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Re: First trip to the salt water beach tomorrow with my CZ70 - 16 years ago
Tom how can I tell if the Salt/Normal mode is reversed? It seems to work OK on the turf in "normal" mode.by Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Struck Silver in SF - 16 years ago
Jackpine Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > NASA-Tom Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Wrap-around effect with the large coil can > > 'sometimes' pay off. Very nice finds. > > That 'wrap around effect' is something you seldom, > if at all, encounter with DD coils. It wouby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: These CZ's continue to KILL! - 16 years ago
jmaryt Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > old?..don't think so! They're not exactly new!!by Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Struck Silver in SF - 16 years ago
I wouldn't mind rehunting it with the CZ70 and the Fisher 10.5" coil, that's a unique coil that sees things like no other coil, and just might find a deepie on edge the others are missing (although the LTD may well see it too).by Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: These CZ's continue to KILL! - 16 years ago
I wish I'd started off with a CZ instead of a Coinstrike and I would have wasted a year of detecting. I also wish that FT would've keep going with modern releases of the CZ, I can only imagine what a modern implementation of that machine could do (DD coils, VDI, lighter, who knows). Enjoy the 7A, I have a CZ70 and love it, even if it's old. hh, Brianby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: I just picked up a T2 LTD this evening... - 16 years ago
Believe it or not we also find clad at the 8" - 10" mark here too (very frustrating when you're sure you have silver and out pops a clad roosevelt), especially in sandy type places, which is were a lot of the old coins are in the bay area (san francisco for instance). I was comparing signals with an Explorer-Se one night at a park in oakland and we were getting clad dimes and jeffby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: I just picked up a T2 LTD this evening... - 16 years ago
Lawrenzo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I found the boost mode four tone 0 Disc to be a > great coin hunter and very deep and you have to > love the air gap. That will only work on the F75 LTD, the T2 LTD can only run in 2-tone with boost mode :-( Tom that is true, just check the manual. I didn't believe it at first, but Mike Scott andby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: CZ70 Pro detecting settings and tips wanted. - 16 years ago
Dave I replied to your findmall PM. Hope it helps.by Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Struck Silver in SF - 16 years ago
Mark I'm fairly sure the F75 would've found these as well, the mercs were 6" deep and the barber was about 8". The reason I say "fairly sure" is that there's a massive communications tower right next to where I was working and I suspect the EMI may well knock out the F75 LTD. I needed a break from the audio fatigue of the F75 LTD, but barring an EMI issue Iby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Struck Silver in SF - 16 years ago
I decided to leave the F75 LTD in the garage today and give my ears a rest. I took CZ70 to a spot in San Francisco I've been wanting to hunt for a year or so, and I'm glad I did. See here for pictures: hh, Brianby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: 15x12 SEF for F75/F70 now in USA - 16 years ago
Might be good for the beach, but can't imagine using it anywhere else.by Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: I just picked up a T2 LTD this evening... - 16 years ago
For the kind of hunting your describing the T2 LTD in 2 tone boost should be perfect. IMHO the T2 LTD is much aimed at the relic hunter market then the coin shooter, of course you can run various tone options outside of boost mode for coin shooting if needed. Good luck, looking forward to the posts of all the loot you find with itby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: First trip to the salt water beach tomorrow with my CZ70 - 16 years ago
Hi Tom, We went to Santa Cruz during the middle of a big storm erosion event, unfortunately there just wasn't enough erosion to get to the pockets of goodies. The CZ70 ran really well at the beach in ID mode, but oddly only if the "salt mode" was off. Brianby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Thank you, Tom, great advice and most appreciated 
- 16 years ago
christopher-ohio Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I thought I might start with > the 5 inch coil. Disc 21, 70 sens, and how many > tones-2+, 3, or 4 ? Christopher the T2 LTD boost mode only works in 2-tones (the main reason I went for the F75 LTD instead of the T2 LTD).by Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: F75 LTD Audio with high disc - 16 years ago
Tom even if discrimination is set to say 60 in 2F tones?by Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: F75 LTD Audio with high disc - 16 years ago
Tom I'll try two tone next time to see if I can create a viable silver cherry picking mode in BP. With the machine effectively only able to produce a high tone (as iron would be discriminated out) it might work well, and I assume (perhaps incorrectly so) that the audio shouldn't suffer as it did with the 3H tone option using maximum (or close to) discrimination (given that unmasking waby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
First trip to the salt water beach tomorrow with my CZ70 - 16 years ago
I hope it does wellby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: F75 LTD Audio with high disc - 16 years ago
Tom I posed this question on the findmall forum as well and Mike Hillis described this phenomenon perfectly. The hesitant audio was really pronounced, hence my description of constipated Here's Mike's description: "A audio mode that is using continuous sampling looks at both the leading, peak, and trailing ends of the target signal. Using high disc settings chop off part ofby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: F75 LTD Audio with high disc - 16 years ago
I wanted to cherry pick as I was burnt out from audio fatigue...I just wanted a nice silent search hunt my last hour where I didn't have to listen to so much noise. Normally I hunt in 3H tones with disc 7 (0 disc is too noisy, unless I need ultimate depth/unmasking), 4 tones is just more noise The crux of my post is the question of why the audio degrades with the disc set to 60? Have yby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
F75 LTD Audio with high disc - 16 years ago
Today I was hunting a park in San Francisco, and at the last spot I was hunting I was running out of time, so I decided to turn the disc up to 60 in an attempt to cherry pick silver. What I found odd is that with the disc turned up that high, the LTD audio acts like it's constipated. It's difficult to describe, but the audio just sounds different, like it's trying, but just canby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: F75 LTD 2F Tones - 16 years ago
So 2F tones can falsely report non-iron targets as iron, whereas monotone will more accurately report those iffy low conductor targets. I'll check this out this weekend when I go up north. There's an old homestead site I hunted once that's loaded with trash and iron. Aside from some age indicators, I didn't find anything really interesting last time, but I bet there's aby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: F75 LTD 2F Tones - 16 years ago
Thanks for all the feedback everyone. I typically use 3H tones when turf hunting, as 4 tones sometimes gives me audio fatigue and there's less to think about with one less tone. At this demo site I switched to 2F tones for the same reason, I was starting to get audio fatigue with 3H, but was surprised in 2F tones I found the nickels at a spot I thought I covered well in 3H tones. I guby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: F75 LTD 2F Tones - 16 years ago
I guess if I was going to use monotone I'd just use all metal mode eh? More stable then disc mode is , and potentially deeper if you need the depth (didn't need depth at this demo site). That's odd that your LTD is having issues in damp/wet ground, mine seems to work fine, I've even hunted in the rain with it (found a nice 14k gold cross). Maybe it's the site youby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
F75 LTD 2F Tones - 16 years ago
I was invited to hit a demo last weekend. Unfortunately it had been pretty well cleaned out, but I still managed a few keepers including a nice 1871 injun (semi-key date), 1906 injun, 1920 buffalo nickel, three wheats (including a 1911-S another semi-key date and my second 1911-s of the year), a trolley token, a few buttons, and some clad. I had worked over a spot pretty well in 3H mode earlierby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: I am back with yet another wireless headphone quest - 16 years ago
I'd love to have a good set of wireless phones, but 340 clams is a bit much...$200 I could easily see as a decent set of phones is going to cost around $100 anyhow.by Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: My F75 LTD freaked out when a power generator was enabled nearby :-( - 16 years ago
I took my F75 LTD back to the same site today and it ran like a top. Actually I was able to run it in sizzle mode with the sensitivity at 99 and 0 disc, and it ran really well, but it was just testing something and mainly ran it at 75 sens and 7 disc (that's my preferred setting for smooth sailing if I don't need ultimate depth). That's the good news, the bad news is the ownerby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: My F75 LTD freaked out when a power generator was enabled nearby :-( - 16 years ago
Hi Trond, I have to admit the F70 has been collecting dust since I picked up the Omega, ID Edge and then the F75 LTD. I did use the small elliptical coil on the F70 though, and thought it was a pretty good coil, but I liked the 5" DD better (although I suspect the 6" coil would be better if your in an iron or bottlecap infested area). Brianby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: My F75 LTD freaked out when a power generator was enabled nearby :-( - 16 years ago
Hi Ray, I agree with you on the Coin$trike, it was one finicky machine around here, it was off more often then it was on. Luckily I'm finding the LTD is doing great about 90% or better of the time, whereas the C$ was probably more like 20% of the time. The LTD is easier to setup IMHO, and goes deeper on a regular basis then the C$ did (it did on occasion get a deep target, unfortunatelyby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: My F75 LTD freaked out when a power generator was enabled nearby :-( - 16 years ago
This site has the potential for some old coins, I've seen seated halfs come from here, and nice old Victorian jewelery. I had my CZ70 in the car with me, and used it after the LTD was rendered useless, but the LTD was really hot until that generator kicked in. I've never had EMI affect the LTD like this, typically with the LTD if I move just a little ways away from the source,by Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
My F75 LTD freaked out when a power generator was enabled nearby :-( - 16 years ago
Got permission to hunt a place I've been wanting to hunt for a long time. The F75 LTD was dialed in, running nice and stable, and I'd just found a little area that started to produce, when the groundskeeper fired up a portable power generator - GRRRRRR!!! The LTD went berserk. Numbers streaming across the screen whether the unit was moving or not, audio chattering away a mile a minby Cal_cobra - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum