Ditto""""""on everything. I have had mine only since Aug. 1 of this year. I have tried them both. There are 2 parks in town that "never" have been hunted
with a metal detector. I know the Parks & Rec. Manager and he has allowed me exclusive hunting rights to these parks. Those 2 parks are LOADED with
coins but both parks were built in modern times around the mid 1970's.
First of all, where I live, the only ground you will find that is mineralized is where someone spilled a bag of fertilizer. Honestly! Just this week I decided I would
try an experiment with the Auto +3 because I hear so many positive comments about it on here. My sensitivity jumped from where I normally run it at 12 to 18 on
average (depending on where the machine is telling me in manual I should be running it) all the way up to 27 and it stayed there. Problem was, it was silent. I
went back and marked off a 10 x 10 square and tried it again. Again in Auto +3 NOTHING. I then went back to my normal setting which is usually at or 2 numbers
above what the machine is telling me I should be running it in manual. I then dug 18 holes. 4 dimes, 2 quarters, 1 silver charm at 12 to 13", and the rest were pennies.
((Again I want to emphasize that #1 this is sandy non-mineralized soil & #2 I did not get not one hit of ANY kind in Auto +3)) I truly believe that the stronger you run
the sensitivity to get depth the more you loose in sensitivity to small objects at shallow depths.
BEFORE you go blowing me out of the water here, I also found this to be true at the beach Monday of this week. The stronger I ran the sensitivity there the less
hits I got and I could run it all the way up to 30 on Sensitivity, 30 on volume gain, and 30 on threshold. This with absolutely no chatter or feedback only when I hit
a pile and I mean pile of small chips of rusted iron. After I backed the sensitivity down to what the machine was telling me and added 2 to 3 above that then I
started finding things.
((NOW IN MY IGNORANT WORLD LET'S GET REAL)) Due to the way our website is set up and the reality that there is a reason for it, I don't know where you
all are hunting. My experience at one location and one only, the school house near my house was built on a hill many many years ago and I find mostly old coins
there at 7 to 9" in RED CLAY.........My sensitivity indicator is sometimes all the way down to 9. If it stays there I ground balance. I keep finding old coins at shallow
depths as clay is not going to let them sink.
In conclusion, my take on this is the same as many are telling you on here. Try it. See which works best for you on your ground. But, watch what the machine is
telling you in green. That number is being derived from "ALL 28 CHANNELS" and it don't lie. There is a reason the engineers decided to include that number on
there for you and it is for you to get the most out of your machine as you possibly can. Don't take my word or anyone else's on here. Only you can determine
which is best ON YOUR GROUND.
with a metal detector. I know the Parks & Rec. Manager and he has allowed me exclusive hunting rights to these parks. Those 2 parks are LOADED with
coins but both parks were built in modern times around the mid 1970's.
First of all, where I live, the only ground you will find that is mineralized is where someone spilled a bag of fertilizer. Honestly! Just this week I decided I would
try an experiment with the Auto +3 because I hear so many positive comments about it on here. My sensitivity jumped from where I normally run it at 12 to 18 on
average (depending on where the machine is telling me in manual I should be running it) all the way up to 27 and it stayed there. Problem was, it was silent. I
went back and marked off a 10 x 10 square and tried it again. Again in Auto +3 NOTHING. I then went back to my normal setting which is usually at or 2 numbers
above what the machine is telling me I should be running it in manual. I then dug 18 holes. 4 dimes, 2 quarters, 1 silver charm at 12 to 13", and the rest were pennies.
((Again I want to emphasize that #1 this is sandy non-mineralized soil & #2 I did not get not one hit of ANY kind in Auto +3)) I truly believe that the stronger you run
the sensitivity to get depth the more you loose in sensitivity to small objects at shallow depths.
BEFORE you go blowing me out of the water here, I also found this to be true at the beach Monday of this week. The stronger I ran the sensitivity there the less
hits I got and I could run it all the way up to 30 on Sensitivity, 30 on volume gain, and 30 on threshold. This with absolutely no chatter or feedback only when I hit
a pile and I mean pile of small chips of rusted iron. After I backed the sensitivity down to what the machine was telling me and added 2 to 3 above that then I
started finding things.
((NOW IN MY IGNORANT WORLD LET'S GET REAL)) Due to the way our website is set up and the reality that there is a reason for it, I don't know where you
all are hunting. My experience at one location and one only, the school house near my house was built on a hill many many years ago and I find mostly old coins
there at 7 to 9" in RED CLAY.........My sensitivity indicator is sometimes all the way down to 9. If it stays there I ground balance. I keep finding old coins at shallow
depths as clay is not going to let them sink.
In conclusion, my take on this is the same as many are telling you on here. Try it. See which works best for you on your ground. But, watch what the machine is
telling you in green. That number is being derived from "ALL 28 CHANNELS" and it don't lie. There is a reason the engineers decided to include that number on
there for you and it is for you to get the most out of your machine as you possibly can. Don't take my word or anyone else's on here. Only you can determine
which is best ON YOUR GROUND.