Desperate to get some more practice with R2D2 and not wanting to wallow in the boggy ground of my permissions, I eventually zipped down to the sands at Talacre and braved the chilling coastal winds. Having arrived at first light, I decided to avoid known areas of heavy WWII scrap contamination and concentrate on a number of areas that I have worked before with the EuroAce and the C-Scope CS4PI.
Setting the Safari up on coductive / all metals, with sensetivity on auto, and audio on maximum; I commenced detecting keeping the machine low and slow. For some strange reason the Safari seems to be easier to understand on the beach than it is on my permissions. I think that the reason for this is due to me starting to understand what the machine is trying to tell me, sweeping more slowly, and sticking with one set of settings for the whole period of the detecting session. I also remembered to noise cancel as I moved from area to area. I finshed the session just after lunch and fealt happier with the machine and am looking forward to reworking an area of 25 yards by 100 yards on one of my permissions; once it dries out a little.
Finds for the morning were, perhaps, a little dissapointing but my next visit should be a little more rewarding.
