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Metal Detecting for Gold
My first gold with the SD2200d
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<blockquote data-quote="loamer" data-source="post: 91305" data-attributes="member: 981"><p><strong>Well done mate</strong>. I still have my 2200D and love it and I take it out for a play every now and then and it is my back up and my grandkids are learning on it - find gold with an old 2200D running a DD - find gold with anything. They are well known for having very average audio - good to see you use the booster. The cam-corder battery set up is the way to go - figured out the red light is also the level of power indicator? (It fades as the day progresses) the old battery in harness was a heavy bloody nightmare. I see lots of talk about the new detectors floating about and cleaning out patches. The 2200D was the most awesome detector for finding excellent big gold in flogged patches especially with lots of trash,hence the D in 2200D. That's a fair bit of junk you have collected - digging every target? That will wear off as you learn the wheezes, farts and burps of the 2200. When and if you upgrade to a newer quieter PI you will be in the happy category of being able to run them a bit harder as you are used to deciphering ground noises and the like - old PI users just seem to have a better hearing tolerance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loamer, post: 91305, member: 981"] [b]Well done mate[/b]. I still have my 2200D and love it and I take it out for a play every now and then and it is my back up and my grandkids are learning on it - find gold with an old 2200D running a DD - find gold with anything. They are well known for having very average audio - good to see you use the booster. The cam-corder battery set up is the way to go - figured out the red light is also the level of power indicator? (It fades as the day progresses) the old battery in harness was a heavy bloody nightmare. I see lots of talk about the new detectors floating about and cleaning out patches. The 2200D was the most awesome detector for finding excellent big gold in flogged patches especially with lots of trash,hence the D in 2200D. That's a fair bit of junk you have collected - digging every target? That will wear off as you learn the wheezes, farts and burps of the 2200. When and if you upgrade to a newer quieter PI you will be in the happy category of being able to run them a bit harder as you are used to deciphering ground noises and the like - old PI users just seem to have a better hearing tolerance. [/QUOTE]
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Metal Detecting for Gold
My first gold with the SD2200d
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