Nice digs Sven! Sven1 Wrote:
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> First off let me say this is a detector of high qu
> ality all the way around. Looks sharp and balances
> nicely!
>
> I studies the manual, some one was surprised I rea
> d the manual, guess many don't.......after buying
> a metal detector, they just wing it.....
> Also, read many posts on a number of forums regard
> ing operation and set-up.
> It was suggested as a new owner, and not having hu
> nted with it to stick with a factory pre-set progr
> am modes. This would be a good way to get a feel h
> ow it operates and how it responds to targets.
> Took the advice and decided to try the DI4 which i
> s a 4 Tone Discrimination mode. Left all settings
> as pre-set. used the new 5x9 coil, ran 14khz.
>
> Hit the road in a rental Mitsubishi RVR (I like it
> ) with plans on hitting one of two schoolyards. Bl
> ue sunny skies when I left the house. About 3/4 of
> the way there, it got dark, about 1/2 mile from th
> e school, the black clouds opened up with torrents
> of rain. Turned around headed back towards home, h
> oping to hit a well detected schoolyard where the
> sun still shines. Dang, those black clouds raced m
> e home. Every stop light the rain caught up to me.
> Decided to just go back home. Then ran a few erran
> ds while the rain came down, then the sky turned b
> lue and sunny, the wind was drying things up nicel
> y.
>
> Well loaded up the Mitsu again and made another at
> tempt at that schoolyard. 20 minutes later after b
> attling traffic and traffic lights, pulled into th
> e schoolyard. Perfect! Grass was dry and the groun
> d moistened just enough to make for some easy digg
> ing.
>
> Grabbed all my gear along with the Impact headed f
> or the grassy areas. Plugged into the Impact my De
> teknix wireless headphones (they work excellent wi
> th the Impact). Turned on the power to both the de
> tectors and the headphones. Followed the easy grou
> nd balancing procedure, only took about 4 seconds
> to ground balance. A few coil bobs and away you go
> .
>
> DI4 mode worked just like the manual said it would
> , the Impact sure sees a lot of targets. Started d
> igging target ID numbers from 5-90 to see what the
> y were to get a good feel about ID'ing them as wel
> l as seeing where the Canadian clad would number o
> ut. From what I found today, in the short time I h
> ad to play with the Impact--It will find steel cla
> d coins. I thought they were easy to pick out, eve
> n with some bounciness. Most of the coins were 4-6
> " deep. Two dimes straight on edge were found in t
> he sides of two holes at 5", what was odd they rea
> d in the 70's numbers, most detectors would see th
> ese in the low iron range everyone discriminates o
> ut. The Loonie was 6" deep, a 1968 quarter was at
> the same depth, they were dig me numbers and dig m
> e audio sounds.
>
> Was having fun, then heard something loud, a boom
> in the distance, saw these mean grey black angry c
> louds baring down on the schoolyard. kept a close
> eye on them. Kept detecting my way back to the Mit
> su, had the door opening remote handy. A blitz of
> lightening and a clap of thunder....yikes, time to
> pack up and get the heck out of Dodge. Then the ra
> in came.
>
> Had about 2 hours of hunting time in and was able
> to find out what the Impact is capable of using on
> e of its many detecting modes. So far I like it an
> d it reminds me of a number of other detectors I h
> ave used. Funny thing Keith Southern who has been
> running the protoype Impact felt it had a little o
> r a lot of DNA so to speak from these detectors: F
> 75/T2, 705, MXT, Relic, Racer, AT-PRO. I had in a
> way, similar thoughts. Which is a good thing, look
> how many detectors you won't need to buy and try..
> ...If you owned one or more of those detectors lis
> ted, you have a head start in learning to operate
> the Impact, if and when you decide to buy one.
>
> Now just have to get out more with it!!
>
> Todays Canadian finds
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