Hello, I live in ballan. I have an old sd2100 I got a few years ago from my old housemate, he got it from his dad, its not the v2 its the original v1. Im not really sure what im doing with it, i have this strange kinda interference sorta sound sometimes like every 20-30 seconds, other times it wont do it for like 5 min, and its hard to find good info on how to properly use it so im mostly kinda guessing. i seem to be able to balance it fine then it screams with metal in the ground, but when its doing its interference sound thing its unuseable. Im really not sure what im doing with it tho lol, im wondering if anyone here has had experence with one, perhaps someone who I can meet up with and get some tips and have them use it to see if its just a set up thing or if it needs to get repairs or something. also it would be awesome to have some known targets so i can get an idea of what im listening for and if its possible to tell the difference between a massive chunk of iron bolt and a little nugget of gold lol. I would love to be able to tag along for some prospecting with someone experenced because their is only so much that reading about it can teach you, and im not even sure how to tell if its gold in my pan lol. im kinda trying to figure a lot out, i have some areas i want to target based on a bunch of research i have done but when i get out there i really dont know what im doing and i feel like im just wasting my time trying to work it out without any help. I think changing the balance makes the interference thing better but yeah im thinking its not set up correctly and im not really understanding how its supposed to be set up. Thanks in advance!
im going to try the big mono coil again ill pull it out and try to clean the thing out and re tape it before i go using it.
