Hello from Massachusetts

Congrats on the new machine, Someone posted cant remember who it was, CRS again.
Take a piece of cardboard tape differnt coins etc, under it and use that to practice on learning differnt tones etc, and use an ice pic to poke the cardboard to see how close u are to pinpointing it.

Good Luck and Congrats.


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	Well, I just bought my first metal detector, a Minelab X-Terra 505.  It arrived a couple of days ago and I was so excited to get outside and try it.  I read the manual cover to cover and I am totally confused!  lol  Actually, for the most part I understand it, what I need is to get out and practice.

Welcome, Willie........and welcome to a nearly universal problem......as clear as the manufacturers try to make the manuals it is still easy to get confused when you read them.    You're right, practice is the key (which is hard to do in the snow).   I would recommend that when you do get out to practice, take the time to take some notes as to what you're settings are and what responses you are seeing/hearing from your machine and what your results are ('dry' hole, specific type of trash, type of find) and any questions or issues that come up while you are using the detector.   Then when you get back home, seat down with the manual and see if it makes a bit more sense or at least explains what you experienced.

In the meantime, you can do a lot worse that spending time on our boards gets tips, pointers, and suggestions from other enthusiasts.

BA in AZ

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Here is the original instructions i had copied them for a reference.

Beginner?s Practice

Beginner?s one thing you can do is get one of each coin,
 A bit of trash IE: pop top, can slaw, screw top, maybe an old style beaver tail if you can find one.

Tape all these items securely to the bottom of a big piece of cardboard in random areas. Heck put at least one coin and pop top on top of another. Place some items close others far from the other.

Turn cardboard over, turn it around a few times. Toss it like a Frisbee (easy does it) so that it spins. Go find yourself a dart or something similar.

Get MD and dart and a pencil. Go over cardboard like you are hunting.
With each target. Write the Id and pinpoint with the dart, by pushing a hole through cardboard. When finished turn over and see how good your ID was, and your pinpoint is.

The cardboard can be used many times. This gives you an idea as to tones, ID, pinpointing. Very good practice,


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