Need Help With New Teknetics

I moved this topic to its own new one so you'd get some attention to this issue. This is probably not the answer but let me relate a funny story to you.

A friend was detecting and getting all sorts of false signals that annoyed him beyond belief. She called me over to help figure out the problem and I had the same trouble. The machine was a top of the line White's and should have been much more stable. It was, in its defense, as super deep seeking machine.

After several false starts with it, I moved over to a spot I had just worked and was certain was clear of any other metal bits. It stabilized immediately and actually found a very deep silver dime which I'd missed. She came over and the instability started again. Jokingly, I asked if she had a metal pin in her leg or something. She laughed as I ran the detector over her feet and leg. Zing! I had a huge hit from her shoes. They were simple flats, very comfy, and nothing special except - a metal piece in the sole that ran from the toe to the heel. When she removed her shoes, the instability vanished. Seems the edge of the coil was detecting each shoe in turn as it passed by the toe area.

Now, I'm not saying that's the problem here with yours but try this. Examine the area where the coil wire goes from the coil to the metal part of the shaft. If it's wobbly, tape it down in a straight vertical direction from the coil to the shaft. Don't wrap it in a coil around the shaft until after it gets at least 6 inches from the coil. Sometimes, new machines which are very sensitive can induce errors when they detect their own coil wire. Each wiggle as you sweep the coil can cause an irritating false signal. It takes only a whisker of movement to cause that. I use Velcro(tm) computer wire organizing straps on all of my machines to ensure a straight, upright wire orientation just to eliminate any potential problem like that.

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I had a simlar experience when I started with my new f-75. It was detecting the eyelets in my tennis sneakers. That was easy to solve but part of the problem was in the detector itself and in my swing. In the static mode the detector is very sensitive to coil height above the ground. I was lifting the coil at the end of each swing. Correcting the ground balance and reducing the sensitivity solved this.  Also my cell phone gives it hell. I have one that communicates with the nearest tower on five minute intervals and everytime it does the detector goes haywire for about 2 seconds. I need to have the phone on so I just put up with it. About the shoulder problem. I have a bad one too and when it bothers me I use my 5" coil to take the weight off of it and I sweep by turning my torso rather than my sholder. With a little practice you can get good at it. Another thing that works is tying a strap with a loop to the handle grip and gripping it rather than the handle. It is not as hard on the shoulder when the palm of your hand is parallel to the ground and your elbow isn't straight. Keep the loop short and practice with it and you will get almost as good results as with the handle.

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