Patricko

Air testing seems fine. It detects even very small coins like that. I've also detected a few bits a metal scrap from the ground. Perhaps either me or the machine was just having a bad day today.

I've got a used XP ORX off eBay and have been trying it in the garden. I buried a British two pence coin about 6 inches deep, but the ORX can't detect it. I've tried the four standard programmes and even fiddled with the settings a bit. A two pence coin is about the size of US quarter and is made of copper plated steel. Should the ORX be able to detect that? Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?

I'm a brand new detectorist. Planning to start in my large garden in a small village which has been occupied for at least a thousand years. Wish me luck.