Manticore Anomaly; When Big is Small

[LawrencetheMDer]

Been working my Manticore w M15 coil for over 2 yrs now and have never came across an anomaly like this one thus the post. I was hunting in Beach Low Conductors and otherwise standard stuff when I came across this bracelet in an extremely heavily hunted area of dry sand beach. In fact, the bracelet was deep 8-12” and must have been there a long time. I have even worked the small area and missed it several times in the last few months. Anyways, the bracelet barely registered on the Manti (very scrachy) even when I had gotten it out of the hole in a pile of sand. But the anomaly was that the bracelet had a VID of “4”, bouncing from 2 – 5. The bracelet was open and slightly twisted out-of-shape, which might have contributed to the weak signal (broken rings can also register a low VID). But the bracelet (unknown composition, nonmagnetic) weighs 23.19 grams! And, anyone who has worked a Manti or Equinox knows that low VIDs correspond to small/low weight targets and high VIDs correspond to larger/heavier targets. This bracelet is quite an anomaly. One possible explanation is that the bracelet did register as a heavy target but ther VID wrapped around from the high 90s to a low VID on the Manticore.

Happy Hunting

 

[laplander]

Comp means all in this case, curious what you find.

 

[fwcrawford]

That is odd… I would have thought it would have given a better signal and better TID, but since the material composition is unknown, that could have some bearing.
After reading about someone that found a jar full of coins and the TID was very low and not a very good signal, I filled a jar with clad (most quarters), and tested it with my 800.. to my surprise I got the same results… TID was around 12 and jumpy and not even a great signal response!

 

[Donna(NJ]

Many years ago I was asked to find a cache of silver bullion coins a man buried in his backyard.
Didnt take long about 45 minutes. It was a 5 gallon bucket, 3/4 full of coins and filled with water.
I have to say it 'Did NOT blow my ears off !!!'
Once I cleared the dirt off I knew I found pay dirt. I undervalued my reward at only 40 silver rounds because I found it so quickly. It was the thrill of the hunt.
Never counted the coins as the son stated his father withdrew $25k out of his bank account but never knew what the father bought.
Father had dementia and didnt remember where he buried the coins.
I should have bought the bucket but had no place to store it !!!! Once in a lifetime experience.

If your bracelet is shiny gold and no corrosion, I suspect its gold, ion plating over stainless steel. Stainless gives a good low signal.
Since it was open, that might be the reason for the broken signal.

HH
Donna

 

[LawrencetheMDer]

Many years ago I was asked to find a cache of silver bullion coins a man buried in his backyard.
Didnt take long about 45 minutes. It was a 5 gallon bucket, 3/4 full of coins and filled with water.
I have to say it 'Did NOT blow my ears off !!!'
Once I cleared the dirt off I knew I found pay dirt. I undervalued my reward at only 40 silver rounds because I found it so quickly. It was the thrill of the hunt.
Never counted the coins as the son stated his father withdrew $25k out of his bank account but never knew what the father bought.
Father had dementia and didnt remember where he buried the coins.
I should have bought the bucket but had no place to store it !!!! Once in a lifetime experience.

If your bracelet is shiny gold and no corrosion, I suspect its gold, ion plating over stainless steel. Stainless gives a good low signal.
Since it was open, that might be the reason for the broken signal.

HH
Donna

Lets see - 40 silver 1oz rounds at $100 each...$4,000. Not bad for 45min of fun. Of course today's value.

 

[Donna(NJ]

Lets see - 40 silver 1oz rounds at $100 each...$4,000. Not bad for 45min of fun. Of course today's value.

Back then silver was $25/oz. I thought 40 - 1oz silver rounds was fair. Wish I had a secure location for the 5-gallon bucket.
No wonder the grandfather hid in the ground !!!!

HH
Donna