help with detector

[Shan]

hi yall ok so my first mess of a question,

i bought a bounty hunter quick draw II  to try to get started back into detecting, i just started out about 10 years ago and broke my back so i never got to learn, so now im able to move around again and id like to learn....   so i read the papers on the BH and took it out to give it a try, found a couple rusty nails and some aluminum foil   but i cant seam to get the same "tone" when i go over the coil with something, i can wave a quarter over it back and forth and i will get 2 or 3 different sounds.. then if i bury a quarter about an inch in the ground and go back and forth over it it will make different sounds AND show it from 1" to 8" deep. what am i doing wrong? i did have it on all metal because i wanted to find "everything" to start out with, thanks for any and all help..... shan

[BarberDimeMike]

Don't know much about BH.  Do you have your sensitivity turned all the way up?  I'm sure others will have more help.

[Boaz]

but your Q down about 6 to 7" it will give better reading on dept the 1 to 8 you are seeing more ground then target and slow down your sweep speed a little or try different one some time that will get you different tone good luck and let us know what you come up with 

[Shan]

thanks,  i tried the above didnt get much better results i dont recall my old BH doing this, maybe i bought a broke detector?

thanks again