deeper. Don't know... I mainly just find targets that sound right and dig them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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