This is so true and those coils are pretty affordable as well the owner of this machine could be well off to spend any extra money on an assortment of coils rather than needing to upgrade the machine to a mid-level. I guess the next real big step up from this machine would be to go into multi-frequency but I do see a whole bunch of these getting into lots of new hands in the next week! Thank you for the view Michael and for your comment you bring up a good point and I hope that anyone reading this will know that you are the Minelab dealer I recommend to all of my viewers on this KZfaq channel and can sort them out quick with this incredible and affordable machine! Happy holidays!

You're welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it keep in mind that a smaller coil would make a big difference with this machine and also I'm hearing a lot of chatter all around the internet right now about people having better luck by turning their sensitivity down on this machine maybe try those two things and see if it helps you in some way. Thank you for watching the video and for your comment!

@WTKMD-jq1qs And Now that you know where the Coin is at ?? It's a Recovery Mission and Not a Metal Detecting to find it per the New Sign that was put in to stop Everyone and the X-Terra Pro just Lower your Sensitivity settings down below 20 and I started with 12 Sensitivity when I got the X-Terra Pro the first day out and it seems to low to get Any targets. but it helped me to understand it and what it was telling me about what the target is going to be and I was surprised when I was getting a 6 inch target and 12 Sensitivity. And I have always been using a Lowered Sensitivity on Any Detector that I have used until I got to know it AND I don't just start at the Full Sensitivity and Get Disappointed after it won't settle down and get me the targets and so I start at the bottom and get to know each target at first and then I will raise the Sensitivity up until 18 Sensitivity Now and to where I know what the target id and Tone is and I can Walk on and I'm not Carrying out more just junk Targets that the other Detectors that I have used and they was supposed to be a Great Simple Detector that I was using and then having to get 2 more Relics Junk Carry Bags on my Belt (3 total and tool holder) and now that I have the X-Terra Pro, I have only one Nail Pouch that holds everything and the tools and just lower the Sensitivity down below 20 and the X-Terra Pro will give you more information about the target and then when it's a Jumping around more than likely it's not a good target and I have left it..... but if it's a good tone then Dig it up but do lower the Sensitivity down below 20.....

@@carolrice2063 my friend thank you I had to stop myself and read your comment the second time the first the jerk came out of me and then I read line by line. I appreciate your advise I have recently tried to start over and will definitely incorporate your comments in fact hopefully later today when I go! Have a great week pal, you are more than welcome to comment back to me on any other post! Solid words Carol!!

@@WTXMD-jq1qs Yes I did have it bunched together and that Coin is a Recovery Mission and don't have any kind of detector with you At the Hole that is made and in fact it's just a hole, but always there is going to be someone who will be complaining on Anything, Karen's are Everywhere.... and I also have shown some of the Karen's my Trash Bag's and how dangerous the Can Slaw that I find is and then they have left me Alone, But it's always a Challenge to find something else wrong with us and the Actual Facts that We are good for Something else besides the Lengthy Talks on how much we are Messing up the Park's but then I would share the Junk Target's with them and Also offer to just go ahead and Dump my Bags on the Ground back to where I have found it and then it's always a no No don't do that but Karen's that is where I have found it 🤔🤔🤔 and I'm actually a Benefit to Collecting the Trash that others have left and for Whom to pick up and then we all know that the Lawnmower doesn't..... And on the X-Terra Pro just lower the Sensitivity down below 20 Sensitivity and also 12 Sensitivity and start the way back up and I have also changed the Tone Break's up to -4 and also the Hidden Features that alot of people don't know that it's there and I have watched ALOT of the Same So Called Experts that don't even know what the X-Terra Pro is capable of doing and you never see them change the Tone's break and will actually leave it on -16 and keep scrolling through again and again and you will find that the X-Terra Pro is a great deal once you just lower the Sensitivity down and let it tell you about what it's found..... ❤️.... and the Coins will really sound off and then the jumpy VDI is mostly the junk Targets, but also a jump Or two is a totally normal reaction with a good target but then it is really jumpy VDI then it's not a good target and I will be watching for the video of the X-Terra Pro Success 👍 and good luck 🤞....

No worries I totally understand. When I was trying to say is you can see many others in the comments in this video saying that they've had luck lowering the sensitivity. I have not tried that yet but I will. I tend to run the sensitivity right on the edge of too much on all of my machines. I feel like I can handle hearing all of that information in fact I usually run my machines wide open with no discrimination. And it's just because I've been detecting for over 35 years and I'm used to it. If lowering the sensitivity on this machine only helps to cut out chatter and clicks and pops. But does not give me any benefit in unmasking then I will not want to lower my sensitivity at the cost of depth of detection. I will go out and experiment with this and if I find it to be a benefit in unmasking some way for the overall performance of the machine I will make a complete new video just on this topic. Let me know if you try lowering your sensitivity if it helps you at all as well. Happy holidays!

Thank you very much my friend for such an incredible comment. And for watching the video! This is a fantastic machine and I highly recommend it to everybody. I just know that people who buy this machine and use it will have luck and not get frustrated where it will end up in a closet or not being used. With this machine you can actually find legit treasures and do very well with it. Thanks again for watching the video and for your comment!

Thank you for checking in from the Florida Treasure Coast! Any day could be "The Day" in that sand! I am a fellow firefighter my brother! Thanks for watching and for the comment!

Thank you for the kind words and for watching the video!! 🤠

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I have been reading lots of comments like this Terri. I honestly don't notice any detriment or disadvantage of where I had my sensitivity. But many others are saying the exact same thing you're saying I need to go back out and test this in a coin garden and in the field and see if I can notice any difference. I'm also going to put on the 6-in round in the iron and I think that is where lowering the sensitivity May really help with unmasking. I'm going to pin your comment to the top so others can see this and try it as well. I really appreciate you watching the video and taking the time to leave us this comment! Happy holidays!

Great machine! You will do well with it. Thank you for the view and kind comment!

Since I released this video, I have learned that the sensitivity is very important, you don't want to have it too sensitive so that it's falsing, run it as hot as you can until it just starts to false a little then back off. Most run it at around 17 with good results. Thank you for your view and comment!

I'm going to pin this comment because that's a great idea that I think everyone should try. For me it's just another one of my senses that connects my machine to the ground and now that I've tried it I can't stop using it. Thank you for the view and for your comment!

Thank you sincerely for the view and kind comment!

Thank you Lucio for checking in from Italy! My family heritage is Italian on my mother's side. I sincerely appreciate the view and comment!

so had a and it did stabilise the vid's 👍

That's a great idea I'm going to do the same thing by running a bunch of different Equinox coils on this machine as well! Thank you for the view and for your advice!

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I get it, the things we think of when we're out on adventures in this hobby. Thank you for watching and taking the time to leave a comment, much appreciated!

Nice! I forgot they were even in that video. Thank you for the view and comment!

I am reading all kinds of posts and information about this lately I have not messed with the sensitivity at all to try lowering it and I didn't realize that there could be a benefit by doing so as I don't see any detriment to this point as far as chatter and noise goes it was nothing that was too overwhelming for the or the machine I felt like I was connected to the ground just fine and able to weed through all the targets. I suppose I could do some testing on this am I going but thank you for your post and advice I will definitely follow up on this. Thank you also for watching the video. Happy holidays!

@@darinblackburn6023 Great choice, that's for sure! Not so much a beginners machine at all, very capable detector that you will have success with and it won't just end up in a closet somewhere. Thank you for the view and comment!

Man if I could ever get the time to go to the beach! It's a 3 hour drive but so crazy busy lately. Don't give up on me though, it's on my priority list! Thank you for the view and comment!

Can't wait to hear back from you to hear how your doing with it. It's a huge upgrade over the X-Terra Pro! Best if luck! Thanks again for watching!

This is exactly the kind of comment I love to read thank you so much for taking the time to watch the video and for leaving a comment like this. It inspires me to keep making these kinds of videos.

That's exactly what it is for. And it makes a good backup detector too, and is easy to use.

That is a great point and exactly how I feel about this machine. The problem with buying an inexpensive metal detector is they are not all capable therefore people who are dabbling into the hobby go out with it and they don't find anything good the next thing you know it's in a closet or giving away and they never pursue the hobby. Had they bought a very capable machine like this one they would actually find treasures and realize how fun and rewarding the hobby can be and with this minimum investment they can consider getting something better like a multi-frequency machine. I believe that lots of these will be in the hands of new detectorists as they're giving out this Christmas as gifts we should see a huge influx of this machine into the hobby. Thank you for watching the video and for your comment!

Thank you Amanda! Sounds like you have some really good ground to search. This machine is very capable and you will continue to do well with it! I totally get the single tone setting for some. But I think over time you will come to understand what the machine is telling you if you put it in 3 tones or even all-tones. I don't mind digging cans and trash here and there if I am finding Roman coins, Crotal bells, etc! Thank you for your view and comment!

Thank you so much, I will take your advice and try if on 3 tones and see how that goes :) Thanks again for your brilliant videos :)

Great feelling to save over $1k Aud! Yes this is a very capable machine that coil will make a big difference, that would be a good purchase! Good to read your report. Thank you for the view and comment!

👍 I run a 900 and Park 2 is supposed to be good for getting a signal on the coins on edge.

Yes me too, it's always an issue with every metal detector and everyone has a story where they dug it one way signal to find a coin on edge or Tilted. The ones that come to mind to me over the years we're also not pinpointed quite well either they were always in the side of the hole. But I have tested coins on edge and an angles in my coin Garden and it's just one of those signals that you have to take a chance on. For me with productivity in mind I probably pass lots of those types of signals over in lieu of waiting for the sure bet. But maybe after a few trips to the same site I start digging all the iffy signals and that's where I find my coins on edge. But you bring up a really good point and I thank you for watching the video and for your comment. Happy holidays!

Well you definitely picked a very capable machine and you will find treasures with it. Thank you for watching the video and for your comment!

5 Meters which is 16' Feet

It's nice of you to leave a comment like this it really inspires me to keep doing what I'm doing. I tried to make the video like you were out with me one on one training. Thank you for the view and for your kind words.

It's an IP68 rating and can be submerged for 2 hours at a depth of 5 meters. Fully waterproof and I have not yet heard of any issues at all with leakage or water intrusion.

Into my iron pile. The ranch manager of this property detects too. We all start a pile of iron where we're detecting then haul it all out at the end of the day/hunt. There are hundreds of cattle on the property year round. At the entrance to the property, we have a huge pile of iron we have all right recovered over the last few years. They want us to save almost everything. Thanks for watching!

Thank you for watching it for taking the time to leave a kind comment!

Thank you for the kind words!! 🙏 I highly recommended the EQ6 coil for the X-Terra Pro, especially if you are going to be in heavy iron or relic sites. Thank you again!

Firstly, thank you for watching the videos and for your kind words. I sincerely appreciate it! I have found lots of silver coins, tokens, etc at all of those parks as well as Southside Park, McClatchy Park and McKinley Park to name a few more. There are many areas along the river where old coins can be found too. But hard to figure out where your allowed to be as well as possible issues with homeless and bad neighborhoods. I have said it many times before my videos but to be successful with metal detecting you have to try to find a spot that no other metal detector has been to before. That means talking to the older folks who grew up in town and asking them where they used to swim at the river or where Parks were when they were children that are no longer there maybe old Fairgrounds, Etc. Thank you again for watching my videos and for asking this great question!

Yes, it's very hard sometimes to watch a video like this for someone swinging and you're hearing what they're hearing but you're not actually there. It makes you feel like they're missing everything. ☺️ thank you for watching and for your comment!

Yes, nice and a huge upgrade from the bounty hunter. You will do very well with the X-Terra Pro. Thank you for your view and comment!

Thank you as well for the few and for your kind words

Great questions! I use many different types of pinpointers because I test all of them and own all of them some of the ones I use are the Minelab Pro-Find 40, Fisher F-Pulse, Deus MI6, Nokta Accupoint and the Garrett AT Pro Pointer. I have found all of them to have strengths and be very good. The type of pouch that I use is a Mag (Magazine) dump pouch. I use one that has Molle webbing so that it attaches to my belt system. You can email me at the email address in the description of all of my videos if you need more info. Thank you for watching the video and for taking the time to ask the questions!

Thank you for the view and for taking the time to leave a kind comment!

It would be great for searching football or soccer fields, just as long as there isn't too much trash. You won't get the separation like you do with a smaller coil, so you'll go crazy in high yeah areas.

​@@DogtownTradingCoTry lowering the Sensitivity down below 20 and I Had started with 12 Sensitivity on the X-Terra Pro and I have since Raised it up to 18 Sensitivity after 6 months and I haven't tried any of the Equinox Coils yet, but that's what I have done for me to understand what it was trying to get me to understand what the target is....

Oh you must be local to me? I am up in Shingle Springs. Can you please send me an email? My email address is in the description of all of my videos I would like to get a hold of somebody in your Club to come out and do a presentation for you guys. I always like to use large coils especially in schools and parks and less trashy areas not just for coverage but for depth I would turn my recovery speed down to zero on this machine and really listen for those deep Whispers. I know a lot of nice coins were found really in the ball fields around Land Park. The guys that found them were using big coils and creeping around slowly. In this video I was using a big coil and an area where it wasn't ideal that's for sure. So much trash I mean a big coil is going to hear like three nails and a coin all at the same time whereas a little coil might be able to surgically hear the coin in between. But you may also notice that in this video when I was doing the wiggle on the targets even with that big coil it was a really tight pattern over the object and I had no issues pinpointing at all. You bring up a really good point though I will look for your email. Thank you for watching the video and for your comment question. Happy holidays

Thank you sincerely for the view and kind words!!

@@rickylandry9979 the machines are very similar as far as features and Technology but the difference is in the build quality how Compact and waterproof the Xterra Pro is. And with the price being a couple hundred dollars less it is not much of a decision between the two. The fact that the Xterra Pro can use coils from The Equinox series is a huge benefit as well. Thank you for your view and comment/question!

Great question!! 🤠 So if tracking was the best option with no disadvantages, Minelab wouldn't give us the option to manually adjust or ground grab. So there is a minor disadvantage in that the processor and algorithm are not as fast as some may prefer. It also depends what part of the world you're in and how much mineralization is in the ground in your area if you have very little mineralization a ground balance of zero is perfectly fine or if you have lots of mineralization that's pretty predictable and constant you can just grab the ground and use that setting. If the machine starts to false a bit with low numbers or starts whining or crying more than it did before you can always recheck the ground. Personally I do leave Auto tracking on and listen carefully for any falsing. I don't seem to have an issue with it here where I detect. But you are not going to lose any depth or sensitivity by having tracking on other than it could potentially not be fast enough to keep up with rapidly changing ground therefore falsing could cause you to miss a signal. I hope this makes sense as I've explained it. Like I said this is a great question. Thank you for watching the video and for taking the time to leave a comment with a question that might help others!

An entirely new processor, user interface, far better build quality and performance. Other than the name, no comparison really. I can highly recommend this incredible machine especially at this price. Thank you for the view and comment!

I also have an X-Terra 705 in my arsenal of detectors and it was by far my favourite machine for several years. Having said that, the XTP will run circles around the 705. The XTP is an extremely sensitive detector that will keep up with machines costing $1,000 more. The presets right out of box leave little to be desired but will get you started. I’ve probably spent close to 100 hours using the XTP and have customized the presets to my liking and my VDI numbers are pretty stable. As far as the 705 goes, it had a good long run but you would be much better off spending the money on the XTP rather buying new coils for the 705 unless of course you can find a 3 frequently coil for the 705 for less than $50.

Can you bring up a good point. First of all the large coil makes it very tough to hear desirable targets being masked by nearby iron as the footprint itself is more likely to have iron masking a good signal. It would have been a huge benefit to bring out a 6-in round coil. I'm sure there are other tests in KZfaq videos showing separation. But I will test this myself and do another video, I love that you bring this up and this makes a great opportunity for a testing video. Thank you for watching and again thank you for your suggestion and taking the time to leave a comment!

That is because I have not made that video yet it's been very tough for me to get out to the ocean it's about a 3-hour drive and the weather has been absolutely horrible for the last couple months. I do hope to get out there very soon and make that video please stay tuned. Thank you for watching this video and for taking the time to leave a comment!

Typically lower numbers on the VDI for all gold as it is a low conductor as compared to silver or copper for example. Thank you for watching the video!

Those are all wagon or buggy parts. Dating back to before motor vehicles. Usually you see piles like this near a blacksmith shop, so very possible a blacksmith was nearby.

Yes, as metallic items are buried in soil, over time the chemistry of some types of soils can leach the metal from the object where it is removed from its covalent bonds and the particles of bleached metal gather around the object where a bloom of that metal surrounds the object. These blooms of metallic particles can effect (adversly) the eddy currents from metal detector receiver circuit which can be heard on some machines. Engineers call this a halo as it is literally a cloud of particles now surrounding the original object. Some engineers have said that any kind of shovel going into the ground can "Crack" the halo therefore no longer adversly effecting the circuit and allowing the detector to perform better. Going to pin this so others can see your tip. Thank you for your view and great comment!

The X-Terra Pro is a single frequency machine with limited settings and ranges of settings. Whereas the Equinox machines are all multi-frequency technology with a wide range of settings and features that the X-Terra Pro does not have. Thank you for your view and comment/question!

@@SlimShady-sn1lz I see you left this comment 4 months ago I'm still trying to catch up on my comments and I work on them daily. I apologize it's taking this long to respond but you don't want to run your recovery speed as high as you can and a small coil like a 6-inch round if you have one trade also make sure that you always do a good noise cancel and ground balance so that you can run the sensitivity as high as possible. Most fine they can't really run the sensitivity past 18 on this machine without it falsing. So start at like 16 and work your way up until the machine sounds pretty stable and not so chirpy. Turn 90 degrees on every repeatable signal. Get that little wiggle down (watch my X-Terra Pro - Pro Tips video on my channel). If your focusing on coins run the search mode Park 1 at 5kHz. If focusing on buttons and relics run search mode Filed 2 at 15kHz. Thank you for the view and comment/question!

I use a Minelab Pro-Find 40 on most hunts, on this day I was borrowing a friend's equipment and the pinpointer was a XP MI-6. Thanks for watching and for the comment/question!

@@SlimShady-sn1lz first of all you were going to want to run the machine in the search mode Field 2 so that you can take advantage of the frequency range of 15 kHz. Because of the limit of the frequency to only 15 kHz on this machine it is not the best machine to find gold with. You would be better off with a more advanced detector that has frequency ranging up to 40 kHz. Gold is where it's been found before. One very simple strategy that works good for me is I look to find where miners were doing digging back in the old days and if they spent a lot of time digging in an area and there's tailing piles everywhere they were getting gold therefore you know that there's gold still there and trust me they did not have metal detectors so they missed a whole bunch of it. Oftentimes you'll find gold around where there are quartz out cropping. Thank you for your view and comment /question!

Same to you friend! And thank you for watching the video and for your kind words 🤠

Lol, that's a visual!! Thank you for the view and for your comment!

The Garrett is a good beginner machine but it struggles on a beach.

@@DogtownTradingCo so you think the minelab X-Terra Pro is better than the Garrett Apex

It depends on what and where you are hunting. Metal Detectors are like golf clubs. Different detectors work better in different situations. I would be happy to talk about it if you want to give us a call. I sell both machines, and all my customers love the XterraPro for a beginner machine, especially in parks and beaches. Is it an Equinox 900,a Deus2 or Manticore? No its not, however for someone just getting into the hobby, it's a great start. It also makes a good backup detector to keep in the truck just in case.

Mark does a great job in this video showing what is capable of.

@@DogtownTradingCo I live in Tucson Arizona. Majority of my hunting would be here and I am a beginner.

Thank you for watching the video and for your comment!

This is true, as do titanium rings, best to dig it all. Like I said in the video, I choose not to but I recommend others do dig all low tones that repeat. Thank you for the view and tip!

Vanquish 540 is better for performance for sure because it has Multi-IQ technology. But I would say the features, build quality, value and even looks goes to the X-Terra Pro. Thank you for your view and comment/question!

For nuggets? Or for jewelry? This machine is not the best for gold nuggets due to the low frequencies. Thank you for the view and comment!

I can just imagine I know that is an issue. We dig a lot of bronze Chinese cash coins here and Japanese coins as well and the California Gold Country. Thank you for your view and for your comment!

What frequency are you running? It's nice to get this report from you and I'm glad that it is working well in the sand especially the wet sand. I assume that you're in 20 HZ frequency? I'm also finding that sensitivity is very important on this machine to get it to settle down and get maximum depth. Thank you for checking in and for your settings. Also thank you for watching the video and for your comment!

Hi, great question. It really depends on your budget but you are right that the higher frequencies are good for small gold jewelry. The Equinox 900 has over 100 steps of discrimination and therefore can be very customized any application. Lmk what your budget is and I can recommend something. Thanks for watching the video and for your comment/question!

I don’t really have a budget. I’m willing to learn about any detector. So what do you think ?

Lets all face it, for rings or even old bronze coins like here, we must all dig low on the scale around foil and nickel ,,,,,15 khz will do just fine too

The shovel is what is called the "Grass Digger" by a fantastic company called Motely Digging Tools. You can find the company online but to order I think you have to check with your local dealer(s) the tools are sold by all major dealers. Thank you for the view and comment!

Yes I do they're great machines. Mine is on loan to a friend out of state right now. Thank you for watching the video and for your comment!

I have not tried that pin pointer yet but it looks like it's going to be really good. What do you like mostly about it? Thank you again for the view and for your comment!

Sorry about that contest was sometime ago and a 13-year-old girl ended up winning the machine she was very happy! Thank you for the view and comment

Generally speaking you take the width off the coil your using and add the length, then divide by 2 and that gives you the effective depth of a US dime size coin. I hope this helps. Thank you for the view and for your question/comment!

Amen to that. I often see improperly dug holes and open holes that weren't filled back in I filmed them typically while doing Adventures but I never for some reason get a chance to get those little clips into the video but it does annoy me it's bad for the hobby. Thank you for your view and comment/advice!

As a guitar player in a busy band, I can't afford to take chances with that kind of injury to fingers or hands. 😳 Thanks for the view and comment!

I have personally have lowered the Sensitivity down below 20 and also I started using the X-Terra Pro on 12 Sensitivity and then the jumpy VDI is only present for the Non Coin Targets and the jump of a number Or two on the Coin target is a totally normal reaction with any kind of detector Ever Made Today and Seriously just lower the Sensitivity down below 20 and I'm using 18 now and it's going 👍👍👍 for me....

OK, I will try 20 sensitivity and switch to the 11" Nox coil, Thanks

@@davidfrazier1186 Try the lower sensitivity first time and after using it for a hour and then change the Coil and I have a 11" Coil that I haven't tried yet and I Actually like the Jumpy VDI on the Non Coin Targets and that's a way of telling me that there's a Valid Junk Target in the ground and I don't Really Relic Hunt and the Coins will really sound off when I swing over them.....

I am not sure about that I have heard nothing yet but I will look into it and see if I can find something out. Thank you for watching the video and for your question. Happy holidays!

Thank you for checking in from so far away. And also I appreciate your tips that you mentioned here I hope that others will read this and learn from it. Thank you again for the view and for your comment!

Yes I had the sensitivity up a bit too high. Lately I am running my sensitivity in sites like this at around 17-19. In this video it was over 20! But yes that was small bits of iron as well as mineralization of the soil falsing.

This is a very serious topic to me because I am a touring guitar player and I make my profession with my fingers and hands. I have to be VERY CAREFUL! So even after reading your comment yesterday I went out detecting and forgot my gloves and had to detect the whole day with no gloves. I better head up and stock up on gloves again I go through them pretty quick here. But you're absolutely right and this is a good reminder to me how important this is. I did as you saw in the video put them on here and there when I had to reach into holes but it's hard to operate the cameras systems with gloves on which is why I take them off in between targets. Thank you for watching the video and for your great observation and comment I know you meant it in a caring way. Happy holidays! Laid out

I’ve been using the Harbor Freight Hardy puncture resistant gloves whenever detecting and have yet to get any subsurface hand injuries. The gloves are pretty comfortable even in summertime temps and fit nicely dry or wet. If they get too hot I soak them down with my water bottle.✌🏻🤙🏻

Thank you for the view and for your advice, thank you also for leaving a comment!

I agree but I will say it's much better (not so jumpy) with the 6" round coil. Especially the EQ6. Thank you for your view and for your comment!

With this particular machine and this is the case with many others as well there is a feature called iron audio where you can choose to hear the signals that are being discriminated out just so that you know you're in an area where there is iron. This is an especially useful feature because it helps you know that you're around where there was human occupation and therefore there could be coins or other Treasures hidden in around the area full of iron. In this video I had the iron audio on so that you could hear the iron however it's a very distinct tone that you would not Chase or dig you learn to ignore it but just know it's there. Thank you for your view and your great question!

Great question!!! So the discrimination is a movable number on all metal detectors. One way to think about it is where you set it simply just tells the machine where to make the split between ferrous and non ferrous to your ears. So in this video I believe I was at -6 for the discrimination that means that anything that was below that that was iron was going to sound like iron but anything that came in above that threshold would still come in on the non-ferrous or conductive side and sound like a good Target then I have to use the other techniques like listening for good constant repeatable tones and even to have those tone stay repeatable when I turn 90° on the target as well as Target IDs that are very close in the number range. So in other words some bigger iron or really rusty iron with a big Iron bloom in the ground can cause the machine to hear it because it made it past the number I set the I don't want to hear it at. Therefore you're going to hear the bigger iron and it's still there it's no different than the other smaller pieces except for it's made it through the Discrimination pattern because I probably have the number set too low for that particular piece of iron. I know this sounds very confusing you're welcome to email me at the email address and all of my videos for a better description of what I mean by this. We have to use these other techniques to guess whether it's a good Target or bad Target after it makes it past wherever I set that number at. Another thing to keep in mind is something that's really super rusting it's been in the ground for a long time has leached a lot of iron out into the soil around the object and when the detector transmits a signal into the ground you get a huge eddy current bloom off of all that rust in the dirt along with the piece of iron that is heard back on the receiver side and can make it past whatever number you have set for your discrimination based on the amount of return from the Eddy currents. A couple times in this video I did open up the screen and shut the Horseshoe off so that you could hear the iron that was at -6 or below. I hope this answered your question if not feel free to email me and thank you for watching the video and for asking a great question!

This is open fields in the middle of literally nowhere. I would never dig like this in a yard. Sometimes, no matter how good you cut your plug in grass, it will leave lines in the grass. Thank you for the view and comment!

Even though I'm in US, Dig it Detecting turned me on to discriminating and running recovery at 8. Seems to work really well for coin shooting and goes pretty deep.

Nice, I'll give that a try! Thank you for the view and for your suggestion!

Nice! Just have to wait for the rains, it's the same here too but at least we have a few storms stacked up over the Pacific Coast headed our way. Thank you for watching the video and for your comment!

I wouldn't say that it's better than the Vanquish 540 because the van is 540 is a multi-frequency machine which is a far superior technology then this single frequency machine however I do like the build quality overall and design of the Xterra Pro over the vanquish. But as far as performance goes the Vanquish has it beat! Thank you for your view and comment!

When I use any metal detector my ears don't mind all the chatter and ground noise. I am metal detect so much and I put in countless thousands of hours every year listening to the ground with all the details I can. I feel connected to the ground because I hear all of that information including every piece of iron. I like to know when I'm in Iron so I can slow down and focus. I run the sensitivity as high as I can until it's just starting to false. If it's falsing I will back sensitivity down but what you're hearing is not falsing every noise you're hearing is a piece of metal that the machine is listening to my ears over the last 35 years of metal detecting are very good at Discerning which tones are good tones and which to ignore. My technique is not for everyone in fact it's probably not advisable for most. It causes ear fatigue for the common person. But for me I don't mind it and I'm used to it. You also mentioned and maybe it's just the fact that the translation is changing the word but you said the machine is set badly. There are not very many settings on this machine in fact only a few and in this detecting trip it was set perfectly for what I was trying to accomplish the few settings that I could change were ideal In This Moment. I do appreciate you watching the video and for your comment like I said my technique is not for everyone.

Of course not but then again I don't really detect in Parks ever. Even when I'm out in the fields like in this video I do take my time to cover all my holes very carefully especially at this location is there is cattle there. Thank you for the view and for your comment! Happy New Years!

It's not easy to translate our languages. If you are asking about the size of the search coil, a bigger coil is good for coverage and depth. But not very good for using it in areas with many targets close together including trash from iron, nails, food cans, etc. A small coil is good to use in an area where you need seperation between targets but at the cost of a bit of loss of overall depth and less ground coverage per swing. As far as using the sensitivity setting on this machine it really depends on the type of soil you're in here where I live most of the soil is highly mineralized and I have to keep the sensitivity down in a little bit I just run it as high as I can without it falsing too much it's really just that simple. Thank you for watching the video and for your question!

No ho detto che con bobina da 12 nn si può usare sensibilità sopra a 18...e controproducente...

OK thank you, I'll make sure to get a good shovel. Also to not make any video in a park and also to work on getting more info experience before I go making any more videos. Appreciate the honest and precise feedback.

Rude comment. I'm enjoying it as it was very similar to field I was in