sd2200v2 questions about depth and coils

Hi all i have a sd2200v2 and i was just wanting some oppinions i have a 18ddcoilteck 11dd white minelab and a 8inch super gold search mono witch would be the best to run i have the audio booster and extenal speaker i was also wondering what sort of depth do the generaly get down to and it seems to be relly quite than all of a suden just screams over targets and all the are is junk. i know obviously not all would be gold but what i mean is the sound dose not realy change its got one sound for all lol screaming what would be wrong poss any toughts thanks all

If your machine is standard from the factory and not tampered or modified in any way,nothing should be wrong with it.Have you buried different type targets at different depths so as to get a better Idea of what your machine/coil is doing or capable of.Make sure all your coil conectors are wound tight and test all your coils to see what's doing what.You might have a faulty coil or battery lead in your possession causing you strife?

Cheers Kon. 

Thanks kon i got it secondhand its unmodified and has the settings from previous owner i know they say if soil or ground conditions change to ground ballance at that and i can set up out of the manual but when i got it i went out and it was nice and quite so ive left it as is becuse ive heard about loud or eratic machines so i thought to leave it as for burying and checking depth i will thanks but was just wondering about general depth that they would get so as to compares with mine to give me an idea on how its running? i made sure all the conections are clean but i was wondering what people prefer best the 8,mono super gold serch or the 11,minelab dd,or the 14coilteck dd? as i said thanks for your advice kon.

Where ground permits(low in mineralization) the 8 inch mono can't be beaten on the gram/sub grammers,yet the 14 inch dd Coiltek,will handle the hotter ground on a majority size targets(multy-grammers) at greater depth than the 11 inch round Minelab dd.

         Cheers Kon.

Hi thanks kon. I got a bit of lead buck shot two foot the other day and a tree route inbetween with the coilteck 14dd so i think its not to bad ? and so i should stick with the 14dd and then put on the 8 mono and go over again second time to make sure i dont miss the grm and sub grammers ?

Correct. 2 different size/type coils will produce different results over the same ground.The difference being in the amount of mineralization present & type/size of nugget.If the ground allows the use of a mono coil,then by all means cover the same section of ground with it.

         Cheers Kon.

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To get the best out of your detector you need to auto tune it at each spot on each day & ground balance it regularly, do this & it will run fine.

Hi rc62bourke thanks i have only just got it it dose go ok i have ground balanced but havent auto tuned so that could be the problem it has been working well several buck shot a brass button 22 shells and to top it of. a late 1800's to early 1900's ring today it was almost three ft deep and was a very quiet signal i tried the 8mono but wow talk nosie i adjusted the threshhold and the tone pitch so hears hopeing oh and a bit of ironstone sweet sig so hopeing it may have a bit of gold in it anyway thanks and ill keep you all posted and put some pics soon im of to swing again in the morn if weather premits lol and this spot hasnt been visted by many recent prospectors so never know thanks

hi this is the ring i found unsure on actuall age but the field was worked untill the late1800's/early 1900's not past 1925 last reported workings and is a hard excesible spot and not many people would get in there i found old as 22 shells and lead tips a bit of ironstone thats possibly got a bit of gold in it as it gave a sweet mellow gold sound and lots of other bits and pieces a brass button and all tracks leading in and near all had years of folage and leafy matter and had to cut my way in so i know not many mondern prospector has been there and i have not seen any detector holes at all unless every one that went there was supper clean and filled all holes ha lol   any way ive been there lots but as i said ive only just got the sd2200v2 and first trip i found all of above within the first twenty min and a nice old ring i think maye be brass as it gave a signal like gold is heavy but my guess is it was brass then gold dipped i got a really faint sig so started to dig/clean out still sig got bit louder so i keep digging got down 2 1/4ft by now nice signal got to just on three ft and this is what i found anyway im stoked as and will be putting more time in there and you just dont know thanks all