Detecting in South Africa

Battery drain is always an issue to those of us who stay in the field a long time. We have coins that are different to the USA here as well but it doesn't trouble me. I don't use target ID or discrimination. I have to see each target before I reject it and place it in the left side of my pouch.

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	GD, that is more or less what I have been doing.... I have also been listening to the sounds to try and hear what each item sounds like.... I am getting used to the detector... just taking a bit of time

Pgill, After a couple of hundred hours using the 250 I can tell you that the pinpoint function can be very useful. There are certain situations I hunt with my finger on the pinpoint button. When you get a hit, release the button for ID. This I do when I am in a very quite area where targets are deep and signals are weak. In many areas you can turn the sensitivity up to maximum without significiant falseing in pinpoint mode. but you have to slow your scanning down. I also use it when I'm in a junkey area where targets are too close together... You can separate out a single target in pinpoint mode and then ID It by releasing the button. I hope this helps gambol

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Hi Guys
Hope you all had a good weekend. I cannot speak for the Ace 250 but I had the same issue with the T2 regarding battery drain. I also was just starting out with the T2 and I could not believe the way it ate the batteries, it was also very noisy. Since then I have learned how to set the machine up properly and it runs a lot quieter now. Seems to have solved the battery issue as well. They give me about 25 hrs as apposed to the 40 hrs advertised, that said I am not using the most expensive cells.This weekend I learnt a big lesson about trusting the machine and it's depth and pinpoint are extremely accurate.
I had a nice farm hunt again this weekend , the results of which can be viewed at

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under the Hunt Blog.
Wondering if Xavier went out again this weekend.
Viking.

Posted on: January 31, 2011, 12:45:32 AM

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Hey Pgill
Did you manage to get to your artillery site this weekend?
Viking

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What now, has everyone left the building?
Viking

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Hi Silki
Thanks, hope you enjoy the blog...I'm still pretty new to the whole writing thing. The xcal is a nice machine congratulations. Did you buy it from Wolfgang in cape Town? I am still learning the sound on the CZ21....NO DISPLAY IS GOOD EAR TRAINING
I am learning to listen between the lines.....the wife should be happy.
I am enjoying the farm hunts, I find new spots all the time and the one that I have been blogging about is a real winner.....for me anyway.
I am going to start the streams and dams soon....don't like the muddy water much I like to see what's around me. Not that there can be anything to attack me......it's just the thought grrrrr.
But I think it will be worth the effort.....at least I will find out if there is anything interesting down there.
I sold a CZ to a guy on a private island in Mozambique today. It has lots of wrecks around it and the diving is excellent. I will go and take a look some time. He has found a site where there is a large wooden anchor it lies in only 5m of warm crystal clear water.
What a life hey? I asked him if he did'nt have a pilot position for me
Viking

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